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Ifeoluwa Aboluwade is a researcher at the Department of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, holding the title of Akademische Rätin (Academic Councillor). She previously worked at the University of Bayreuth and maintains affiliations with the Tsikinya-Chaka Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand.
- Current focus on Shakespearean adaptation in African contexts
- Active in Digital Humanities and gender studies
- Member of the Renaissance Society of America Teaching Committee
Her research explores transcultural Shakespeare studies, examining intersections of:
- Race and gender in postcolonial adaptations
- Digital methodologies in literary analysis
- Memory politics through dramatic reinterpretation
- Decolonial approaches to classical texts
- Gender dynamics in global Renaissance scholarship
- African epistemologies in European contexts
Recent publications focus on African Shakespearean transformations, including:
- 2025 chapter on racial/gendered translation in Desdemona adaptations
- 2025 monograph analyzing undead motifs in Osofisan's works
- 2020 Routledge book on multimodal Shakespeare adaptations
Scientific achievements include:
- Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship
- Käte Hamburger Kolleg Fellowship
- Co-PI on Alexander von Humboldt Research Group project
Supervision requires prior seminar participation. Current projects include Black Spectres: Shakespeare and the Trickster Archetype. Collaborates with international institutions including Zaytuna College and University of Toronto.
