22. ilb 07. - 17.09.2022

Susanne Scharnowski

Portrait Susanne Scharnowski
© Hartwig Klappert

born 1960 in Berlin; after her studies in German and English literature, she taught German language, literature and culture as a DAAD lecturer in Britain, Taiwan, and Australia. Since 2003, she has been teaching German cultural history at FU Berlin. Her current research focuses on the notion of »Heimat«, nature and the countryside in film and literature. Her book on the cultural history of Heimat will be published by Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft in spring 2019.