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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
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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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
Research Output
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Topos Österreich/Topos Austria: 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.), Moir, C. (ed.) & Weller, C. (ed.), 2020, Baden-Baden Germany: Nomos. 228 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
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Christine Eickenboom. "Ich dachte mir Australien so schön und frei" - Fremde Welt - bekannte Utopie? Über die Wahrnehmung Australiens in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Weller, C., 2019, In : LIMBUS: Australian Yearbook German Literary and Cultural Studies. Sexualitäten / Sexualities, 12, p. 240-245 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other
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Die Avantgarde in der Heilanstalt: die Entgrenzung des Wahns und der Kunst
Weller, C., 2019, Kulturrebellen: Studien zur anarchistischen Moderne. Magerski, C. & Roberts, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden Germany: Springer VS, p. 99-115 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Kosmopolitische Gedankenwelten / Cosmopolitan Imaginings
Lewis, A. (ed.), Sutton, K. (ed.) & Weller, C. (ed.), 2019, Würzburg Germany: Verlag Königshausen & Neumann. 248 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
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Sexualitäten/Sexualities: Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft/Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies
Deiters, F-J. (ed.), Fliethmann, A. (ed.), Weller, C. (ed.), Lewis, A. (ed.) & Lang, B. (ed.), 2019, 1 ed. Freiburg i.Br./Berlin/Vienna: Rombach Verlag. 262 p. (Limbus: Australisches Jahrbuch für germanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft/Australian Yearbook of German Literary and Cultural Studies; vol. 12, no. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
Activities
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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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Advisory Board Member for Verbum et Lingua: Didáctica, lengua y cultura
Christiane Weller (Advisor)
2019 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Expert/ advisor
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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