Sophie Bantle

Sophie Bantle, M.A.

Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate
English Literature | Korte

sophie.bantle@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
R 4212 | KG IV

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Detective Fiction
Neo-Victorianism
Television and Film Studies
Adaptation and Remediation

Sophie Bantle founded the English Language Film Club (ELF), a book-club-style discussion group, in 2022. The club meets monthly to speak about English-language films and television shows

EMPLOYMENT

since Oct. 2022	Research Associate University of Freiburg English Department English Literature \| Prof. Korte
Oct. 2020 – Sep. 2022	Erasmus+ Coordinator University of Freiburg English Department Administration and Advising Office
Jan. 2020 – Sep. 2022	Administrative Assistant University of Freiburg English Department Administration and Advising Office

EDUCATION

since 2022	Ph.D., English Literary and Cultural Studies University of Freiburg Working title: “The Neo-Victorian Detective Series in Popular Anglophone Fiction and Television” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte
2019 – 2022	M.A. in British and North American Cultural Studies University of Freiburg Final thesis: "It is the precise details of our lives caught and represented to us" – The Neo-Victorian Detective Television Series as a Mirror of 21^st-century Britain
2017	Erasmus+ Studies University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 – 2019	B.A. in English and American Studies & German Literature University of Freiburg

EDITORSHIPS & PUBLICATIONS

"Princess Catherine Duleep Singh (1871-1924)." Queer19, Aug. 23, 2023.
Forthcoming: "The Age of AI? – Artificial Intelligence and (Post)humanist Questions in the Superhero Movie Avengers: Age of Ultron." Tagungsband Zukunftsentwürfe in der Populärkultur. Freiburg: Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik, 2023.
Guest editorship for the literary online magazine Alluvium | General Issue 10.2 (published August 8, 2022)
Guest editorship for the literary online magazine Alluvium | General Issue 9.4 (published September 6, 2021)

TEACHING

2023/24 winter term

Proseminar Literary Studies: (Re)interpretation, (Re)discovery, (Re)vision – Neo-Victorian Fiction

2023 summer term

Proseminar Literary Studies: Sherlock Holmes – Written and Rewritten

2022/23 winter term

Exercise Course: A Closer Look at Close Reading

2020 summer term

Introduction to Cultural Studies – Tutorial