Find a research supervisor in German studies In 'Staff' StaffStaff by research and supervision areas Back to 'Modern Languages' Staff in the Department of Modern Languages who supervise PhD/MA by Research in the area of German studies. Dr Hilary Brown Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies Cultural history of C17 and C18 Europe Anglo-German cultural relations History of translation Literary translation Gender and translation Women intellectuals pre-1900, particularly women translators Dr Elystan Griffiths Reader in Modern Languages German literature, history and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries Pastoral and utopian writing German-language cinema, all periods Professor Nigel Harris Professor of German German literature and culture between 1100 and 1650. Professor Sara Jones Professor of Languages, Cultures and Societies Memory studies Post-socialism Germany Cultural history East German State Security Service (Stasi) Transitional justice. Dr Katharina Karcher Associate Professor in German Political violence and terrorism Gender and conflict Feminist protest and European women’s movements Feminist Theory 1968 and its legacy Political extremism Contemporary German culture and politics Dr Nicholas Martin Director of the Institute for German StudiesReader in European Intellectual History Modern German intellectual history and/or the cultural history of war and political violence in twentieth-century Germany. Dr Ruth Whittle Associate ProfessorHeFI Fellow Narratives of (personal, gendered, professional, national) Pedagogical aspects of teaching and learning The role of mindset and reflection in deep learning. Modern languages staff research supervision areas Arabic studies Colonial and postcolonial studies Digital humanities in modern languages Exile and migration French studies German studies Hispanic studies Italian studies Linguistics Medieval studies Memory studies Music Nineteenth century studies Modern languages (audio-visual) Russian studies Sexuality and gender studies Translation studies
Dr Hilary Brown Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies Cultural history of C17 and C18 Europe Anglo-German cultural relations History of translation Literary translation Gender and translation Women intellectuals pre-1900, particularly women translators
Dr Elystan Griffiths Reader in Modern Languages German literature, history and culture of the 18th and 19th centuries Pastoral and utopian writing German-language cinema, all periods
Professor Sara Jones Professor of Languages, Cultures and Societies Memory studies Post-socialism Germany Cultural history East German State Security Service (Stasi) Transitional justice.
Dr Katharina Karcher Associate Professor in German Political violence and terrorism Gender and conflict Feminist protest and European women’s movements Feminist Theory 1968 and its legacy Political extremism Contemporary German culture and politics
Dr Nicholas Martin Director of the Institute for German StudiesReader in European Intellectual History Modern German intellectual history and/or the cultural history of war and political violence in twentieth-century Germany.
Dr Ruth Whittle Associate ProfessorHeFI Fellow Narratives of (personal, gendered, professional, national) Pedagogical aspects of teaching and learning The role of mindset and reflection in deep learning.