Prof. Dr. Mark Schmitt
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- Name
- Prof. Dr. Mark Schmitt
- mark.schmitt@hu-berlin.de
- Institution
- Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik → Englische Kulturwissenschaft und Kulturgeschichte
- Function / Working Area
- Professor
- Visiting address
- Dorotheenstraße 28 , Room 2.09
- Phone number
- (030) 2093 70896
Sprechstunden während des Sommersemester:
Mi 09.00 - 10.00 Uhr
Die Sprechstunden am 22.05. und 12.06. entfallen.
Präsenz- und Zoomtermine sind möglich.
Terminvereinbarung über das Sekretariat: jana.sodtke@rz.hu-berlin.de
Research Fields:
- Contemporary British culture and literature
- Irish culture and literature
- film studies
- cultural theory and the history of cultural studies
- futures studies
- pessimism
- cultural figurations of class, race and social abjection
Current Projects:
- My current research focusses on future studies, counter-hegemonic futures and pessimism in the context of cultural studies. My book titled Spectres of Pessimism: A Cultural Logic of the Worst (Palgrave) was published in March 2023.
- A recording of a presentation on my research in futures studies and cultural studies at KWI Essen can be found here.
- Interview about my research: "KWI-Blog – Fünf Fragen" (15 June 2020).
Student Assistants: Leah Barnes, Carolin Liebig
Secretary: Jana Sodtke