My Research
If you like to learn more about what drives me to the library and makes my academic world go round, this is the place. Below I have collected a few highlights to read, watch, or listen to - while I work on more to come.
Posthumanism and the Posthuman
Chances and Challenges in German and European Literature and Culture
Together with my colleagues Anngeret Märten (King's) and Robert Craig (University of Bamberg) I organised a two day conference on posthumanism and the posthuman.
It took place on 23 & 24 March 2023 at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS) in London. We had generous support from ILCS, KCL, DAAD and AGS.
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Take a look at our conference webiste for more information and the CfP!
Monograph published!
My PhD research has been published by Peter Lang as volume 12 of their series Studies in Modern German and Austrian Literature. Titled "The Narrative Power of Things - Consumer Culture in Contemporary Austrian Literature", this book introduces the concept of "Consumer Literacy" in the context of contemporary Austrian literature. If enjoy reading Wolf Haas, Arno Geiger, Thomas Glavinic or Raphaela Edelbauer, or wondered how Austrianess is constructed and marketed, this might be the book for you.
Chapter published!
The Draw of the Alps: Alpine Summits and Borderlands in Modern German-speaking Culture
My chapter “More than a romantic scenery – the contested Alpine landscape in Raphaela Edelbauer’s Das flüssige Land” has just been published in the volume The Draw of the Alps: Alpine Summits and Borderlands in Modern German-speaking Culture (deGruyter), edited by my amazing colleague Richard McClelland. You can find more information on the volume below!
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Alptraum(a) - Alps, Summits and Borderlands in German speaking Culture
This conference, organised by Andrea Capovilla (IMLR, London) and Rich McClelland (Bristol) took place in April 2021.
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What would have been an amazing conference has, due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, turned into a great online event and you can watch the talks on Youtube. Below is the video recording of the panel I was on, alongside David Anderson (Queen Mary University of London) and Peter Arnds (Trinity College Dublin).
