Georg Pichler

Georg Pichler is a full Professor of Modern Philology at the University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain. He specialises in German and Hispanic literary and cultural studies with a transnational focus, particularly on exile, memory, and dystopian narratives. His work bridges Austrian, German, and Spanish cultures, and he is active in research management, teaching, and doctoral supervision.

Education

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Research Interests

Professor Pichler's research spans several interrelated areas:

• Literary and cultural representations of exile and displacement, especially German-speaking exiles in Spain and France.
• Memory studies, focusing on the Spanish Civil War, Franco dictatorship, and Austrian involvement in the International Brigades.
• Dystopian literature in contemporary German and Hispanic contexts.
• Transcultural German studies and the institutional history of Germanistik in Mediterranean Europe.
• Comparative approaches to Austrian and Spanish literary cultures.

Research Projects

He coordinates or co-coordinates major competitive projects funded by the Spanish government:

• PID2021-125817OB-I00 (2021-2024): “La huella de lo distópico en la literatura contemporánea alemana e hispánica”.
• FFI2017-83616-P (2018-2021): “Ex patria: Itinerancias y utopías en las literaturas alemana e hispánica”.
• FFI2013-44387-P (2014-2016): “Ex patria: exilios, destierros y destiempos en las literaturas alemana e hispánica”.

Publications & Scholarly Contributions

Professor Pichler has authored or edited numerous books and scholarly volumes, including Inseln als literarischer und kultureller Raum (2023), Camaradas. Österreicherinnen und Österreicher im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg 1936-1939 (2017), and Gegenwart der Vergangenheit (2013). His recent articles address Peter Handke’s canonical status, visual culture in Remarque reception, and Austrian volunteers in the International Brigades.

Doctoral Supervision

• Irina Ursachi: Kulturelles Trauma in Elfriede Jelineks Romanen (2021, cum laude).
• Patricia Pizarroso Acedo: Culturas del exilio. Las revistas culturales del antifascismo alemán, austriaco, catalán y español en México (2019, cum laude).

Teaching

He teaches undergraduate German language and literature courses (German I) within the English Studies and Modern Languages & Translation programmes, as well as master-level seminars on contemporary Hispanic literature and narrative discourse.