
Esther-Marie Schilling
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
1. Staatsexamen (Rostock)
Anglophone Literaturwissenschaft (Schwerpunkt Lehramt Grundschule)
Raum 1.45
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3
17487 Greifswald
✆ +49 3834 420 3371
esthermarie.schillinguni-greifswaldde
Sprechzeit (Wintersemester 2026/27): nach vorheriger Anmeldung via E-Mail
Sprechzeit (vorlesungsfreie Zeit): nach vorheriger Anmeldung per E-Mail
Arbeitsschwerpunkte
- Literature and the Environment
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities
- Ecofeminism
- Blue Humanities, Human-Animal Studies
Speculative Fiction, Genre, Form
Literary representations of contemporary anxieties (climate change, political extremism, xenophobia)
Contemporary literature
Projekte:
- Dissertationsprojekt zu Anglophone Literatures in Crisis Mode: “Feminist Ecocriticism of Contemporary Speculative Fictions”, (Universität Rostock), seit 10/2023
Aktuelle Lehrveranstaltungen
Publications
Articles:
- “The Myth of the Good Mother: Motherhood in Jessamin Chan’s The School for Good Mothers (2022).” In Exploring Contradictions Beyond Contradictions, edited by Christian Bär, Julia Borst, and Ehler Voss. (forthcoming).
- “Wanting More, Wanting Less: Ecocritical and Gendered Perspectives on The Whale Who Wanted More and Tidy.” In Teaching (With) Picturebooks: Context, Competences, Criticism, edited by Hanne Bolze, Katja Schmidt, and Nora Benitt (forthcoming).
Reviews:
- Review of “Irish London: A Cultural History: By Richard Kirkland.” Journal for the Study of British Cultures Vol. 32 (1), jsbc.winter-verlag.de/issue/JSBC/2025/1 (2025)
- Review of “Atmosfears: The Uncanny Climate of Contemporary Ecofiction: By Natalie Dederichs.” Green Letters, April, 1–3. doi:10.1080/14688417.2025.2499772. (2025)
Presentations, Talks, Lectures
- “In Forests and Along the Shores: Non-Human Spaces as Gendered Contact Zones in Speculative Fiction.” EASLCE 11th Biennial Conference Join the Orca Uprising – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice. University Utrecht, 14.-17.04.2026.
- “Break the Earth & The Story?: Speculative Narratives, their Disruptions, and the Question of What Comes After?” Guest Lecture, Lecture Series “Approaches to Culture, Ecology, Change”, University of Rostock, 08.12.2025
- “Mapping Processes of Erosion in Contemporary Speculative Fiction.” ASLE-UKI Biennial Conference ‘Erosion – Creimeadh’. University of Galway, 12.-15.08.2025
- “’She never claimed her space’: Literary (Re-)Negotiations of Women and Motherhood in The School For Good Mothers and When She Woke.” Exploring Contradictions beyond Contradictions. 1st International Conference on Contradiction Studies, Universität Bremen, 11.-14.02.2025
- “’Preaching to the Choir’?: Anticipated Audiences as Narrative Technique in Brexit Literature.” FRIAS Conference Popular Culture And Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges, And The Way Forward. Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 24.-26.10.2024
Colloquials:
- Ecocriticism Kolloquium (Prof. Sylvia Mayer), Universität Bayreuth, 06.02.2026
- Kolloquium der Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaften (Dr. habil. Solvejg Nitzke), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 06.07.2026