Gesine Müller

Professor Gesine Müller is a distinguished scholar in the Department of Romance Studies at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Humanities. Her academic work focuses on Latin American literature within global contexts, particularly examining how literary works engage with post-global conditions and create alternative world visions.

Her research centers on post-global aesthetics, world literature circulation, and conviviality studies in Latin American contexts. Müller investigates how contemporary Latin American authors navigate between collapse narratives and visions of conviviality, challenging traditional universalist frameworks of world literature. Her work bridges literary theory, cultural studies, and postcolonial perspectives to examine how literature from the Global South contributes to reimagining global literary landscapes.

Analysis of Müller's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on post-global literary production in Latin America, with particular attention to how authors like Fernanda Trías, Samanta Schweblin, and Benjamín Labatut construct alternative worlds amid ecological and social crises. Her scholarship demonstrates how Latin American literature actively participates in reshaping global literary discourses while maintaining regional specificity.

Müller leads significant research initiatives including the Maria Sibylla Merian Center Convivality-Inequality in Latin America and contributes to the Graduate School 2661 'Connect-Exclude'. Her work receives substantial institutional support through projects like Mecila (Maria Sibylla Merian Centre) and 'Reading Global: Constructions of World Literature and Latin America,' reflecting the importance of her research within contemporary literary studies.

She maintains an active research presence through the Maria Sibylla Merian Center, where interdisciplinary teams examine the complex relationships between conviviality and inequality in Latin American societies, using literary and cultural analysis as key methodological approaches.