Hanna Bingel Jones

Hanna Bingel Jones is a Research Fellow in the German Department at University College Cork (UCC), specializing in German literature, literary ecology, and ecocriticism. She holds a PhD from Justus Liebig University Giessen, focusing on religious themes in American prose fiction. Her career includes teaching at Volgograd and Leipzig Universities, followed by a DAAD Lecturer role at UCC (2016–2020). Currently, she leads projects on eco-theological poetry and rewilding German Studies. Her research integrates creation theology, German mysticism, and ecological ethics, challenging traditional disciplinary boundaries in philology.

Education:

• PhD in Literary Studies, Justus Liebig University Giessen (Graduate Center for the Study of Culture)
• Masters in English and German Studies, Giessen and Sheffield Universities

Research Interests:

• New forms of religiously shaped nature poetry (e.g., Christian Lehnert and Dorothea Grünzweig)
• Eco-pedagogy and committed eco-criticism
• Literature and memory in GDR contexts
• Interdisciplinary connections between theology, ecology, and narrative theory

Teaching:

• German literature from the 19th to 21st century
• German politics and culture post-1945
• Literature didactics in foreign language teaching (GFL)

Awards:

• PhD Scholarship (2007) and Research Grant (2007) from GCSC

Collaborative Projects:

• 'Rewilding Philologies' (UCC Eco-Humanities Research Group)
• Special Issue Guest Editor for German Life and Letters (2025)