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Klara Machata

Klara Machata, St.-Ex.


Research Assistant & Doctoral Candidate she/her
English Literature | Korte

R 4212 | KG IV

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Ecocriticism, esp. climate fiction
  • Geocriticism & Spatial Literary Studies
  • Political & Cultural Geography, esp. Political Ecology
  • Postcolonial Studies

 

EDUCATION


since 2021

Ph.D., English Literature
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Working title: “Space, Place, and the Anthropocene in Contemporary Anglophone Fiction”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte

until 2021

Staatsexamen, English and Geography
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Final thesis: “Time, Space, and Scale in Contemporary Climate Short Fiction”

 

TEACHING


2021/22 winter term

  • Space, Place, and the Planet – Cultural Studies Introductory Seminar

 

2019 summer term

  • Introduction to Literary Studies – Tutorial