Dr Sabine Egger

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Education
- PhD in Neuerer Deutscher Literatur; thesis on Deutsch-osteurop盲ische Geschichte und Mythos in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ursula Heukenkamp, Institut f眉r deutsche Literatur, Humboldt-Universit盲t zu Berlin
- MA in English, German and Economics; thesis on Konstrukte irischer Identit盲t in der 鈥榩oetry of place鈥 John Montagues und Derek Mahons; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Bonheim; Englisches Seminar, Universit盲t zu K枚ln
- MA in English Literature; thesis on Landscape in Contemporary Northern Irish Poetry; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kevin Barry, NUI Galway
Research and Publications
Monographs
Moving East/West: Journeys and Transit Spaces in German Poetry, Short Prose and Intermedial Projects after 1989 (work in progress).
Dialog mit dem Fremden. Erinnerung an den 鈥渆urop盲ischen Osten鈥 in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis. W眉rzburg: K枚nigshausen & Neumann, 2009.
Journals
Germanistik in Ireland 15 (2020). Special Issue: Zeitgenossenschaft/Contemporaneity, guest ed. with H. Rompf.
Zeitschrift f眉r interkulturelle Germanistik 7/2 (2016). Special Issue: Vom Zugabteil zum Cabaret: Transitr盲ume Sprache, Literatur und Kultur, guest ed. with W. Bonner & E. Hess-L眉ttich.
Germanistik in Ireland 11 (2016). Special Issue: Transit or Transformation? Border Crossings in Language and Literature, guest ed. with W. Bonner & E. Hess-L眉ttich.
Edited Volumes
: From the Borderland in the East and Johannes Bobrowski鈥檚 Utopia to a Border Aesthetics. (Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien), ed. with S. Hajduk and B. Jung. G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021.
, ed. with C. Foley and M. Harper. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
Transitr盲ume und transitorische Begegnungen in Literatur, Theater und Film (Cross-Cultural Communication 30), ed. with W. Bonner & E. Hess-L眉ttich. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 2017.
Cultural/Literary Translators: Irish-German Biographies II (Irish-German Studies 9), ed. Trier: wvt, 2015.
鈥淛ohannes Bobrowski".Twentieth Century Criticism, senior editorial advisor. Columbia, S.C.: LLC, 2015.
Polish-Irish Encounters in the New and Old Europe (Reimagining Ireland 39), ed. with J. McDonagh. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011.
From the Margins to the Centre: Irish Germanists on Swiss Culture and Literature (German Linguistic and Cultural Studies 18), ed. with P. Studer. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007.
Peer-reviewed Articles and Book Contributions (Selection)
- 2024. . In: H. Bay, L. Beck, C. Hamann, J. Osthues (Eds.). Handbuch "Literatur und Reise". Stuttgart: Metzler, 252-255.
- 2024. . Zur Positionierung im literarischen Feld. In: N. Mattern, S. Neuhaus (Eds.). Handbuch "Literatur und Kultur der Wirtschaftswunderzeit". Berlin: de Gruyter, 310-322.
- 2024. . In: S. Pasewalck (Ed.). (Schriften des Bundesinstituts f眉r Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im 枚stlichen Europa 88). Berlin: de Gruyter, 139-158.
- 2023. Contemporary Ukrainian writers as an 鈥榓vant-garde鈥 of exile in the German literary field? Katja Petrowskaja and Kateryna Mishchenko, Oxford German Studies, 52.3 (2023), 384-398, DOI: .
- 2023. Train journeys in postmemorial narratives on 鈥楬eimatverlust鈥 in contemporary German writing: Reinhard Jirgl鈥檚 Die Unvollendeten and Sabrina Janesch鈥檚 Katzenberge. In: Transit: A Journal of Travel, Migration, and Multiculturalism in the German-speaking World 14.1 (2023), University of California, Berkeley, 86-103, DOI: .
- 2023. In: L. Bluhm, S. Neuhaus (Eds.). Handbuch "M盲rchen". Berlin, Heidelberg: Metzler. 353-357.
- 2023. Vom Stolpern Carl Joseph von Trottas bis zum 鈥歊ave in memoriam Otto von Habsburg鈥: Zur t盲nzerischen Demontage und Transformation europ盲ischer Erinnerungsr盲ume in Joseph Roths Radetzkymarsch und Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther. In: A. Czegl茅dy & S. Ritz (Eds.) Gesten. Paris, Budapest: L鈥橦armattan, 175-187.
- 2022. Changing Positions between two literary fields. Johannes Bobrowski and the Gruppe 47. Germanistik in Ireland 17 (2022), 159-170.
- 2021. Zur Positionierung zwischen Engagement, christlichem Humanismus und zwei literarischen Feldern vor 1968: Johannes Bobrowski und die Gruppe 47. In: C. Gansel, J. Ludwig (Eds.). 1968 鈥 Ost 鈥 West. Deutsch - deutsche Kultur - Geschichten. Berlin: Okapi, 307-329.
- 2021. Gedenkorte, Nicht-Orte und Leerstellen: Zur Deterritorialisierung des Ichs in Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther. In: Jahrbuch f眉r internationale Germanistik 142 (2021). Special Issue: Heimat und Ged盲chtnis heute. Literarische Repr盲sentationen von Heimat in der aktuellen deutschsprachigen Literatur, 39-52..
- 2020. (2014). In: Contemporary Jewish Women鈥檚 Writing in Germany and Austria 鈥揂 Minor Literature? Ed. by M. R. Lizarazu & G. Weiss-Sussex. Special Issue MLO (2020).
- 2020, with H. Rompf. : Approaches to Zeitgenossenschaft/Contemporaneity. In: Germanistik in Ireland 15 (2020). Special Issue Zeitgenossenschaft/Contemporaneity/Engagement, 5-19.
- 2020. Gespr盲che mit einem verwesenden Fuchs und anderes Befremdliches in Lutz Seilers Lyrik. In: Jahrbuch f眉r Internationale Germanistik 138 (2020). Special Issue: Unheimliche Heimatr盲ume. Repr盲sentationen von Heimat in der deutschsprachigen Literatur seit 1918, 161-174.
- 2019. . In: S. Neuhaus (Ed.). Effi Briest-Handbuch. Stuttgart: Metzler, 287-293.
- 2019, with S. Wagner. . In: S. Matuschek, S. Picard, P. Wojcik & M. Wolting (Eds). Klassik als kulturelle Praxis - funktional, intermedial, transkulturell. Berlin: de Gruyter, 435-454.
- 2019. . In: I.-K. Patrut, R. R枚ssler & W. Johann (Eds.). Transformationen Europas im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Zur 脛sthetik und Wissensgeschichte der interkulturellen Moderne. Bielefeld: transcript, 2019, 345-369.
- 2019. . In: N. Mattern & S. Neuhaus (Eds). Buddenbrooks Handbuch. Stuttgart: Metzler, 274-281.
- 2019. Magischer Realismus als Form einer transgressiven Historiographie? 脺berlegungen zu Romanen Sabrina Janeschs und Catalin Dorian Florescus鈥. In: M. Wolting (Ed.). Neues historisches Erz盲hlen. G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 155-174.
- 2019. Dancing between Transgression and Transformation in German Literature after 1945 and 1989: Johannes Bobrowski and Katja Petrowskaja. In: S. Egger, C. Foley & M. Harper (Eds.). Dance and Modernism in Irish and German Literature and Culture: Connections in Motion. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 189-208.
- 2018. . In: D. Byrnes, J. Conacher & G. Holfter (Eds): East-German Literature, 25 Years After the Fall of the Wall, Leiden, Boston & Tokyo: Brill, 160-178.
- 2017. : Heimat, Flucht und Vertreibung bei Sabrina Janesch. In: G. Iztueta, M. Saalbach, I. Talavera, C. Bescansa & J. Standke (Eds) Raum-Gef眉hl-Heimat: Literarische Repr盲sentationen nach 1945. Marburg: Verlag LiteraturWissenschaft.de, 141-156.
- 2017. . In: Literaturkritik.de 19.4 (2017).
- 2017. . In: M. Wolting (Ed.). Identit盲tskonstruktionen in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur (Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien 23). G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 285-296.
- 2016. . Zeitschrift f眉r interkulturelle Germanistik 7.2 (2016). Special Issue Vom Zugabteil zum Cabaret: Transitr盲ume Sprache, Literatur und Kultur, 35-54.
- 2016. Auf der Suche nach Spenglers Spuren in der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur. Von Ernst Wiecherts Totenwald zu Johannes Bobrowskis Sarmatien. In: A. de Winde, S. Fabr茅, B. Philipsen, S. Maes & Le Prince-脡v锚que (Eds). . Heidelberg: Synchron, 302-320.
- 2016. i. In: CALL: Irish Journal for Culture, Arts, Literature and Language 1.1 (2016).
- 2016. . In: M. Braun, O. Jahraus, S. Neuhaus & S. Pesnel (Eds), Nach 1914: Krieg, Literatur und Film in der europ盲ischen Kultur. W眉rzburg: K枚nigshausen & Neumann, 411-436.
- 2015. B(u.a. B. Oleschinski, B. B枚ttcher, B. Piasecki und VJ Milosh). In: C. Gansel & M. Wolting (Eds). Deutschland- und Polenbilder in der Literatur nach 1989 (Deutschsprachige Gegenwartsliteratur und Medien 16). G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 103-123.
- 2015. 鈥. In: German Life and Letters 68/2 (2015), 45-67.
- 2015. . In: S. Egger (Ed.). Cultural/Literary Translators: Irish-German Biographies II (Irish-German Studies 9). Trier: wvt, 71-94. (See also: .)
- 2014. (2010). In: Interf茅rences litt茅raires / Literaire interferenties 14, 2014.
- 2013. Between H枚lderlin and Heaney: Thresholds and Boundaries in Johannes Bobrowski's Poetry. In: Germanistik in Irland 8 (2013), 107-125.
- 2013. The Good German between Silence and Artistic Deconstruction of an Inhumane World: Johannes Bobrowski鈥檚 Narratives M盲usefest (1962) and Der T盲nzer Malige (1965). In: C. Sch枚nfeld & P. O'Doherty (Eds). The Good German in Literature and Culture. Rochester, N.Y.: Camden House, 85-97.
- 2012. Die Ber眉hrung der Alltagsgegenst盲nde in den Gedichten Lutz Seilers und Herta M眉llers. In: A. Czegl茅dy & Szilvia Ritz (Eds) Inspirationen (K谩roli K枚nyvek 43). Paris, Budapest: L鈥橦armattan, 109-131.
- 2012. Ost(mittel)europa in der neueren deutschen Lyrik. In: Akten des XII. Internationalen Germanistenkongresses. Bd. 5.2 (Einheit in der Vielfalt? Der Europadiskurs der SchriftstellerInnen seit der Klassik, betreut von P. M. L眉tzeler, P. Hanenberg & J. Jablkowska). Oxford: Peter Lang.
- 2011. Introduction. In: S. Egger & J. McDonagh (Eds) Polish-Irish Encounters in the New and Old Europe (Reimagining Ireland 39). Oxford: Peter Lang. xi-xvii.
- 2009. Martin Bubers Ethik und die 脛sthetik der Erinnerung in der sarmatischen Lyrik (Martin Buber鈥檚 Ethics and the Aesthetics of Memory in the Sarmatian Poetry). In: A. Degen & T. Taterka (Eds.), Zeit aus Schweigen. Johannes Bobrowski 鈥 Werk, Biographie, Kontext (Colloquia Baltica 15). Munich: Martin Meidenbauer, 381-392.
- 2007. Von Litauen bis Irland: Erinnerungsorte in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis. In: G. Holfter & H.-W. Schmidt-Hannisa (Eds) German-Irish Encounters. Deutsch-irische Begegnungen (Irish-German Studies 2). Trier: wvt, 118-127.
- with P. Studer, 2007. 鈥楤lick von au脽en鈥 鈥 Interview with Peter Stamm. In: S. Egger & P. Studer (Eds) From the Margins to the Centre: Irish Germanists on Swiss Culture and Literature (German Linguistic and Cultural Studies 18). Oxford: Peter Lang, 61-75. ISBN 978 3 03910 716 2.
- 2007. Switzerland and Ireland: Places Beyond History from the Perspective of Post-War West Germany. In: S. Egger & P. Studer (Eds) From the Margins to the Centre: Irish Germanists on Swiss Culture and Literature (German Linguistic and Cultural Studies 18). Oxford: Peter Lang, 31-48. ISBN 978 3 03910 716 2.
- 2007. Der Mythos als Medium einer dialogischen Kultursynthese in den Gedichten Johannes Bobrowskis. In: J.- M. Valentin (Ed.). Akten des XI. Internationalen Germanistenkongresses. Vol. 8. Bern: Peter Lang, 83-90. ISBN 978 3 03910 797 1.
- 2004. 鈥淲eibliches鈥 Sarmatien: Osteuropa zwischen Exotismus und Identifikation in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis. In: D. Albrecht, A. Degen, H. Peitsch & K. V枚lker (Eds). Unverschmerzt: Johannes Bobrowski鈥 Leben und Werk (Colloquia Baltica 2). M眉nchen: Martin Meidenbauer, 273-291. ISBN 3 89975 511 1.
- 2003. The Roots of the East German 鈥淕reen鈥 Movement in the 1950s. In: S. Giles & M. Oergel (Eds), Counter-Cultures in Germany and Central Europe: From Sturm und Drang to Baader-Meinhof. Oxford: Peter Lang, 171-192. ISBN 3 03910 007 6.
- 2003. Relativising Images of Self and Other in the Intercultural Literature Classroom. In: Roland Tormey (Eds). Teaching Social Justice : Intercultural and Development Education Perspectives on Education鈥檚 Context, Content and Methods. CEDR, 91制片厂 & Ireland Aid, Limerick/Dublin. 91-108. ISBN 1 9001 461 77.
- 2003. Bertolt Brecht: Die L枚sung (1964). In: F. Krobb and J. Morrison (Eds). Poetry Project: Irish Germanists Interpret German Verse (British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature 25). Oxford: Peter Lang, 201-206. ISBN 3 906766 45 4.
- 2003. Volker Braun: Das innerste Afrika (1984). In: F. Krobb and J. Morrison (Eds). Poetry Project: Irish Germanists Interpret German Verse (British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature 25). Oxford: Peter Lang, 245-253. ISBN 3 906766 45 4.
- 2003. Deconstructing Marxist-Leninist Historiography: Memories of National Socialism in East German Poetry of the 1950s and 1960s. In: E. Caldicott and A. Fuchs (Eds) Cultural Memory. Essays on European Literature and History, Oxford : Peter Lang, 99-114. ISBN 3 03910 053 X.
- 2002. Komparatistische Imagologie im interkulturellen Literaturunterricht. In: , 1-19.
- 2002. Bertolt Brecht. In: H. Briel (Ed.). German Culture and Society. The Essential Glossary. London : Arnold, 21-22. ISBN 0 340763 949.
- 2002. Foundation of the GDR. In: H. Briel (Ed.). German Culture and Society. The Essential Glossary. London : Arnold, 49-50. ISBN 0 340763 949.
- 2002. June 1953 Uprising. In: H. Briel (Ed.). German Culture and Society. The Essential Glossary. London : Arnold, 74-75. ISBN 0 340763 949.
- 2000. Die Mythologisierung ostj眉dischen Lebens in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis 1952-1962. In: P. O'Dochartaigh (Ed.). Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature? (German Monitor 53). Amsterdam & Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 2000, 353-365. ISBN 978 90 420 1453 4.
Conference Papers (Selection)
- On the dynamics of a 鈥済esamtdeutschen Literatur鈥 between two literary fields: Johannes Bobrowski, Peter Weiss and the Gruppe 47. Mein Sehnen geht in die Ferne鈥 鈥 Reflecting on Exile and GDR Studies. International Conference In memoriam Ian Wallace. University of Oxford, 9-11 September 2022.
- Tanz als M枚glichkeitsform des Schreibens 眉ber Erinnerungsr盲ume [...]. Invited paper. Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), University of Maynooth, 26-27 November 2021.
- Tanz und Geste als Formen der Grenz眉berschreitung in Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther und Anna Burns' Milkman. Invited paper. Inspirationen V. 鈥 Gesten. International Symposium, G谩sp谩r K谩roly University Budapest, 21-22 October 2021.
- Individuelle Verlusterfahrung und Erinnerungsst枚rung. Walter Kempowski. (Section 鈥濭eschichte(n) erinnern - Memory Boom und St枚rungen der Erinnerung鈥, C. Gansel; L. Adelson, M. Alem谩n) XIV. Congress of the International Association of Germanic Studies (IVG), University of Palermo, 23-31 August 2021.
- Similarities or Parallel Worlds? 24H Europe and Colum McCann鈥檚 Novel Apeirogon. Identities in Flux. Past, Presents and Futures of Migrant Communities across Europe. International Conference, Institute of Humanities, UCD/Irish Centre of Transnational Studies, 91制片厂, 13-15 & 21-22 May 2021.
- Zur Deterritorialisung von Ged盲chtnisorten in Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther (2014) und Anna Burns鈥 Milkman (2018). Invited paper. Shared Heritage 鈥 Gemeinsames Erbe. Kulturelle Interferenzr盲ume im 枚stlichen Europa als Sujet der Gegenwartsliteratur. International Conference. Literaturhaus Berlin, 19-20 November 2020.
- European Encounters in Real Time? The Documentary 24H Europe 鈥 The Next Generation. Encounters: the coincidence of space, time, and subjectivity. An interdisciplinary conference. St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge, 16-18 September 2019.
- Ged盲chtnisorte, Nicht-Orte und Leerstellen: Zur De/Reterritorialisung des Ichs in Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther. Invited paper. Heimat und Ged盲chtnis heute. International Conference. University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 25-27 September 2019.
- Mark und Bein. Eine Episode. Zur St枚rung von Debatten zu Flucht und Vertreibung als "geschichtspolitischem Wortm眉ll". Invited paper. 鈥濱ch will Archiv werden.鈥 Walter Kempowskis Autorschaft zwischen archivarischer Quelle und strategischer Werkpolitik. International Conference, Universit盲t Rostock/Kempowski-Archiv, Rostock, 26-28 April 2019. (Reviewed in the FAZ, 29.04.19, <>)
- Johannes Bobrowski und die Gruppe 47. Invited paper. Hans Werner Richter-Literaturtage. Hans Werner Richter-Haus, Bansin, 15-17 November 2018.
- A Space outside of Politics for German-German Literary Relations in the Early 1960s?: Johannes Bobrowski and the Evangelische Akademie Berlin-Brandenburg鈥. 84th Annual Meeting of the Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS). Bangor University. 29-31 August 2018.
- Das Radio und die Transformation von Grenzen in der Lyrik Lutz Seilers und Seamus Heaneys. Europa im 脺bergang: Interkulturelle Transferprozesse - Internationale Deutungshorizonte. International Congress of the Association for Intercultural German Studies (GiG), Europa-Universit盲t Flensburg, 9-15 September 2017.
- Gespr盲che mit einem verwesenden Fuchs und die innere Freiheit als unheimliche Heimat in Lutz Seilers Kruso. Invited paper. Unheimliche Heimatr盲ume. Literarische Repr盲sentationen von Heimat in der deutschsprachigen Literatur seit 1918. International Conference. University of the Basque Country Vitoria-Gasteiz, 20-22 September 2017.
- Das Radio und die Transformation von Grenzen in der Lyrik Lutz Seilers und Seamus Heaneys. Europa im 脺bergang: Interkulturelle Transferprozesse - Internationale Deutungshorizonte. Kongress der Gesellschaft f眉r interkulturelle Germanistik (GiG), Europa-Universit盲t Flensburg, 9-15 September 2017.
- Literarische Grenzbewegungen. Zu den "Autogeographien" Katja Petrowskajas, Juri Andruchowytschs und Hugo Hamiltons. Invited paper. Europa im Wandel: Literatur, Werte und europ盲ische Identit盲t. International Conference. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Lviv, Ukraine, 6-9 June 2017.
- with E. Riordan. DigiLanguages: "Language Learning in a Digital World". Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI), Dublin City University, 18-19 November 2016.
- Dance between Transgression and Liminality in German Writing after 1945 and 1989. Connections in Motion: Dance in Irish and German Literature, Film and Culture. 16th International Conference in Irish-German Studies, 91制片厂/University of Limerick, 30 October-1 November 2016.
- Momente der Transdifferenz in Katja Petrowskajas Vielleicht Esther (2014). Vielf盲ltige Konzepte 鈥 Konzepte der Vielfalt: Interkulturalit盲t(en) weltweit, International Conference of the Association for Intercultural German Studies (GiG), University of 脷st铆 nad Labem/Charles University Prague, 4-9 October 2016.
- with S. Wagner. Zu (trans-)nationalen Goethe-Adaptionen in der zeitgen枚ssischen Internetkultur. Invited paper. 鈥濧s you like it鈥? Kanonbildung und europ盲ische Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert. IX. International Conference of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for European Germanists, Akademie der KAS, Berlin, 8-9 September 2016.
- Magischer Realismus als Form einer transgressiven Historiographie? 脺berlegungen zu Romanen Sabrina Janeschs und Catalin Dorian Florescus. International Conference Geschichte(n) erinnern 鈥 Formen 'historisch-fiktionalen Erz盲hlens' in der deutschsprachigen und polnischen Gegenwartsliteratur nach 1989. University of Gie脽en/University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, 7-9 April 2016.
- Magischer Realismus und transnationale Postmemory: Heimat, Flucht und Vertreibung in Sabrina Janesch鈥檚 Katzenberge (2010). Raum 鈥 Gef眉hl 鈥 Heimat. Literarische Repr盲sentationen nach 1945. International Conference University of the Basque Country Vitoria-Gasteiz, 23-25 September 2015.
- Dynamisierte R盲ume nach 1989. XIII. Congress of the International Association of Germanic Studies (IVG), Tongji University Shanghai, 23-31 August 2015.
- Dynamisierte R盲ume, Krieg und Technik: Eisenbahnreisen gen Osten in deutschen Prosagedichten nach 1989. Invited paper, Nach 1914: Krieg, Literatur und Film in der europ盲ischen Gesellschaft. VII. Conference of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for European Germanists, Akademie der KAS, Berlin, 11-13 September 2014.
- The 鈥淓astern turn鈥 and 鈥渢ravelling concepts鈥 in contemporary German-language literature. Invited paper for the panel 鈥楧isciplinarity鈥. German in the World, International Symposium. Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), University of London, 2 June 2014.
- Der Raum des Fremden als 鈥瀎ahrender Zug鈥 in den Erz盲hltexten Herta M眉llers. Begegnungen in Transitr盲umen/Transitorische Begegnungen . International Conference of the Association for Intercultural German Studies (GiG), 91制片厂/UL, Limerick, 29 May-1 June 2014.
- Literary Transit Spaces in the New Europe. Invited speaker, Post-National Modern Languages, (Re)Launch of the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), School of Advanced Studies, University of London, 7 December 2013.
- Bilder des europ盲ischen Ostens in der neueren deutschen Lyrik und intermedialen Grenzformen, 鈥楧ie andere Seite mit ihren eigenen Augen sehen鈥? Deutschland- und Polenbilder in der deutschen und polnischen Literatur nach 1989. International Conference, University of Wroclaw, 3-5 October 2013.
- Sich bewegen lassen: Transkulturelle Eisenbahnreisen in der zeitgen枚ssischen deutschen Literatur. Invited paper, Inspirationen II. International Symposium, K谩roli-G谩sp谩r-University of Budapest, 23-25 January 2013.
- "Der Osten" als Nicht-Ort im neuen Europa? Transkulturelle Eisenbahnreisen in der zeitgen枚ssischen deutschen Lyrik und Kurzprosa. Invited paper, Shifting German Landscapes. Cultural Hybridity and Place. International Conference, University of Bath, 14 December 2012.
- Wilhelm Lehmann and Yeats鈥 Ireland. Invited plenary paper. Belonging: Cultural Topographies of Identity. International Interdisciplinary Conference, University College Dublin, 8-9 June 2012.
- "The Wild East" in Contemporary German Writing; Sarthaispeantas Taighde 2011, 91制片厂 Research Showcase, 30 August 2011.
- Die Ber眉hrung der Alltagsgegenst盲nde in den Gedichten Lutz Seilers und Herta M眉llers. Invited plenary paper, Inspirationen, International Symposium, K谩roli-G谩sp谩r-University of Budapest, 16-18 June 2011.
- Memory of the Holocaust in German Literature after 1945, Invited paper, Approaches to Teaching the Holocaust, Interdisciplinary Conference, 91制片厂, University of Limerick, 4 May 2011.
- Johannes Bobrowskis Lyrik (Johannes Bobrowski's Poetry). Invited paper, A special role for literature? Literatur in der DDR (und Irland). International Colloquium with a special focus on teaching GDR literature., CIGS, University of Limerick, 28-29 March 2011.
- Ost(mittel)europa in der neueren deutschen Lyrik (Eastern (Central) Europe in Contemporary German Poetry. Vielheit und Einheit der Germanistik weltweit. XII Congress of the International Association of Germanic Studies (IVG), University of Warsaw, 30 July - 7 August 2010.
- Everyday Experience in the Poetry of Gerald Zschorsch and Lutz Seiler. 73rd Conference of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS), University of Reading, 29-31 March 2010.
- CLIL in ITE and attitudes to Primary classroom practice (with A. Dillon). CLIL 2010 In Pursuit of Excellence. Uncovering CLIL Quality by CLIL Practitioners. Evidencing CLIL Quality by CLIL Researchers. University of Eichst盲tt, 30 September-2 October 2010.
- Between H枚lderlin and Heaney: Crossing Boundaries in Johannes Bobrowski's Poetry. Invited lecture at the Arts Faculty Seminar Series, 91制片厂, University of Limerick, 9 November 2010. (Podcast, )
- with P. Studer, P. Kelly & A. Dillon, CLIL in Higher Education: a Cross-Cultural Perspective, LPLL 2009, Language Policy and Language Learning. New Paradigms and New Challenges, University of Limerick, 18-20 June 2009.
- 鈥淥st(mittel)europa鈥 in der neueren deutschen Lyrik (鈥楨ast (Central) Europe鈥 in Contemporary German Poetry), Begegnungsraum Ostmitteleuropa 鈥 Deutsche Sprache und Kultur im interkulturellen Raum, International Symposium, G谩sp谩r K谩roly University and University of Applied Sciences, Budapest, Society for Intercultural German Studies, Budapest, 7-9 May 2009.
- Universalism and/or Particularism? The Reception of Martin Buber鈥檚 Concept of Dialogue in Post-War and Post-Multiculturalism Germany. Conference of the Royal Irish Academy, National Committee for Modern Language, Literary and Cultural Studies: IN/DIFFERENCE : Current and Historical Perspectives on Cultures in Contact. University of Limerick, 9-10 November 2007.
- The Influence of W.B. Yeats on Wilhelm Lehmann鈥檚 Image of Ireland. 9th Limerick Conference in Irish-German Studies: Heinrich B枚ll and Ireland 鈥 50 Years Irisches Tagebuch, University of Limerick, 30 August-1 September 2007.
- Martin Bubers Ethik und die 脛sthetik der Erinnerung in der sarmatischen Lyrik. International Conference, Zeit aus Schweigen. Johannes Bobrowski 鈥 Werk, Biographie, Kontext, of the Baltic Centre of German Studies, University of Latvia, Johannes-Bobrowski-Society, Academia Baltica, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz/Germersheim, University of Kaliningrad und Vytautas Magnus-University of Kaunas, in Kaunas/Riga, 18-22 June 2007.
- Der Mythos als Medium einer dialogischen Kultursynthese in den Gedichten Johannes Bobrowskis. IX. Internationaler Germanistenkongress (IVG), Germanistik im Konflikt der Kulturen, Paris, 26 August-3 September 2005.
- "Weibliches" Sarmatien: Osteuropa zwischen Exotismus und Identifikation in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis. International Conference Unverschmerzt: Johannes Bobrowski 鈥 Leben und Werk, Literarisches Colloquium, Berlin, 7-9 November 2003.
- Deconstructing Images of "Self" and "Other" in the Intercultural Literature Classroom. NCDE Third-Level Conference: Teaching Social Justice at Third Level; Content, Context and Methods, 91制片厂, Limerick, 1-2 March 2002.
- Between Political Emancipation and Conservatism: "Fortschrittskritik" in East German Nature Poetry. Northeast Modern Language (NEMLA) Panels 2001, Hartford, Connecticut, 30-31 March 2001.
- The Roots of the East German Green Movement: Fortschrittskritik in the 1950s. International Conference From Sturm und Drang to Baader-Meinhof: Counter-Cultures in Germany and Central Europe 1770-1990, Nottingham, 14-16 September 2001.
- Deconstructing Marxist-Leninist Historiography: Memories of National Socialism in East German Poetry of the 1950s and 1960s. Royal Irish Academy,National Committee for Modern Language Studies, 27th Annual Research Symposium on Cultural Memory. Dublin, 10-11 November 2000.
- Between Political Emancipation and Conservatism: East German "Green Poetry". International Conference on Writing the Environment. University of East London, London, 6-8 September 2000.
- A Metaphysical View of History: Attempts to Deconstruct Marxist-Leninist Historiography in the Poetry of Johannes Bobrowski , Sarah Kirsch and G眉nter Kunert. 26. New Hampshire Symposium on East German Literature and Society. Conway, NH, USA, 21-28 June 2000.
- Die Mythologisierung ostj眉dischen Lebens in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis 1952-1962. International Conference on Representations of Jews in German Literature since 1945. University of Ulster, Coleraine, 8-10 September 1999.
- Reclaiming the Land or Perpetuating the Colonialist Discourse? 鈥 Irish Identity in the Poetry of John Montague and Derek Mahon. Defining Colonies: Third International Galway Conference on Colonialism. NUI Galway, 17-20 June 1999.
- Memory and Identity in Contemporary Northern Irish Poetry. 91制片厂 In-House Research Colloquium on Memory, Story, Text - How the Margins Achieve a Voice. 91制片厂, Limerick, 11 December 1998.
- "Eine Schattenfabel von den Verschuldungen": Deutsch-osteurop盲ische Geschichte in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis ', invited paper and public roundtable discussion on Erinnerung und Zukunft. Johannes Bobrowski zu Ehren, chaired by Dr. Klaus Wagenbach, Johannes-Bobrowski-Society, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, 8 April 2001.
Peer Reviews
German Studies Review; Focus on German Studies; Quaderns de Filologia; Zeitschrift f眉r interkulturelle Germanistik (ZiG); literaturkritik.de; Germanistik in Ireland; Journal of Contemporary European Studies; various collections of critical essays.
Book Reviews
Modern Language Review; Zeitschrift f眉r interkulturelle Germanistik (ZiG); literaturkritik.de; Germanistik in Ireland; Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
Postgraduate Supervision (current)
Rebecca O鈥橤rady, PhD by Research: Concepts of identity and homeland in 20th-century French and German literature; with Dr Mair茅ad N铆 Bhriain (91制片厂).
Valentine Pic, PhD by Research: Female Characters in French and German Adaptations of "The Beauty and the Beast"; with Darach Sanfey (91制片厂)
Myron Schneider, PhD by Research (awarded Government of Ireland Scholarship): Rainald Goetz; with Prof. Carsten Dutt (Notre Dame); Dr Rachel MagShamhr谩in (UCC) . LoA
Postgraduate Supervision (completed)
Hanna Rompf, PhD by Research: Deutsch-j眉dische Literatur der dritten Generation: Zur medialen Inszenierung multipler Identit盲ten [Third Generation German-Jewish Writing: On the Medial Staging of Multiple Identities]; with Prof. Sascha Feuchert (Gie脽en).
Sandra Wagner, PhD by Research: Monstr枚se Romanzen und romantische Monster: Zum Zeitgeist der Millennial-Generation in deutschsprachigen Mash-Up Romanen. [Monstrous Romances and Romantic Monsters: Millennial Zeitgeist in German Mash-up Novels]; with Dr. Clemens Ruthner (TCD); graduation 2018.
Britta C. Jung, PhD by Research: Von National zu Transnational: Die Inszenierung von Nationalsozialismus und Holocaust in der zeitgen枚ssischen Jugendliteratur [From National to Transnational: The Representation of National Socialism and the Holocaust in Contemporary Youth Literature] (Joint PhD 91制片厂/University of Groningen; with Prof. Dr. Wara Wende (Groningen/Flensburg); Prof. Dr. Astrid Erll (Frankfurt/M.); graduation 2016.
Jeffrey Weiss, PhD by Research: Magdalenas Stimmen: Polyphone Erinnerung in J眉rgen Fuchs' autofiktionalen Texten [Magdalena's voices: polyphonic memory in J眉rgen Fuchs鈥 auto-fictional texts]; graduation 2014.
Aisling Murphy, MA by Research: The Primary School as a Plurilingual Community; with Dr. Helmut Grugger; Dr. Se谩n 脫 Cathall谩in (91制片厂); graduation 2016.
Catherine Bailey, MA by Research: Intercultural Awareness in Early Foreign Language Education in Irish Primary Schools: An Educational Objective and its Implementation; graduation 2002.
Postgraduate Co-Supervision (part co-supervised completed)
Inga Owesen, PhD by Research: Fantasies of Strong Women - The Transgression(s) of Gender and Power Concepts in German Fantasy Novels; (with Dr. Christiane Sch枚nfeld (91制片厂).
