Teaching

I teach British and Irish literature and culture, as well as Postcolonial Studies (e.g. Caribbean or New Zealand literature und culture) and Didactics.

Current Courses (WS 2024-25):

"Introduction To Analysing Literature"
(lecture course, B.A. 2-Fach Anglistik/Amerikanistik, module M.1 & studium generale; B.Ed. English, module M.1; also open to B.A. Kulturwissenschaft, module M 8 and guest auditors)
“Black and Asian British Literature in the EFL Classroom“
(seminar: B.Ed. English, module M 5.4, ‘Didactic Perspectives on Literature’)
Colloquium: Literature
(B.A. 2-Fach Anglistik/Amerikanistik, module M 5.3; B.Ed. RS+/Gym & M.Ed, BBS, module M 7; also open for voluntary attendance by other students preparing term papers, oral exams or theses under my supervision; 2-day block format in mid-February)
“Anglo-Caribbean Literature and Culture”
(Bachelor module M 8.2 seminar)
“Cultural and National Identity in Scottish Literature”
(seminar; Master module M 12)

Brief descriptions can be found in our KLIPS course catalogue.
Registered course participants can find more extensive information (e.g. on contents, schedules, requirements and deadlines), as well as reading materials, on our online learning platform OLAT.

Term papers and oral exams:

Students planning to write term papers under my supervision or do oral exams with me can find more information in my exam folder on OLAT. If you wish to schedule an oral exam in the lecture-free period, please contact me at the latest on May/November 30 of the respective term.

Thesis supervision:

I am available as a supervisor for Bachelor, Master and PhD theses related to my subject areas.
If you are interested in writing your thesis under my supervision, please contact me as early as possible to discuss your idea/s for a topic. Once we have agreed on a basic topic, you’ll need to do further preparations (including research of possible primary and secondary sources, writing an abstract, and drafting a structure and work schedule/timeline). Moreover, all my Bachelor and Master thesis candidates will be expected to actively participate in my colloquium (in the current semester, this will be a block seminar in February, see above).

Former Courses:

At the University of Koblenz:

“19th-century women’s literature and its modern afterlives: Intersectional approaches to gender, ‘race’ and class” (Master seminar, winter semester 2023-24)
“Māori literature and culture” (Master seminar, winter semester 2023-24)
“Colloquium in Literary Studies” (winter semester 2023-24)
“Black and Asian British literature in the EFL classroom” (Bachelor seminar, winter semester 2023-24)
“Introduction to analysing literature” (lecture course, winter semester 2023-24)

At other universities:

“Female sensibilities in Caribbean fiction” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2024, University of Oldenburg)
“Multiculture beyond the metropoles: Writing the rural in Black and Asian British Literature” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2024, University of Oldenburg)
“Key concepts in Cultural Studies” (Bachelor seminar / practical course; summer semesters 2024 & 2023, University of Oldenburg)
“Comparative Indigenous Studies and indigenous cosmopolitanism: Memory, literature and activism” (Bachelor seminar; winter semester 2023-24, University of Oldenburg)
“Introduction to the critical and scholarly discussion of literature” (Bachelor seminar / practical course; winter semester 2023-24, University of Oldenburg)
“Tradition and modernity in anglophone West African literature: From folklore to futurism” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2023, University of Oldenburg)
“Imperial legacies, diasporic encounters: Black and Asian British literatures and cultures” (lecture course; spring semester 2023, University of Basel)
“Scotland's languages and literatures: An introduction” (Bachelor seminar; spring semester 2023, University of Basel)
“Theory and literature” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor level; winter semester 2021/22, University of Münster)
“Readings in Language, Literature and Culture (Focus: Middle Ages to 1700)” (colloquium, Bachelor level; summer semesters 2021 & 2020, University of Münster)
“Introduction to Literary & Cultural Studies II” (Bachelor seminar; summer semesters 2021 & 2014, University of Münster)
“Postgraduate class” (colloquium) in Research Module II of M.A. programme “National & Transnational Studies: Literature, Culture, Language” (winter semester 2020/21 and summer semesters 2014, 2013 & 2011, University of Münster)
“Postcolonialism and cultural memory: Theories, narratives, practices” (Bachelor seminar; winter semester 2020/21, University of Münster)
“The postcolonial Middle Ages” (Bachelor seminar; winter semester 2020/21, University of Münster)
“Literature from Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean diaspora” (Master seminar; summer semester 2020, University of Münster)
“Academic skills” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor level; winter semesters 2019/20 & 2018/19, University of Münster)
“James Joyce” (Master seminar; summer semester 2019, University of Münster)
“18th-century Scotland in historical fiction: Scott – Stevenson – Gabaldon” (Master seminar; summer semester 2018, University of Münster)
“Indigeneity, imperialism and nationhood: New Zealand and the Maori experience” (Master seminar; winter semester 2017/18, University of Münster)
“Academic skills II” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor level; summer semesters 2017 & 2013, University of Münster)
“Scottish literature and culture” (Master seminar; summer semester 2016, University of Münster)
“(Post)Colonialism and the nation: Polities, literatures and cultures between unity and diversity” (lecture course; spring semester 2016, University of Basel)
“Tradition and modernity in anglophone West African literature” (Master seminar; spring semester 2016, University of Basel)
“Introduction to Scottish Gaelic Studies: Language, culture and society” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor & Master level; spring semester 2016, University of Basel)
“Nation, nationalism, transnationalism: Historical and theoretical foundations” (Master seminar; winter semesters 2015/16, 2013/14, 2012/13, 2011/12, 2010/11, 2009/10 & 2008/09, University of Münster)
“Fictions of migration” (Master seminar; summer semester 2015, University of Münster)
“Nationalism and transnationalism in the anglophone world: Theories, histories, and cultural productions” (lecture course; winter semester 2014/15, University of Mainz, Germersheim campus)
“Caribbean culture – local and international representations” (Master seminar; winter semester 2014/15, University of Mainz, Germersheim campus)
“Introduction to Anglophone Studies” (Übung / practical course; Bachelor & Master level; winter semester 2014/15, University of Mainz, Germersheim campus)
“Introduction to Literary & Cultural Studies I” (lecture course; in collaboration with Mark Stein; winter semester 2013/14, University of Münster)
“Academic skills I” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor level; winter semester 2012/13, University of Münster)
“Literature and transmigration” (Master seminar; summer semester 2012, University of Münster)
“Three Indian novelists” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2012, University of Münster)
“Magic realism” (Bachelor seminar; winter semester 2011/12, University of Münster)
“Introduction to Irish Studies” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2011, University of Münster)
“Medieval literature: Transcultural perspectives” (lecture course; winter semester 2010/11, University of Münster)
“Postcolonial translocations” (colloquium, M.A. level and upwards; winter semester 2010/11, University of Münster)
“Postgraduate class“ (colloquium) in Research Module I of M.A. programme “National & Transnational Studies: Literature, Culture, Language” (winter semester 2010/11, University of Münster)
“West African literature” (Bachelor seminar; winter semester 2010/11, University of Münster)
“William Morris and the Victorian Age” (Bachelor seminar; summer semester 2010, University of Münster)
“Caribbean short stories” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; winter semester 2009/10, University of Münster)
“New Zealand poetry” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2009, University of Münster)
“Enlightenment and empire” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2009, University of Münster)
“Hotspots: Work in progress in literature, culture and language” (lecture course; in collaboration with various other staff members; winter semester 2008/09, University of Münster)
“Restoration drama” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; winter semester 2008/09, University of Münster)
“Writing colonial Australia” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2008, University of Münster)
“Travel writing” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2008, University of Münster)
“Colloquium: Diaspora theory” (M.A. level and upwards; winter semester 2007/8, University of Münster)
“East African literature: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; winter semester 2007/08, University of Münster)
“Asian British culture on film & TV” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; winter semester 2007/08, University of Münster)
“Too close to home? ‘Celtic fringes’ as cultural contact zones in travel writing from the British Isles” (Bachelor & Master seminar; voluntary teaching; September 2007; ASNEL Summer School “Arrivals and Departures: Stories of Motion”, University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Canadian women’s writing: Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka cycle” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2007, University of Münster)
“What does it take to (un)make a nation? Readings in theory and literature” (Bachelor seminar / proseminar; summer semester 2007, University of Münster)
“Rewriting Chaucer: Transcultural readings from medieval England to 20th-century Nigeria” (proseminar; winter semester 2006/07, University of Münster)
“Reading and analytical writing” (Übung / practical course, Bachelor level; winter semester 2006/07, University of Münster)
“(Post)Colonial and transcultural moments in Scottish literature” (proseminar; summer semester 2006, University of Münster)
“Introduction to postcolonial theory” (proseminar; summer semester 2006, University of Münster)
“Teaching literature and culture in the FL classroom (Focus: Poetry) ” (proseminar; in collaboration with Britta Freitag; summer semester 2006, University of Giessen)
“Postcolonial and transcultural encounters in Scotland and its diaspora” (proseminar; winter semester 2005/06, University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“The British Isles on film – and in the EFL classroom” (proseminar; winter semester 2005/06, University of Giessen)
“Teaching the cultural multiplicity of the British Isles” (proseminar; summer semester 2005, University of Giessen)
“Introduction to Scottish Gaelic” (extracurricular language course; voluntary teaching; winter semester 2001/02 – summer semester 2003; first English Dept., then Dept. of Comparative Linguistics, University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Introduction to Arthurian Studies, part II: From the Tudors to Monty Python”
(proseminar; summer semester 2001, University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Introduction to Arthurian Studies, part I: The Middle Ages – from Celtic warlords and weirdos to the courtly classics of English tradition” (proseminar; winter semester 2000/01; University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft I” (“Introduction to Literary Studies I”) (lecture/seminar combination; winter semester 2000/01; University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Einführung in die Neuen Englischsprachigen Literaturen und Kulturen” (“Introduction to the New Anglophone Literatures and Cultures”) (tutorial accompanying a lecture course of the same title; winter semester 1999/2000; University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Einführung in die englische Kultur-, Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte I” (“Introduction to English cultural, intellectual and social history I”) (tutorial accompanying a lecture course of the same title; winter semester 1999/2000; University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Einführung in die englische Kultur-, Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte II” (“Introduction to English cultural, intellectual and social history II”) (tutorial accompanying a lecture course of the same title; summer semester 1999; University of Frankfurt a. M.)
“Semesterbegleitende Studieneinführung für Erstsemester” (“Basic know-how and study skills for first-semester students”) (tutorial; summer semester 1998; University of Frankfurt a. M.)