Nadine Schmidt
English - Literary Studies - Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in
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About me
10/2018 - 09/2022: Bachelor of Arts in German Studies and English-Speaking Cultures, University of Bremen
- 02/2022 - 04/2022: Internship in journalism, Funke Media
10/2022 - 09/2024: Master of Arts in English-Speaking Cultures, University of Bremen
- 01/2023 - 04/2024: Tutor for the English-language book club
- 31/07 - 05/08/2023: Co-organiser of the student excursion "Literary London", Faculty 10, University of Bremen
- SoSe 2023: Tutor for the seminars "Literary London - London in Literature" and "Key Topics in Literature and Cultural History: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare"
since 04/2025: research associate and doctoral student in English Literary Studies, University of Siegen
Research interests
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Early modern English literature
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Shakespeare Studies
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Ecocriticism
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British contemporary fiction and Brexit novels
Current projects
I am currently working on a PhD dissertation about utopian representations of poverty and beggary in early modern English poetry.
Memberships
- German Association for the Study of English (Anglistikverband)
- German Shakespeare Society
- EFACIS
- Historical Fictions Research Network
Summer term 2026: 18th-Century Women Poets: Politics, Patriarchy, and the Private Self
Winter term 2025/26: The Country House in Early Modern English Poetry
Summer term 2025: A Hostile Environment?: Negotiating Cultural Identity, Difference, and the Immigrant Experience in British Fiction and on Film
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'The Rogue as News Merchant: Trustworthiness and Transactional Truth in The Winter's Tale.' Spring Conference of the German Shakespeare Society, Shakespeare Seminar, Schauspielhaus Bochum, 25 Apr 2026.
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'The Once and Future National(ist) Icon? - King Arthur, Reflective Nostalgia, and the Brexit Novel.' Annual Conference of the Historical Fictions Research Network, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 19 Feb 2026.
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'"A Beggar I'll Be": Utopias of Poverty in Early Modern English Poetry.' Lecture series Work in Progress, University of Siegen, 3 Dec 2025.