Laura Vordermayer

Laura Vordermayer is a postdoctoral researcher and research associate at the Chair of Comparative Literature at Saarland University’s Faculty of Philosophy, where she investigates the interplay between ideologies and European literature, particularly in 19th-century fiction. As a member of the Cluster for European Research (CEUS) and the Research Committee of Saarland University (since 2024), she bridges trauma studies, intermediality, and postcolonial memory through her scholarship.

• Doctorate (2021) on literary dream recordings in 20th-century authors (Perec, Burroughs, Bachmann, Butor), focusing on trauma representation, especially the Shoah.
• Organizer of the 2021 Summer Academy Restitution, Reparations, Reparation at Villa Vigoni, leading to an open-access anthology (2023).

Her research interests span dream studies, intermediality, and literary adaptations in film, comics, and stage productions. Publications include a 2022 monograph on Georges Perec and collaborative edited volumes on dream typology and postwar memory. She has taught courses on Orientalism, gender roles, and social stereotypes in literature and film since 2021, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach.