Anna Babka

Anna Babka is an Associate Professor at the Institute of German Studies in the Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna. Her research intersects Gender Studies, Queer Studies, and Postcolonial Studies with Deconstruction, Rhetoric, and Cultural Theory. She specializes in German literature from Romanticism (Heinrich von Kleist) to contemporary Austrian authors like Elfriede Jelinek and Semier Insayif.

• Education: PhD in German Studies (University of Vienna, 1998), MA in Comparative Literature (University of Vienna, 1994)

Her methodological focus includes:

• Theory and Methodology of Literary/Cultural Studies
• Autobiography and Genre Theory
• Postcolonial-Queer Intersections
• Transdisciplinary Research

Her recent publications analyze posthumanism in Kleist's work, queer readings of Barbara Frischmuth, and precarity in academic labor. She co-edited volumes on Broken Narratives, Postcolonial Readings, and Obscure Differences with Marlen Bidwell-Steiner and others.

Scientific Awards:

• Hertha Firnberg Position (FWF, 2006–2008)
• Elise Richter Position (FWF, 2008–2011)
• Erwin Schrödinger Mobility Stipend (FWF, 2001–2002)

She teaches courses on Theories and Methods of Literary Studies, Modern German Literature, and Postcolonial Theory, with a focus on gendered and postimperial narratives. Her editorial work includes founding the aka|Texte book series and managing the Produktive Differenzen research platform.