Susen Halank, M.A.

Research

Research Interests

• Diversity, Cultural, Gender, Queer und (and) Disability Studies
• Critical Kinship Studies, Motherhood und Fatherhood Studies
• Dickinson Studies
• Epistolary Studies  
• Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism, Environmental Literature

PhD Project (Working Title): “Female Space-Claiming Techniques in 19th- and 20th-Century US Letters”

Conferences

• 30.09.-02.10.2025: with Dr. Florian Lützelberger, Sofie Dippold, and Tabea Lamberti: Organization of the conference Medical Humanities & Diversity Studies – Intersections of Medical- and Diversity-Critical Discourses and Multidimensional Perspectives on Body, Mind, Disease, and Health in Literature and (19th to 21st Century); Fall 2025