Marie-Theres Stickel

Marie-Theres Stickel is a researcher and doctoral candidate at the Institute of Romance Studies, Justus Liebig University Giessen. She is affiliated with the DFG-funded project "Economic Agnosticism: Doubt in Monetary Knowledge in 19th Century Literature and Sociology" and participates in the International PhD Programme Literary and Cultural Studies (IPP) and the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC).

• Doctoral Research: Focuses on 19th-century literature’s interrogation of economic knowledge systems.
• Master’s Thesis: Explored 21st-century literature as laboratories for evolving reading literacies.
• Professional Background: Former publishing house team lead in Frankfurt, specializing in digital marketing and editorial work.

Her research spans economic humanities, feminist literary criticism, and 21st-century reading practices, with a particular interest in gender-coded epistemological doubt and literary-economic intersections. Recent conference presentations address topics like Daniel-Lesueur’s work at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition and speculative frameworks in literary systems.

Publications include analyses of publishing adaptation strategies in the digital age (2021) and monarchical representation in contemporary literature (2020). She co-produced the podcast "I Doubt It" (2025), reflecting her interdisciplinary approach.

Current memberships include the European Society of Comparative Literature (ESCL) and Paris-based Daniel-Lesueur research society. Her academic trajectory bridges industry experience and rigorous literary-cultural analysis.