Research
The Department of German Studies offers modules towards the M. Res. course
put on by the School of Languages and European Studies. However you may prefer to work on a longer piece of independent research and study for an M.Phil degree (one year) or a PhD degree (three years). In this case you should contact the Head of Department,
Dr I.F.Roe, to discuss which member of staff would be best suited to act as a supervisor. A list of theses recently completed and others currently in progress can be seen below.
Each year the faculty and/or School offers a number of scholarships and
bursaries which cover both PhD tuition fees and maintenance. For funding
opportunities, see the School's
Postgraduate
Awards page
The main focus of this department's research is related to the Centre for East German Studies (CEGS), a centre of advanced study and research into the politics and culture of the former GDR and post-unification East Germany. The centre has its own
web-page listing details of readings, conferences and publications related to its activities.
Our staff, however, have research interests in a wide range of other areas, including post-war German fiction and lyric poetry and 19th Century German and Austrian drama.
You can contact individual members of staff by clicking on the links below:
Dr Peter Barker
Main research interests include: German politics and culture; the PDS, and
minorities in German-speaking countries (in particular the Sorbs of Lusatia).
Dr Ian Roe
Main research interests include: 19th Century Austrian literature (especially
Grillparzer and Raimund); learners' dictionaries; applied linguistics and the analysis of
learners' errors.
Dr John Wieczorek
Main research interests include: the literature of the GDR, especially the work
of Johannes Bobrowski, the Gruppe 47, novels of Judith Kuckart.
Dr Ute Wölfel
Main research interests include the literature of the GDR, gender studies and
narrative theory.
PhD theses recently completed include:
- Narratives of the 'Wende'. Exploring Identities in German Fiction, 1991-1996 (Catherine Bishop)
- Lovers, Artists and Madmen. Art and the Artist in the Künstlernovellen of E.T.A. Hoffmann (Birgit Röder)
- The Standing of the German Cinema in Great Britain since 1945 (Joachim Lembach)
- Gender Relations in DEFA Films (Andrea Rinke)
- The Depiction of the SPD in selected novels from Fontane to Grass (Scott Tatchell)
PhD theses currently in progress include:
- The Role of the GDR Protestant Churches in the Wende (Stephen Brown)
- Western film imports into the GDR (1971-1989) (Rosemary Stott)
- The State and the Performing Arts in the GDR (Barrie Baker)
- The Depiction of the 'Province' in Contemporary East German Writing (Juliane Parthier)
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