Ulrike Steierwald

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Steierwald holds the Professorship for German Literature at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, affiliated with the Institute of History and Literary Cultures. Her research spans

• Literature Studies
• Cultural Studies
• History
• Linguistic Imagery
• Refugee and Trauma Studies
• Digital Humanities

Recent activities include co-organizing the international conference Den Himmel zeichnen (2023) and delivering keynote speeches on library paradoxes (2018). Her publications focus on

• German contemporary literature
• Interdisciplinary methodologies
• Historical trauma representation
• Cultural memory

She has received recognition for her 2016 Laudatio on Felicitas Hoppe's honorary doctorate. Steierwald actively organizes academic events like the Tagung 'fest–flüssig–plasmatisch–flüchtig' (2021) and contributes to editorial work as editor of the BibSpider series.