Katharina Strika, 'A Journey to the Underworld: From Purgatory to Hades in Ulrich von Hutten's Phalarismus'

Katharina Strika is a third-year PhD student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, focusing on journeys to the underworld in Renaissance texts. She is particularly interested in the coexistence of Christian and ancient mythological imaginations of the afterlife in texts of the 15th and 16th centuries. 

Katharina's paper for the MEMSA Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries Podcast explores these themes in Ulrich von Hutten's Phalarismus.

Music: Aitua, 'Blind Fire', from the album Elements. Used with the kind permission of the artist. All rights reserved.