Research into German culture, its literature, language and film, society, history and the environment.
Based in the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture, our research programmes in German are distinguished for research on:
We have long-standing links with other programmes, particularly English, Film and Visual Culture, History and Politics.
German research is centred on staff research interests and is integrated across research centres.
Supervisors
Dr Beaney’s research is situated in Comparative Literature as well as German Studies. She is the author of Metamorphosis in Modern German Literature: Transforming Bodies, Identities and Affects (Legenda, 2016), which deals with literature from the Romantic period to the present day, drawing on theories of affect, bodily experience, and identity. Her current research focuses on environmental crisis in German literary texts.
Dr Krylova’s research is focused on modern and contemporary German and Austrian studies. She is the author of two monographs: Walking Through History: Topography and Identity in the Works of Thomas Bernhard and Ingeborg Bachmann (2013; Winner of the 2011 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in German Studies) and The Long Shadow of the Past: Contemporary Austrian Literature, Film, and Culture (2017; Winner of the 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award). She is also the sole editor of the multi-authored book New Perspectives on Contemporary Austrian Literature and Culture (2018).
Researchers with an interest in visual culture broadly defined, including film, photography, art history, anthropology, music and sonification and museum studies are brought together by The George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture.
The George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual CultureThe Centre studies how political principles function and draws on the expertise from seven disciplines.
Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of LawGraduate students take part in seminars, meetings with visitors, and other events and regularly interact with academics.
Centre for Modern ThoughtCentre for the Novel aims to promote discussion about the theory and practice of the novel across a range of languages, historical periods and critical approaches.
Centre for the NovelEligible self-funded international Postgraduate Research Masters' students starting in September 2025 will receive the Aberdeen Global Scholarship. Explore this Global Scholarship, including eligibility details, on our dedicated page.
Aberdeen Global ScholarshipApplicants to the MPhil or PhD must provide a detailed research proposal and two academic references from their most recent academic institution.
International Applicants
Eligible self-funded international Postgraduate Research Masters' students starting in September 2025 will receive the Aberdeen Global Scholarship. Explore this Global Scholarship, including eligibility details, on our dedicated page.
To see our full range of scholarships, visit our Funding Database.
Recent graduates of the Department have found careers in management, translating and interpreting, publishing, the academic world and television.
