Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Christiane Weller studied German Literature, Art History and Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany, completing her studies with a Master Degree (Magister Artium). In 1999 she received her Ph.D. from Monash University and joined the Monash German Department.
Her research interests include German travel writing and expeditions reports, colonial writing, contemporary German fiction and psychoanalytic theory. She has published on Georg Forster, Adelbert von Chamisso, Christoph Ransmayr, W.G. Sebald, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke and others, as well as on topics like trauma, melancholia and psychosis. She is a co-editor of Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft / Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies.
Christiane Weller is a member of several academic societies including the German Studies Association of Australia (GSAA), LCNAU and the Georg-Forster Society. She is also a member of the Freudian School of Melbourne - School of Lacanian Psychoanalysis.
Research area keywords
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychosis and Writing
- Travel Literature
- Exploration Reports
- Contemporary German Literature
- German Colonialism
- Trauma Narratives
- Memory Studies
Network
Projects
- 4 Finished
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The First World War: Cultures of Remembrance in Australia and Germany
Weller, C., Deiters, F., Dorrer, A., Barrett, A. S. & Regener, U.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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To bring two keynote speakers to the conference entitled: The Anatomy of the Image: Perspectives on the (Bio)medical Body in Science....
Weller, C., Fliethmann, A. & Kokanovic, R.
16/02/17 → 18/02/17
Project: Research
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The First World War in Australian and German Dramatic Literature
Deiters, F., Klein, C. & Weller, C.
Monash University – Internal University Contribution
1/01/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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Imagining the Great Southern Land: Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction in Australia
Milner, A., Benjamin, A., Burgmann, V., Rigby, C., Weller, C. & Buchanan, I.
Australian Research Council (ARC), University of Melbourne
12/02/07 → 22/12/10
Project: Research
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Anatomy of the Medical Image: Knowledge Production and Transfiguration from the Renaissance to Today
Weller, C. (ed.) & Fliethmann, A. (ed.), 2021, Leiden Belgium: Brill. 311 p. (Clio medica; vol. 104)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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Imagining Madness: The Conceptualisation of Mental Illness in Psychiatric Art Collections
Weller, C., 2021, Anatomy of the Medical Image: Knowledge Production and Transfiguration from the Renaissance to Today. Weller, C. & Fliethmann, A. (eds.). Leiden Netherlands: Brill, p. 248-261 14 p. (Clio medica; vol. 104).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Introduction
Weller, C. & Fliethmann, A., 2021, Anatomy of the Medical Image: Knowledge Production and Transfiguration from the Renaissance to Today. Weller, C. & Fliethmann, A. (eds.). Leiden, Boston UA: Brill, Vol. 104. p. 1-17 17 p. (Clio medica; vol. 104).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Mord / Murder: Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaf: Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies
Deiters, F-J. (ed.), Fliethmann, A. (ed.), Lewis, A. (ed.) & Weller, C. (ed.), Nov 2021, Germany: Nomos. 198 p. (Limbus. Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft; vol. 14)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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"Das Leben ist unter allen Umständen ein Fest“: Max Dauthendeys Java in seinen Reiseaufzeichnungen, Tagebüchern und Briefen
Weller, C., 2020, West-östliche Wahlverwandtschaften : Hans Bethge und die historischen und ästhetischen Konstellationen um 1900. Lauer, G. & Lü, Y. (eds.). Würzburg Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann, p. 191-205 15 p. 11Translated title of the contribution :"Life is a festival under all circumstances": Max Dauthendey's Java in his travel logs, diaries and letters Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Verbum et Lingua (Journal)
Christiane Weller (Editorial board member)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Member of LCNAU
Christiane Weller (Member)
2019 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Fourth International Conference of the Asosiaso Germanistik Indonesia - German Studies Association of Indonesia
Christiane Weller (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Co-organiser of The Anatomy of the Image: Perspectives on the (Bio)medical Body in Science, Literature, Culture and Politics
Christiane Weller (Organiser)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Vice-president of the German Studies Association (GSAA)
Christiane Weller (Executive Member)
2016 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body