About
Cora Rok is a researcher in Romance Studies at the University of Heidelberg, currently working on her habilitation thesis exploring shame aesthetics in 19th-century French literature. She holds a summa cum laude PhD in Italian Philology from the trinational 'Italianistica' graduate program (Universities of Bonn, Florence, and Paris-Sorbonne). Her primary affiliations include the Romance Studies Department at Heidelberg and previous roles at the University of Trier's Center for Digital Humanities and the University of Bonn.
- Research focuses: Italian/French literature (19th-21st centuries), Pier Paolo Pasolini studies, Marxist criticism, digital humanities, and literary theory
- Key academic contributions: Authentizität nach Pasolini (2021), Entfremdung in der Arbeitswelt (2021), and over 30 peer-reviewed publications
Her work bridges traditional literary analysis with computational methods, evident in collaborations like 'From Keyness to Distinctiveness' (2021). She actively participates in interdisciplinary projects such as Neuer Realismus in der Romania (2021) and Selbstreflexivität im italienischen Gegenwartskino (in preparation).
Awards include the 2020 DIV Young Talent Award and postdoctoral funding through MeTra and University of Bonn's graduate programs. She maintains teaching responsibilities in French and Italian literature at Heidelberg while contributing to academic leadership roles in editorial projects and conferences.
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