Language: German
About: Sabine Mödersheim is Associate Professor of German Literature and Culture in the German Department. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Early Modern Studies. Education: Dr. phil. (German and Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg); teaching positions at the Universität Freiburg/Germany and McGill University, Montreal.
Research Interests: Her research interests are in the areas of literature and culture from the Renaissance to the present, with focus on the European emblem tradition and visual culture, as well as the use of images in architectural decorations, popular culture and propaganda. She has published three co-edited volumes, over thirty articles and book chapters and served as the director of the Center for Early Modern Studies. She serves with Simon McKeown as General Editor of the peer-reviewed book series Imago Figurata:The Emblem and Related Forms. Studies and Editions (Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium)
Teaching: Courses on contemporary German literature and culture, the African Diaspora in Central Europe, Science Fiction, global ecocriticism and climate fiction, environmental history and its media.
Affiliated Departments: Center for Early Moderns Studies (Director), Center for German and European Studies