Sofia Guimarães, M.A.
PhD Candidate, GRK 2571 Empires
Pronouns: she/her
Room: Milchstraße 3a
Office phone number: –
Email: sofia.guimaraes@grk2571.uni-freiburg.de
Sofia Guimarães is a PhD Candidate in the Research Training Group “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality and Post-Imperial Orders.” She earned her Master Degree in “English Literature and Literary Theory” at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg. Her first Bachelor was in “Theater — Acting” at ESMAE (Superior School of Music and Performative Arts) in Porto; and her second Bachelor was in “Languages, Literature and Cultures — English and German” at the Faculty of Philology at the Porto University, with an ERASMUS year in the Ruprecht Karl University in Heidelberg. Currently, she is conducting research on magical realism in postcolonial literature, particularly focusing on the representation of empires and temporality in contemporary anglophone fiction.
Research interests:
- Postcolonial studies
- Gender and Queer Studies
- Magic and Witchcraft in Literature
- Magical Realism
- Drama and Performance
Employment:
05.2025 – | PhD Candidate |
Conference papers
- “Witches and Power in Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom.” Annual English Trinational EUCOR English MA and PhD Conference, Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse. 12-13 April 2024.
- “Who is Patient Griselda and Why She Shouldn’t Be So Patient: Comparing Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Clerk’s Tale’ with Caryl Churchill’s ‘Top Girls’.” Medieval Identities: Reconstructing the Self and the Other Workshop. University of Freiburg. 23 May 2023.
Teaching:
Summer term 2025
- Introduction to Acting for Teachers
Winter term 2024/25
- Introduction to Acting for Teachers
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Dr. Roman Alexander Barton
Summer term 2024
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Winter term 2023/24
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Summer term 2023
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Stephanie Lethbridge
Winter term 2022/23
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Survey of English Literature” with Prof. Dr. Kirsten Sandrock
Summer term 2022
- Tutorial for the Lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Dr. Roman Alexander Barton