Barbara Korte

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Barbara Korte (born 1957) is a German professor of English literature and cultural studies.

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Career

Barbara Korte was born in 1957 in Cologne.

Korte earned her PhD in 1985 and her habilitation (highest university degree in Germany) in 1992, both at the University of Cologne. [1] After that, she became professor for English literature at the Chemnitz University of Technology and later at the University of Tübingen. Since October 2002, she works as a professor for English literature and cultural studies at the University of Freiburg. [1]

She is a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. [2]

Research interests

Korte's habilitation in the field of narratology was on Body Language in Literature (publication 1993 (in German) and 1997 (in English). After that, she researched on topics regarding the British short story. Then she continued to turn towards the fields of cultural studies and media studies, she worked in many research groups concerned with these topics. These include research on the cultural production and reception in Word War One Britain, [3] history in popular culture, heroes and heroism, [4] and English travel literature and its transformation towards new medial forms. [5]

Current research interests of Barbara Korte are British periodicals of the 19th century and contemporary British TV culture.

Selected Publications

Monograps

As Editor

References

  1. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte — Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies – FRIAS". www.frias.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  2. "Unsere Mitglieder | Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften" [Our members]. www.hadw-bw.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  3. "SFB 437: Teilprojekt D". www.sfb437.uni-tuebingen.de. Archived from the original on 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  4. "SFB 2012-2024 - Heroicum.net". heroicum.net. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  5. "Wissenschaftliche Leitung – Forschungskolleg Neues Reisen – Neue Medien" (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-19.