Frey Kalus is a postdoctoral scholar funded by the Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin and an associated researcher based in Research Area 3: "Future Perfect" of the EXC 2020. They completed their MPhil in English Literature at the University of Cambridge in July 2021 and their PhD in German and Italian Literature at the University of Cambridge in September 2024. Between October 2022 and September 2024, they were an exchange student at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies (FSGS). Their doctoral thesis, entitled Ecologies of Reading in Dante and Rilke, brings together two canonical poets through the lens of Anthropocene philosophy, with a particular focus on ecological temporality. They are currently preparing their thesis for publication, whilst continuing to work on Dante in a comparative and theoretical framework.

Frey’s current research project places Dante’s Commedia in dialogue with contemporary philosophies of the environment. Their upcoming publications focus upon Dante’s presentation of natural disasters and the resonances between Dante and Spinoza’s ecological thought. Frey’s broader research interests include medieval literature, the environmental humanities, queer theory, and theories of the lyric.

Article: 'Dante, Thom Gunn, and the Politics of Mourning'. Dante Notes (2024).

Book Review: 'Dante and Petrarch in the Garden of Language by Francesca Southerden, Cambridge, Legenda, 2022, 264 pp., £85 (hardcover), ISBN 9781839541421'. Italian Studies (2023).