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<\/sup>-century literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2021 until 2025 she was Director of the Institute of Comparative Literature at the University of Fribourg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 08\/2020 –<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Full Professor of Modern English Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Fribourg, Department of English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 01\/2017 – 07\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Senior lecturer \u201cNorth American Literature and Culture\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Bern, Department of English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 10\/2011 – 12\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Senior assistant (\u201cOberassistentin\u201d) \u201cLiteratures in English\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Bern, Department of English <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 02\/2015 – 07\/2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer \u201cEnglish Literature\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Basel, Department of English <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 02\/2014 – 01\/2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer \u201cAmerican Literature\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Lausanne, Section d\u2019anglais <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 08\/2013 – 01\/2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer \u201cTransatlantic Literary Studies\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Zurich, Department of English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 08\/2011 – 07\/2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer \u201cAmerican Literature\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Lausanne, Section d\u2019anglais <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 10\/2006 – 09\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Assistant (\u201cAssistentin\u201d) \u201cLiteratures in English\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Bern, Department of English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 01\/2006 – 03\/2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Part-time Lecturer \u201cVictorian Literature and Culture\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 01\/2004 – 06\/2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Lecturer \u201cEnglish Literature\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of G\u00f6ttingen, Chair for British Literary and Cultural Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 2001 – 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Student Assistant\/Tutor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Constance, English Literary Studies, Chair: Prof. Dr. Aleida Assmann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 12\/2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Habilitation<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Bern. Venia Legendi<\/em> for English Literature and American Literature <\/p>\n\n\n\n Title of thesis: The American Memory of Literature, 1750-1850: Transatlantic Discourse, Media and Practices<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 03\/2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Bern. Discipline: English Literature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Title of PhD-thesis: The New Life of Beatrice. Work on a Feminine Myth in Victorian Literature<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 10\/2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Magister Artium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Constance. Major: English and American Literature<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 01\/2011 – 02\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Oxford, Lincoln College<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 01\/2010 – 03\/2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 10\/2004 – 09\/2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting PhD-Student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures, funded by the German National Scholarship Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 10\/2000 – 06\/2001<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Visiting Undergraduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of York, Department of English and Related Literatures, funded by the DAAD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perso.unifr.ch\/julia.straub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Professional Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Education and Academic Qualifications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Academic Experience Abroad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n