Carolin Grzenia, M.A.

CV

   

since
10/2021

Research Associate in American Studies, FSU Jena
PhD Project: "'A New Lesson in Losing': Climate Grief in Contemporary Life Writing" (working title)

2019-2021

M.A. English and American Studies, FSU Jena

2018-2021

Several Positions as a Student Assistant, FSU Jena

  •  E-Tutor, Institute of English and American Studies (12/20-06/21)
  • Student Assistant, Institute of English and American Studies (09/19-03/20)
  • Student Assistant, Research Training Group “The Romantic Model” (01/19-03/19)
  • Student Assistant, Institute of English and American Studies (09/18-08/21)
2016-2019

 B.A. English and American Studies/Intercultural Business Communication, FSU Jena

Talks and Guest Lectures
  •   “Facets of Literature in the Anthropocene.” [Ecocriticism Research Collective – Nature Writing and Ecocriticism (Lecture; Prof. Dr. Caroline Rosenthal), FSU Jena, 12.01.2023].
  • “Despair and Hope in Environmental Literature.” [Public Climate School, FSU Jena, 17.05.2022]
  •  “The Anthropocene in Art and Literature.” [Ecocriticism Research Collective – Romantic Thought in the Epoch of the Anthropocene (Seminar; Prof. Dr. Caroline Rosenthal), FSU Jena, 03.05.2022].
  • “Environmental Crisis and Culture: An Introduction to Ecocriticism and a Public Discussion.” [Ecocriticism Research Collective – Public Climate School, FSU Jena, 22.11.2021].
Research Interests
  • Literature and Emotion
  • (Affective) Ecocriticism
  • Climate Fiction & Life Writing
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Grief and Trauma Studies
Teaching
  • Ecology, Emotion, and the Genre of Life Writing (WiSe 22)
  • Despair and Hope in Environmental Literature (SoSe 22)
  • Climate Change and the Literary Imagination (WiSe 21)
Other

Honours Student in the Honours Programme, FSU Jena 
Honours Project: “Affect and Emotion in Climate Fiction”

  • Follow-up Funding as a PhD Candidate (10/21-03/22)
  • Funding as a Master’s Student (08/20-09/21)
Carolin Grzenia
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Raum 623
Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8
07743 Jena