Rita Morrien

Rita Morrien is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Paderborn, affiliated with the Faculty of Cultural Studies and Institute of German Studies and Comparative Literature. She leads the Master’s program in German Literature and co-directs the German Literature Department/ZFBA.

• Research Interests: Contemporary literature/film, intermediality, (Post-)GDR literature, 18th-19th century narrative literature, gender theories, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff studies, ecocriticism/nature writing

Scientific Engagement includes:

• Member, Academic Advisory Board of the Center for Literature
• Member, Literature Commission for Westphalia
• Member, Droste Forum e.V.
• Member, Annette von Droste Society

Notable Contributions: Organized intermedial exhibition series Mit Droste im Glashaus (2018-2019) across multiple venues; published extensively on Droste-Hülshoff’s transatlantic reception, gender-body dynamics in bourgeois literature, and postmodern spatial theories.