Ulrike Vedder

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Vedder is a Full Professor at the Institute of German Literature, Humboldt University of Berlin, specializing in Modern German Literature from the 18th Century to the Present and Theories and Methods of Literary Gender Studies. Her research explores intersections between Literary Studies, Material Culture, and Gender Discourses.

• Chair of Humboldt University Council
• Speaker at Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies
• Co-editor, Journal of German Studies

Her scholarly focus includes:

• Material Culture: Museum narratives, literary object culture, poetics of collecting
• Gender Studies: Interpassivity, intergenerational trauma, queer family models
• Cultural Theory: Archive practices, boundary discourses, historical transfers

Recent publications analyze works by Thomas Bernhard, Henry James, and contemporary authors like Judith Schalansky. She leads projects on:

• Dramaturgies of archival memory
• German-Jewish women's life stories
• Translation practices in globalized contexts
• Literature and museum narratives

International collaborations include institutions in Warsaw, Wrocław, and Sofia. She organized workshops on literary spatial orders and realism's challenges.