German

German

Introduction

Research into German culture, its literature, language and film, society, history and the environment.

Study Information

At a Glance

Degree Qualification
MLitt or PhD

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Based in the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, our research programmes in German are distinguished for research on:

  • Modern and contemporary German and Austrian studies
  • Post-war memory cultures in Austria and Germany
  • German and Austrian cinema from the early 20th century until the present day
  • Ecocritical and comparative approaches to German literature from the Romantic period to the present.

We have long-standing links with other programmes, particularly English, Film and Visual Culture, History and Politics.

Our Research

German research is centred on staff research interests and is integrated across research centres.

Supervisors

Dr Tara Beaney

Dr Beaney’s research is situated in Comparative Literature as well as German Studies. She is the author of Metamorphosis in Modern German Literature: Transforming Bodies, Identities and Affects (Legenda, 2016), which deals with literature from the Romantic period to the present day, drawing on theories of affect, bodily experience, and identity. Her current research focuses on environmental crisis in German literary texts.

Dr Katya Krylova

Dr Krylova’s research is focused on modern and contemporary German and Austrian studies. She is the author of two monographs: Walking Through History: Topography and Identity in the Works of Thomas Bernhard and Ingeborg Bachmann (2013; Winner of the 2011 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in German Studies) and The Long Shadow of the Past: Contemporary Austrian Literature, Film, and Culture (2017; Winner of the 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award). She is also the sole editor of the multi-authored book New Perspectives on Contemporary Austrian Literature and Culture (2018).

Research Interests

The George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture

Researchers with an interest in visual culture broadly defined, including film, photography, art history, anthropology, music and sonification and museum studies are brought together by The George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture.

The George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture

Centre for Modern Thought

Graduate students take part in seminars, meetings with visitors, and other events and regularly interact with academics.

Centre for Modern Thought

Centre for the Novel

Centre for the Novel aims to promote discussion about the theory and practice of the novel across a range of languages, historical periods and critical approaches.

Centre for the Novel

Entry Requirements

Applicants to the MPhil or PhD must provide a detailed research proposal and two academic references from their most recent academic institution.

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Careers

Recent graduates of the Department have found careers in management, translating and interpreting, publishing, the academic world and television.

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School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
University of Aberdeen
King's College
Aberdeen
AB24 3UB