Research

Research profile

English literature and culture of the 18th, 20th and 21st centuries

Children's literature and literature for young adults

Constructions of childhood in English literature and culture from the Renaissance to the Present

High Fantasy (esp. A Song of Ice and Fire and RPGs)

Popular Neomedievalism, esp. (Live Action) Role Playing Games

Intertextuality, intermediality and adaptation

Co-Operations

Forschungsstelle "Europäische Kinder- und Jugendliteratur"

Projects

• "Kanonbildung und das soziale Imaginäre in britischer Kinder- und Jugendliteratur/Canon Formation and Social Imaginaries in British Fiction for Children and Young Adults" – DFG-Project; 2013-2016
• Book Series "Studien zur Europäischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur/Studies in European Literature for Children and Young Adults"; Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg – from 2014 (Editors: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Anja Müller, Astrid Surmatz)
• "Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children’s Literature" Conference at Tübingen University (together with Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Tübingen; 11.-13. September 2014). Proceedings volume (under contract with Routledge)