Esther-Marie Schilling
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in der Nordamerikanischen Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft
und Studiengangskoordinatorin für Master "Culture, Ecology, Change"
Raum 8009
August-Bebel-Straße 28
esther-marie.schillinguni-rostockde
Tel.: +49 (0)381 498-2584
Fax: +49 (0)381 498-2594
Sprechzeit im Semester
Dienstag von
15.00 Uhr bis 16.00 Uhr
und nach Vereinbarung per E-Mail
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
since 2023
research assistant, Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik, University of Rostock
PhD project: “Anglophone Literatures in Crisis Mode”
2018 – 2023
1. Staatsexamen (English/Chemistry), University of Rostock
Final Thesis: “The Language of Brexit Literature: Narrating a Social and Political Landslide”
2016
Abitur (A-Levels)
Other
2023 – leading student assistant DGfA Conference “America and Ownership: Territory, Slavery, Jubilee”, University of Rostock
2021 – leading student assistant “Metaphora 2021: Übergänge ins Universitätsleben”, University of Rostock
2020 – Online Materials Developer “English Resource Pool”, University of Rostock
Publications and Presentations
Presentations
“’Preaching to the Choir’?: Anticipates Audiences as Narrative Technique in Brexit Literature.” FRIAS Conference Popular Culture And Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges, And The Way Forward. Freiburg Institue for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 24-26.10.2024
Research Interests
- literary representations of contemporary anxieties (climate change, political extremism, xenophobia)
- ecocriticism and postcolonialism
- gender studies, feminist criticism, ecofeminism
- speculative fiction
Teaching
WS 2024/25
Proseminar: 1925 Across the Atlantic: The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway
Proseminar: "The Future is Feminist"?: Women, Motherhood, and Reproductive Rights in Contemporary Speculative Fiction
SS 2024
Proseminar: (American) Musical Politics
WS 2023/24
Proseminar: In 3 Genres around the World’s Crises