Joanna Neilly

Dr Joanna Neilly is an Associate Professor in German and Fellow & Tutor in German at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford. She specializes in German Romanticism and 19th-century literature, with particular focus on E.T.A. Hoffmann, cultural transfer, and orientalism. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh (2013) and has published extensively on German literature’s global influence. Her current research explores the reception of German Romanticism in contemporary Latin America and modern adaptations of Romantic motifs.

Her teaching includes German modern literature (1770–present), translation, and supervising graduate students on topics like 19th-century travelogues and Jewish women in prose fiction. She is the course convenor for the German MSt Special Subject on 'Writing Rivers.' Public engagement includes talks at the Royal Opera House and BBC Radio 3, as well as contributions to the award-winning podcast The World of Gustav Mahler.

• Education: PhD (University of Edinburgh, 2013), BA (Oxford, 2003)
• Labs/Teams: Involved in interdisciplinary projects on world literature and cultural transfer
• Grants: AHRC-funded PhD