معرفی
Liz Schoppelrei (they/them) is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, jointly appointed in the Department of German Studies and the Society for the Humanities within the College of Arts and Sciences. Their interdisciplinary work bridges German Studies, Comparative Literature, and Gender Studies with a focus on trans and queer cultural production.
Education
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with Graduate Minor in German from Pennsylvania State University
Schoppelrei’s research investigates how literary and historical texts construct non-normative embodiments and imagine queer kinship, with specialized attention to speculative fiction’s engagement with queer ecologies and Anthropocene studies. Their methodology integrates trans studies, queer theory, and analysis of alternative media forms including comics, zines, and poetry to examine community-building across the long twentieth century.
Scientific Awards
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
As an educator, Schoppelrei teaches specialized courses such as “Queer and Trans Germany” and will launch “Introduction to Black German Studies” in Spring 2025, developing curricula that center marginalized voices in German cultural production. Their current book project Speculative Formations: Queer and Trans Communities in the Long Twentieth Century analyzes textual strategies for imagining solidarity beyond normative frameworks.
