Elke Reinhardt-Becker

Dr. Elke Reinhardt-Becker is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of German Studies - Literary Studies/Didactics within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her academic work focuses on literary semantics of love, popular culture analysis (TV series, pop music), and cultural discourses in German literature from the 18th to 21st centuries. She has led research projects on research-based teaching, extracurricular learning spaces like theater, and intercultural collaborations with the Folkwang University of the Arts.

• PhD in German Literature (2004)
• Magistra Artium in German Literature, Communication Studies, and Political Science (1996)
• Director/editor of the internet study program 'Invitation to Literary Studies' (since 1998)

Her research explores how love semantics intersect with gender dynamics and body politics in media, particularly TV series and literary works. Recent publications analyze transidentity narratives and biopolitical constructs in modern cultural artifacts.

She has contributed to edited volumes on ambiguity in modern age discourses and interdisciplinary perspectives on love, while her teaching emphasizes literary didactics for secondary schools and performance assessment in German studies.