Susanne Zepp-Zwirner

Prof. Dr. Susanne Zepp-Zwirner is a Professor of Spanish and Hispanic-American Literatures at the University of Duisburg-Essen, appointed in 2023. Her academic career includes positions at the Free University of Berlin (2011-2023), University of Cologne, and University of Leipzig. Key affiliations include the Martin Buber Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Research Focus: Medieval and Modern Iberian literatures, Jewish literatures across Romance languages, literary theory, law-literature intersections, and transcultural studies. She explores historical experience through texts from Spain, Latin America, and diasporic contexts.

• 2024: Scientific Advisory Board, Fundación Duques de Soria
• 2023: Commander's Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica
• 2015-2020: Feodor Lynen Research Fellow (Humboldt Foundation)
• 2009: Habilitation in Romance Philology

Publication Trends: Recent works examine migration narratives, historical memory, Ovid reception, and multilingual identity construction across Spanish, Latin American, and Jewish contexts. Key collaborations include co-edited handbooks on Jewish literatures.

Doctoral Supervision: Mentored 25+ doctoral candidates across institutions, including completed procedures and current advisees at Hebrew University and LMU Munich. Notable projects include DFG-funded research with Dr. Rosamna Pardellas and Kaimé Guerrero Valencia.