Victor Millet

Victor Millet studied Anglo-Germanic philology at the University of Barcelona (1983-1988). He obtained his doctorate in medieval German literature at the University of Tübingen (Germany) in 1991, and subsequently worked as a lecturer in Spanish at the Free University of Berlin (Germany) from 1991 to 1993. Since then, he has pursued his academic career at the University of Santiago de Compostela, initially as a senior lecturer/reader and, since 2010, as a full professor.

He is a regular contributor to European programmes such as Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (GLITEMA, EMLex), Blended Intensive Programmes, and Strategic Partnerships. He has also served as a visiting professor at several German universities, including Freiburg (2007), Göttingen (2009-2010), and Heidelberg (2023). Additionally, he is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) and has supervised PhD theses in Santiago, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires.

In 1995, Professor Millet received a research prize for the best scientific article in the Humanities. He has authored 18 books and more than 60 articles in his field and has been the Principal Investigator of 12 research projects. His work spans the major genres of medieval German literature, with notable contributions including his studies on Gottfried von Straßburg's Tristan, Germanic heroic poetry, and, for the past decade and a half, the philological edition of medieval texts. Since 2016, he has focused on the digital edition of medieval German texts and has authored and coordinated the digital edition of the complete works of Hartmann von Aue (12^th century), which opens new ways of editing historical texts in German philology.

From 1995 to 2003, he coordinated the doctoral programme in German Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he also served as Vice-Rector for External Relations and Internationalisation 2011 to 2014.

During his stay in Strasbourg, Professor Millet will be hosted by Dr. Marie-Sophie Winter (2023 Fellow) and will give a conference “This drives me crazy! Or: how I learned to love variants” followed by a doctoral workshop “Unstable texts. Change as a principle of tradition” on 17 June 2025, and also participate in a Study day “Éditer — et ensuite ? De l’édition numérique aux études littéraires computationnelles” on 18 June 2025.