Nitzke, Solvejg
Solvejg Nitzke (Dr. phil.), born in 1985, is a scholar of literary and cultural studies. Her research interests are catastrophe, ecological story-telling and Science Fiction. She published among other topics on the Tunguska event and Christoph Ransmayrs poetics of time.
Pethes, Nicolas
Nicolas Pethes is a professor of German studies at Universität zu Köln.
Solvejg Nitzke (Dr.) earned her doctorate in german literature at Ruhr-University Bochum. She is currently holding an Open Topic Postdoc Position (OTPP) at TU Dresden, where she is investigating "precarious Nature" in the 19th century. Her research interests include ecocriticism, science-fiction and representations of disaster.
Nicolas Pethes (Prof. Dr.) teaches German literature at the University of Cologne. His research interests include literature and knowledge, the media history of literature and popular culture.