About
Professor Sheila Dickson, affiliated with the Department of German at the University of Glasgow, is a leading scholar in Medical Humanities and German Romantic Literature, with a focus on the works of Achim von Arnim and E.T.A. Hoffmann. Her research explores psychoanalytic narrative theory and the intersection of medicine and literature in European case histories from the 18th and 20th centuries.
- Research Interests
- Medical Humanities, particularly historical medical case studies in literature
- German Romanticism, including intermediality in Hoffmann's works
- Narrative theory, emphasizing psychoanalytic frameworks
- Recent Publications
- Co-edited Eyes Wide Shut. Traumkulturen in der deutschen Aufklärung und Romantik (2024), analyzing dream cultures in Enlightenment and Romanticism
- 2024 book chapter on Karl Philipp Moritz's psychological insights in Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde
- 2023 book chapter on self-disgust in Thomas Bernhard and Elfriede Jelinek
- 2022 study of Rudolf Erich Raspe's Scottish connections
- 2018 article on historical mental health treatments in literature
- Scientific Awards
- Carnegie Trust and Royal Society of Edinburgh grants (2011, 2010) for medical humanities research
- British Academy funding (2008) for digital editions of Moritz's works
- German Academic Exchange Service awards (2006, 2002) for Romanticism and narrative studies
- Stiftung Weimarer Klassik grant (2004) for critical editions
- Advising & Grants
- Supervises postgraduate research in Medical Humanities and Romantic literature
- Secured funding for digital editions of Moritz's Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde (2008) and intermediality studies (2022)
- Labs & Teams
- Co-editor of Literatur für Leser:innen (2024) and Neue Zeitung für Einsiedler (since 2007)
- Collaborates with international scholars on German Romanticism projects
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