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Dr Meindert Peters is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford. His research bridges Medical and Environmental Humanities through interdisciplinary explorations of embodiment, dance, and modernist literature. He is author of Habituation in German Modernism (2024), examining early 20th-century German literature's engagement with cognitive sciences. His current project, Dancing Modernist Literature, investigates 21st-century dance adaptations of modernist texts, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
His work explores how modernist concerns (identity, disability, aging) are reinterpreted through dance, exemplified by collaborations with choreographer Arthur Pita on Kafka adaptations. Peters also serves as series editor for Brill's Bodies & Abilities in Culture, Literature, and the Arts and co-curated the Kafka: Making of an Icon exhibition at Oxford's Weston Library and New York's Morgan Library.
- Research Themes: Comparative Literature, Cognitive Literary Studies, Dance Studies, German Literature, Medical Humanities, Global Literature
- Key Collaborations: Kafka's Transformative Communities Project, A Hunger Artist dance adaptation with Edward Watson and Meow Meow
Peters' scholarly contributions include over 15 peer-reviewed articles and edited volumes, with a monograph under contract with Edinburgh University Press. His academic journey includes prior teaching roles at Amsterdam University College and Utrecht University, alongside a former career as a professional ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
- Grants: New College Ludwig Fund (PI), TORCH Knowledge Exchange Innovation Fund (Co-I)
- Awards: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2021–2024)
