Irina Simova

Irina Simova is a Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Reed College, affiliated with the German Department within the Division of Literature and Languages. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Germanophone and Eastern European film, literature, and performance, with emphasis on globalization, biopolitics, migration, and ecocriticism through political theory frameworks. Her current book project examines body management and late capitalism in Germanophone cinema, while her next project investigates post-communist narratives in Central/Eastern Europe's cultural production.

• Education: PhD in Comparative Literature, Princeton University

Her interdisciplinary work bridges media studies, AI ethics, and neoliberal governance, often analyzing artists like Alexander Kluge, Harun Farocki, and Christoph Schlingensief. Supported by major grants including DAAD and Fulbright, she co-edited the Alexander Kluge-Yearbook (9th ed., 2024).

Previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and collaborates on transnational cultural critique initiatives.