Dr. Peter Maurits
Dr. Peter Maurits
Research Interests
African Literature and Lusophone-African Literature
Science Fiction and Utopia
Migration and Adaptation of Literary Form
World-Literary Theory and Postcolonial Studies
Current Research Projects
- The Emergence of African Science Fiction
- Designs of Literary Futures (with Antje Kley, Dirk Niefanger, Sabine Friedrich, and Georg Tamer)
- Contemporary Africa-Asia Connections: Science Fiction in Africa and China (with Henrike Rudolph)
Education
Dr. phil. in Comparative literature and Roman Languages, LMU Munich (2015, summa cum laude)
M.A. in Literary Studies, Utrecht University/Bern University (2012)
B.A. in Portuguese Language and Culture, Utrecht University/University of Coimbra (2010)
B.A. in Journalism, Utrecht (2008)
Employment
- 2017- present: postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Humanity, Social Sciences, and Theology at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2015-16: lecturer/postdoctoral fellow, Department of Comparative Literature at LMU Munich
- 2010-11: teaching assistant at Utrecht University
Publications
No publications found.
Courses (Selection)
- Aufbauseminar Literature (winter semester 2018-19)
- Hauptseminar Anti-colonial Literature and Thought (winter semester 2018-19)
- Histories of Science Fiction: From Plutarch to Wanuri Kahiu (BA, MA)
- Globalization, Literature, World Literature (BA, MA)
- Thomas More’s Utopia: A Renaissance Vision of Transition? (BA, MA)
- The Modern Ghost Story: From Walter Scott to Mia Couto (BA, MA)
- Literary Theory
- Postcolonial Theory (BA)