Emerging Research in Australian Studies

The 'Australian Studies Journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien' is an academic publication issued by the editors on behalf of the German Association for Australian Studies with a regular issue in summer and special issues in spring and autumn.It discusses a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects relevant to Australia and its society. Stefanie Affeldt (Lead) is a post-doctoral researcher at the HCCH, Universität Heidelberg, as well as a member of the GASt executive board, the Specialised Information Service Anglo-American Culture advisory board, and the Centre for Australian Studies team. With a B.A. in Sociology (Macquarie University), an M.A. in Cultural and Social History (University of Essex), and a Dr. rer. pol from the Universität Hamburg, her area of research is racism analysis focussing on the history of whiteness in Australia. In the editorial team of the Australian Studies Journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien, Stefanie acts as Lead Managing Editor. Katrin Althans is a DFG-funded research fellow at the Postcolonial Studies Section of the Department of Anglophone Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her main research interest is in Australian Studies and she has published widely in this area. Here, her focus is on Aboriginal Australian literature, which she has approached from a variety of angles, including genre (the Gothic), ecocritical readings, and geocriticism. Katrin also works in the area of law & literature and for her post-doc project, she is currently writing a second book on the representations of refugees in law and literature and the narrative authority of the law. In the editorial team of the Australian Studies Journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien, Katrin acts as Reviews Editor. Christina Ringel completed her PhD at the University of Cologne with a thesis on possession in the endangered Aboriginal language Miriwoong. She has held a PostDoc position at the UoC, a position as Subject Librarian at TU