Alexandra Dempe

Alexandra Dempe is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the German Studies Department of the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. She is currently on leave as a Fulbright Fellow at Yale University (August 1–December 31, 2025) but remains reachable via email.

• Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in German Studies, American Studies, and German Literature from the University of Tübingen (2024).

Her research focuses on transnational modernisms, Black German literature, and the reception of African American modernist poetry in German-speaking periodicals of the long 1920s. She examines how translations and articles in these periodicals preceded and enabled later anthologization, emphasizing transatlantic networks involving Jewish, leftist actors and African American intellectuals.

The two recent publications she co-authored with Tim Brown analyze discourses on racism and Enlightenment knowledge practices. These works align with her broader interest in interdisciplinary cultural analysis and historical epistemology.

Scientific Awards:

• Fulbright Fellowship (2025)

Dempe teaches courses such as PS II: Black German Poetry and PS II: The 'New Woman' in the Weimar Republic, reflecting her engagement with marginalized narratives in Germanophone contexts. She has presented at major conferences, including the CAAR Conference and PAMLA Conference, establishing her as a rising scholar in transnational literary studies.