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Katrin Röder

Professorship:

English Literature (focus: 18th century – present), since 15 September 2024

To the Professorship (only German)

Department:

Cultural Studies

Studies and doctorate:

  • 2011: “Habilitation” (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the University of Potsdam, Germany (Venia Legendi: English Philology/Literary Studies)
  • 2003: Doctorate in English Literature at Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 1994: Master Degree in English and American Studies & German Linguistics, Humboldt University of Berlin
Portrait photo: Prof. Katrin Röder stands between the bookshelves in a library, smiling and with her arms crossed. She is wearing a light-colored blouse and a dark blue blazer. © Hesham Elsherif​/​TU Dortmund

Stages:

  • 2020-2022 and 2023-2024: Principal Investigator (“Eigene Stelle”, German Research Foundation), Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of English and American Studies
  • 2013-2023: Interim and Guest Professor for British Literature and Cultural Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, University of Vienna and University of Bamberg

Focus in research:

  • History and development of the British novel (18th – 20th century), literature and conceptions of happiness, ethical literary criticism
  • Literary Approaches in Disability, Gender, and Affect Studies
  • Contemporary British and Indian Anglophone autobiographical storytelling (verbal, graphic, audiovisual, digital)
  • Modernist literature
  • Representations of Islam and the Ottoman Empire in early modern English drama