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Cornelia Wilde is a Researcher (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/Geschäftsführende Assistentin) at the Department of English and American Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, where she has been working since May 2014. She is affiliated with the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies and specializes in Modern English Literature.
Her academic background includes:
- Dr. phil. in English Literature and Culture from Humboldt University Berlin (2009) with dissertation "Seraphics. Ideals and Practices of Neo-Platonic Love and Friendship in 17th-Century England"
- State exam in English and History from Humboldt University Berlin (2003)
- Studies at Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, University of Oxford, and Humboldt University Berlin (1996-2003)
Dr. Wilde's research focuses on Early Modern English Literature and Culture with particular expertise in Neo-Platonism and the Transformation of Antiquity. Her work examines Concepts of Friendship, Poetics of Correspondence, and the relationship between Literature and Science. She also explores Modernist Literature and the Intermediality of Literature and Music, demonstrated by her organization of the "Conceived and Danced" literary and musical event in 2010 featuring Edith Sitwell/William Walton works and Kurt Weill songs.
She is actively involved in academic guidance, currently offering course support for the Master of English Literatures program. Her scholarly work has been connected to the SFB 644 Transformations of Antiquity research collaborative at Humboldt University, where she contributed to sub-projects on Neo-Platonic configurations in 17th-century England.
