Anca-Raluca Radu

Anca-Raluca Radu is a distinguished researcher at the University of Göttingen, specializing in Canadian literature, postcolonial studies, and narrative ethics. Holding a PhD in English Literature (summa cum laude, University of Marburg, 2009), she has contributed extensively to scholarship on Alice Munro, postcolonial feminisms, and transnational literary connections.

• PhD in English Literature (University of Marburg, 2009)
• MA in English and German Literature (University of Marburg, 2003)
• Postgraduate Teaching Degree in German as a Foreign Language (University of Marburg, 2006)

Her research explores Canadian literature, focusing on intertextuality, gender representations, and ethical dimensions of storytelling. She has edited key volumes like Prudent Crossings (2023) and Narratives of Crisis (2012), while her articles examine works by Margaret Atwood, Dionne Brand, and Alice Munro through lenses of transnationalism, postcolonial identity, and narrative form.

Radu has received notable scientific awards, including the Canada Conference Grant (2008) and FEP Grant (2006). Her teaching spans Shakespeare studies, Romanticism, and literary theory, reflecting her interdisciplinary expertise.