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Professor André Otto serves as a Visiting Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin in the Department of English and American Studies, which is part of the Faculty of Language and Literary Sciences. He has been consistently teaching courses across multiple academic years from Winter Semester 2018/19 through the upcoming Winter Semester 2025/26.
Professor Otto's research and teaching expertise spans several key areas of English literature:
- Early Modern Literature
- Medieval Literature
- Postcolonial Studies
- British Cultural Studies
- Literary Theory
- Victorian Poetry
- London Studies
His course offerings demonstrate a particular focus on specialized literary themes and periods, with recurring attention to concepts of knowledge systems, identity formation, and cultural narratives across different historical periods of English literature. Courses like 'Rogues and Vagrants in Early Modern Literature,' 'Mother India - The Mythical Foundation of a Postcolonial Nation State,' and 'Systems of Knowledge in Late Medieval Literature' reveal his scholarly trajectory examining literature through social and cultural lenses.
Professor Otto maintains regular office hours on Wednesdays from 12:00-14:00 during the winter semester and can be reached via email at andre.otto@hu-berlin.de or by phone at (030) 2093-70909. His office is located at Dorotheenstraße 28, Room 2.08, following the department's recent relocation to this address.