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Professor Katrin Kohl is a Faculty Lecturer in German and Fellow of Jesus College at the University of Oxford. She holds a dual affiliation with the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and Jesus College, Oxford. Her research focuses on German literature from the 18th century to the present, including modernist poetry, cultural politics, metaphor theory, and translation studies. Notable projects include editing Rainer Maria Rilke’s correspondence with Erika Mitterer and leading the AHRC-funded Creative Multilingualism Project since 2016.
Her teaching spans German literature, comparative studies, and advanced translation, with a specialization in poetry, narratology, and responses to National Socialist history. She supervises doctoral theses on topics like modernist narrative, literature under National Socialism, and metaphor in translation theory. Kohl has authored/co-edited influential books on Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, H.G. Adler, and metaphor, and contributes to public engagement through exhibitions, lectures, and media appearances.
Research interests include Frederick the Great, 18th-century literature, Holocaust survivor poetry, and the intersection of metaphor with cultural impact. She has organized major events like the Babel: Adventures in Translation exhibition and collaborates with institutions such as the Oxford German Network and the Taylor Institution Library. Kohl’s work bridges academic rigor with public discourse on multilingualism and language education.
