Curriculum Vitae
Julia Straub has been Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Fribourg since 2020. She is interested in the relationship between anglophone literatures and other media (especially photography), transatlantic literary studies, the Early American period, Victorian literature and contemporary fiction. Her current research centres on motherhood 21st-century literature.
From 2021 until 2025 she was Director of the Institute of Comparative Literature at the University of Fribourg.
Professional Career
08/2020 –
Full Professor of Modern English Literature
University of Fribourg, Department of English
01/2017 – 07/2020
Senior lecturer “North American Literature and Culture”
University of Bern, Department of English
10/2011 – 12/2016
Senior assistant (“Oberassistentin”) “Literatures in English”
University of Bern, Department of English
02/2015 – 07/2015
Visiting Lecturer “English Literature”
University of Basel, Department of English
02/2014 – 01/2015
Visiting Lecturer “American Literature”
University of Lausanne, Section d’anglais
08/2013 – 01/2014
Visiting Lecturer “Transatlantic Literary Studies”
University of Zurich, Department of English
08/2011 – 07/2012
Visiting Lecturer “American Literature”
University of Lausanne, Section d’anglais
10/2006 – 09/2011
Assistant (“Assistentin”) “Literatures in English”
University of Bern, Department of English
01/2006 – 03/2006
Part-time Lecturer “Victorian Literature and Culture”
University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures
01/2004 – 06/2004
Lecturer “English Literature”
University of Göttingen, Chair for British Literary and Cultural Studies
2001 – 2003
Student Assistant/Tutor
University of Constance, English Literary Studies, Chair: Prof. Dr. Aleida Assmann
Education and Academic Qualifications
12/2023
Habilitation
University of Bern. Venia Legendi for English Literature and American Literature
Title of thesis: The American Memory of Literature, 1750-1850: Transatlantic Discourse, Media and Practices
03/2007
PhD
University of Bern. Discipline: English Literature.
Title of PhD-thesis: The New Life of Beatrice. Work on a Feminine Myth in Victorian Literature
10/2003
Magister Artium
University of Constance. Major: English and American Literature
Academic Experience Abroad
01/2011 – 02/2011
Visiting Fellow
University of Oxford, Lincoln College
01/2010 – 03/2010
Visiting Fellow
University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
10/2004 – 09/2006
Visiting PhD-Student
University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures, funded by the German National Scholarship Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
10/2000 – 06/2001
Visiting Undergraduate Student
University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures, funded by the DAAD