Personal profile
Research interests
- Science Fiction and the book market
- Literary censorship
- Participatory cultures and fandom as a historical phenomenon
- Chivalric romances in the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods from a comparative perspective (Spanish, French, Italian, German)
- Narrative techniques of literary modernism
Curriculum vitae
2002–2008 Diploma programme Comparative Literature, University of Vienna (focus on Romance Studies); Thesis: Gedichtpassagen in Romanen. Eine Theorie ihrer Formen und Funktionen
2008–2012 Doctoral progamme Comparative Literature, University of Vienna; PhD-thesis: Problems of Genre in the Novels of Miguel de Cervantes and Charles Sorel
2008–2013 Lecturer at the Dpt. of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
2010–2012 Researcher FWF-Project Die Österreichischen Listen verbotener Bücher 1750–1848 (P22320; Prof. Dr. N. Bachleitner) [The Austrian Lists of Banned Books, 1750-1848]
2013–2018 Post-doc Assistant at the Dpt. of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
2014–2017 Researcher ÖNB-Jubiläumsfonds-Project Zensur der italienischen Literatur in der Habsburgermonarchie, 1750–1918 (P16069; Leitung Prof. Dr. N. Bachleitner) [The Censorship of Italian Literature in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1750-1918]
2015-2019 international teaching exchanges in the Erasmus+ programme (Università degli Studi di Milano, Università di Bologna, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
2016 Member of the Organizational Committee for the 21st Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA), Vienna, July 21–27, 2016
2018 "Habilitation" and venia legendi in Comparative Literature, University of Vienna. „Ein Zweig der Politik.“ Zur Bedeutung der habsburgischen Bücherzensur und anderer polizeilicher Maßnahmen für das literarische Feld Lombardo-Venetiens (mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf dem Zeitraum 1813–1848)
2019, May-July Lecturer at the Center for Book Studies, LMU Munich
2019– Senior Lecturer und Vice-Director of Studies for the Dpt. of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
Special qualifications and skills
Didactic Qualifications:
Attendance of various Seminars at the University of Vienna's Center for Teaching and Learning (2019-)
Languages:
German (first language); English, Spanish, Italian, French (written and spoken); Latin
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Gertrude Stein und das iterative Erzählen in der klassischen Moderne
Syrovy, D., 2025, Verhalten und Wiederholung. Erzählen von Strukturen. Figueroa, D. & Niehaus, M. (eds.). Hagen University Press, p. 79-95 (Beiträge zur Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft, Vol. 19).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
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On Not Knowing Homer: A Poet as Icon
Syrovy, D., 2025, Iconizing of Literature, Art, Humanities, and Science: Intermediality and Value in Popular Culture. Wojcik, P., Picard, S. & Höfer, H. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 19-29Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
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[Rezension] Noémie Ndiaye, Scripts of Blackness. Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race
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Fanfic in der Frühen Neuzeit? Partizipationskultur und Literaturgeschichte
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Nationen und andere Fiktionen – Science Fiction Book Club #8
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