Ann-Christine Herbold

Scottish Literature

(Northern) Irish Literature

Crime Fiction

Gender Studies

Literature and music

Representations of death and loss (especially 'Eco Grief')

2023                       First state examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools
Examination paper: Gender and Nationalism in Ian Rankin's Rebus Series

2022                       Certificate of the Interdisciplinary Study Program of the Interdisciplinary Working Group Women's and Gender Studies

2015-2023     Study "Teaching Qualification for Grammar Schools" with the subjects English and History at the University of Kassel

Since 10/2023 Lecturer at the Institute for English and American Studies, University of Kassel

Since 02/2024 Consultant for study and examination matters (parental leave replacement) at the Center for Teacher Education, University of Kassel

Since 07/2023 Project assistant for the implementation of the teaching degree program for special needs education with a focus on inclusion at the Center for Teacher Education, University of Kassel

09 - 12/2023 Consultant for study and examination matters (maternity leave replacement) at the Center for Teacher Education, University of Kassel

2021-2023     Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Working Group Women's and Gender Studies, University of Kassel

Since 2024         German English Studies Association

Since 2024         Scottish Literature and Culture Network (ScotLitCult)

Since 2023         German Association for the Study of British Cultures (BritCult)

Since 2023         Interdisciplinary Working Group Climate Thinking

Since 2022         Society for Fantastic Research

09/2024             "Something Old, Something New, Something Blue: Imaginations of Scotland's Future in Ian Rankin's Rebus Novels." Anglistiktag 2024, September 15-18, 2024, University of Augsburg (accepted)

09/2023             "'The Same Old Theme Since 1916?' Music of Division and (Re)Union in Bernard MacLaverty's Grace Notes and Jez Butterworth' The Ferryman." Anglistentag 2023, September 25, 2023, University of Siegen

2024                       Organization of the 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Fantastics Research, "Fantastic Climates", 05-07 September 2024, University of Kassel (together with Melina Heinrichs, Maria Hornisch and Dr. Murat Sezi)