Irene Valenti M.A.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
English Literature
| Phone: | +49 821 598 - 5744 |
| Email: | irene.valenti@uni-auni-a.de () |
| Room: | 4033 (D) |
| Address: | Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg |
Academic Curriculum Vitae
- 2018 – 2021: B.A. German and English Studies at the University of Augsburg
- 2021 – 2023: M.A. "English and American Studies" at the University of Augsburg
- 2022 – 2023: Tutor and academic assistant at the Chair of English Literature, University of Augsburg
- 2023 – 2024: Editorial assistant ANGLIA/Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie
- 2024: Secretary, Adjunct Lecturer
- Since 2025: Research assistant at the Chair for English Literature, University of Augsburg
Scholarships:
- 2024: Exposé scholarship from the Equal Opportunities Office at the University of Augsburg
- Since 2025: Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Since 2025: Marianne-Plehn-Programm
Talks
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"Productive Despair: The Promise of Resilience in Mary Darby Robinson's Poems (1791)." The 'Good Life' Beyond Optimism and Pessimism: Philosophy - Ideology - Affective Materialities. University of Augsburg, 9 - 11 October 2025.
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"Counter-Daemonic: Subversion of Values in L.E.L.'s Literary Annual Fairies." 2025 Conference of the German Society for English Romanticism (GER): Negotiations of Value in the Romantic Age. Riedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 25 - 28 September 2025.
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"Daemons of the World: Towards a Material Sublime in Romantic Poetry." Gastvortrag, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 30 January 2025.
- "'For the Trampled Multitude': Collective Affects in Percy Bysshe Shelley's Political Poetry." BritCult 2024: Politics of Emotion & Emotions of Politics. University of Innsbruck, 21 –23 November 2024.
- "The Opaque Aesthetics of 'Gyno-Psychiatry': Body Horror and Affective Tensions in Joyce Carol Oates's Butcher." SSA 2024: Promises, Impasses, Threats, Settlings. Millersville University, Lancaster, PA, 12 – 14 October 2024.
Current projects
PhD Project: "Daemonic Matter: The Material Sublime in Romantic Poetry"