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Dr. Corinne Painter is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. She is Programme Leader for the MA Professional Language and Intercultural Studies (MAPLIS) and actively supervises PhD and MA research students.
Her educational background includes a BA (Hons) in German and Japanese, an MA by Research, and a PhD on Clementine Kraemer, all from the University of Leeds. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Historical Society, and a member of professional associations including Women in German Studies and the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication.
Dr. Painter’s research centers on power dynamics at the margins, with a focus on women’s roles in historical upheavals. Her key areas include Gender and the German Revolution of 1918/19, anti-fascist resistance, German Jewish women in the Weimar and Nazi periods, life writing, and intercultural communication. She uses interdisciplinary and creative methodologies, often collaborating with artists and communities to explore hidden histories.
She has led significant research projects funded by the AHRC and Research England, such as Commemoration, Conflict and Conscience, Ways of Knowing: Developing Research Cultures of Resistance, and la vojo returne, resulting in public exhibitions, artistic outputs, festivals, and digital archives. Her work emphasizes public engagement, co-creation, and widening access to historical narratives.
Her public-facing contributions include articles in The Conversation, Jacobin, and ERA Magazine, as well as invited talks and podcasts on revolutionary women, German history, and activism. She is committed to curriculum innovation through the Curriculum Redefined project, fostering interdisciplinary, student-academic co-created learning.
Dr. Painter teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate levels in German history, gender and cultural history, women’s writing, and intercultural communication. She supervises research on topics bridging theory and practice in intercultural training and revolutionary thought. Her collaborative research groups include German History, Women, Gender and Sexuality, Cultural Studies, and Intercultural Studies.
