Helen Finch

Professor Helen Finch (University of Leeds) is a leading scholar in German Literature, with a focus on Holocaust Studies, Queer Memory, and German-Jewish Cultural Production. Affiliated with the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and the Centre for Jewish Studies, she co-leads the LCS Queer Area Studies Network and contributes to equality initiatives through the LGBT+ staff network.

• Research: Holocaust representation in German works, queer identity in postwar literature, transnational memory studies, curriculum design in German studies
• Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2014)

Academic Output: Her 15 most recent publications span Holocaust poetics, queer life writing, translation ethics, and Sebaldian intertextuality, with a particular focus on intersections between trauma, identity, and intergenerational testimony.

Supervision: Currently guides PhD research on topics including transnational transphobia, queer art practices, and LGBTQ+ cross-cultural representation. Her students explore areas from German exile photography to postcolonial queer narratives.