Caroline May

Caroline May

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 https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5864-5534

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Research overview

Caroline May is a postgraduate researcher in German Literary Studies, undertaking a joint doctoral program at the University of St Andrews and the University of Bonn. Her research is focused on authorship and queer storytelling in contemporary German-language novels, investigating how literary and performative practices reshape concepts of authorship and challenge hegemonic frameworks of identity.

Research interests

  • Narrative Identity Construction
  • Authorship
  • Gender and Queer Studies
  • Berlin poetry in the 20th century

Academic/Professional Qualification

  • since October 2024: Co-Tutelle-PhD in German Literary Studies at the University of Bonn and the University of St Andrews
  • 06/2024: Master of Linguistics in Intercultural Communication at the University of Utrecht (with Distinction)
  • 03/2024: Additional Teaching Certificate for German as a Second and Foreign Language at the University of Bayreuth
  • 07/2023: Bachelor of Arts in German Studies, English Studies and Educational Sciences at the University of Bayreuth

 

Teaching activity

Winter term 2025/26:

  • Seminar: Intercultural Perspectives on Gender Studies at the INALCO, FR
  • Workshop: Introduction to Literary Analysis and Terminology at the University of St Andrews, SCT
  • Workshop: Intercultural Readings in Literary Studies: Methods and Concepts at the University of St Andrews, SCT

Summer term 2025:

  • Seminar: Lyrik im Deutschunterricht: Barock, Sturm und Drang und Romantik at the University of Koblenz, GER
  • Seminar: Identitätserzählungen im Deutschunterricht at the University of Koblenz, GER

Summer term 2024

  • German Language Class: Deutschkurs A1, Summer School Geschichte at the University of Bielefeld, GER
  • German Language Class: Deutschkurs B2/C1 + Fach(sprachen)projekt Technik at the University of Bielefeld, GER
  • German Language Class: Deutschkurs B2/C1 + Fach(sprachen)projekt deutsche Wissenschaftssprache at the University of Bielefeld, GER

Academic year 2019/20

  • German tutoring: Beginning German Intensive at Bard College, USA
  • German tutoring: Intermediate German II at Bard College, USA
  • German tutoring: German Advanced at Bard College, USA
  • German tutoring: German Literature at Bard College, USA

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