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Sophie Bantle

Sophie Bantle, M.A.


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Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate
English Literature | Korte

sophie.bantle@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
R 4212 | KG IV

 

Office Hours:
Wednesday, 12:30–1:30pm

in person or via Zoom | register for a time slot under: calendly.com/sophiebantle 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Detective Fiction
  • Neo-Victorianism
  • Television and Film Studies
  • Adaptation and Remediation

 

EMPLOYMENT


since
Oct. 2022

Research Associate
University of Freiburg
English Department
English Literature | Prof. Korte

Oct. 2020 
Sep. 2022

Erasmus+ Coordinator
University of Freiburg
English Department
Administration and Advising Office

Jan. 2020 
Sep. 2022

Administrative Assistant                                                                                            
University of Freiburg
English Department
Administration and Advising Office

 

EDUCATION


since
2022             

Ph.D., English Literary and Cultural Studies
University of Freiburg
Working title: “The Neo-Victorian Detective Series in Popular Anglophone Fiction and Television”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte

2019 
2022

M.A. in British and North American Cultural Studies
University of Freiburg
Final thesis: "It is the precise details of our lives caught and represented to us" –
The Neo-Victorian Detective Television Series as a Mirror of 21st-century Britain

2017

Erasmus+ Studies
University of Edinburgh, Scotland

2014 
2019

B.A. in English and American Studies & German Literature
University of Freiburg

 

EDITORSHIPS & PUBLICATIONS


  • "Princess Catherine Duleep Singh (1871-1924)." Queer19, Aug. 23, 2023.
  • Forthcoming: "The Age of AI? – Artificial Intelligence and (Post)humanist Questions in the Superhero Movie Avengers: Age of Ultron." Tagungsband Zukunftsentwürfe in der Populärkultur. Freiburg: Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik, 2023.
  • Guest editorship for the literary online magazine Alluvium | General Issue 10.2 (published August 8, 2022)
  • Guest editorship for the literary online magazine Alluvium | General Issue 9.4 (published September 6, 2021)

 

TEACHING


2024 summer term

  • Proseminar Cultural Studies: Female Police Detectives on British Television

2023/24 winter term

  • Proseminar Literary Studies: (Re)interpretation, (Re)discovery, (Re)vision – Neo-Victorian Fiction

2023 summer term

  • Proseminar Literary Studies: Sherlock Holmes – Written and Rewritten

2022/23 winter term

  • Exercise Course: A Closer Look at Close Reading 

2020 summer term

  • Introduction to Cultural Studies – Tutorial