Maria Mayr

German & Russian

Assistant Professor

Active Research Interests

Contemporary German-language Literature and Culture

Transnational Memory Discourses

Inter-, Trans- and Multicultural Literatures

German-language Literature from Eastern Europe

Theoretical concepts such as Memory, Identity, Culture, Nationhood, Belonging, Province

Past Research Interests

Berlin literature

Emerging Research Interests

Ecocriticism

Expertise

German language and literature

Memory studies

Literature of migration

Transnationalism

Identity discourses