Birgit Neumann

Birgit Neumann is a Professor of English Literature/Anglophone Studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf since 2014, with leadership roles including Head of Department (since 2016) and Principal Investigator at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (2006-2012). Her research focuses on postcolonial literatures, cultural memory, gender studies, and transcultural dynamics.

• Key affiliations: Board Member of Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (since 2016), German Association for 18th-century Studies (since 2012)
• Previous roles: Professor at University of Passau (2011-2014), Visiting Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008)

Research interests include:

• Postcolonial and material ecocriticism
• Literary and cultural memory studies
• Intermediality and ekphrasis in postcolonial contexts
• Spatial turn in literary analysis

Honors:

• 2005 Best PhD Thesis Award, Justus-Liebig University

She has advised European PhDnet Literary and Cultural Studies (2008-2011) and participated in DAAD-funded initiatives.