I am a scholar of comparative literature with a particular interest in Northern Europe. I studied German, Comparative Literature, and Nordic Philology at the University of Cambridge and Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, completing my doctorate in Munich in 2016 whilst working as senior editor at the Rachel Carson Center. My first book, The Shifting Sands of the North Sea Lowlands: Literary and Historical Imaginaries was published by Routledge in 2019.
Katie Ritson
2016: Dr. phil., Institute for Nordic Philology, LMU Munich
Dissertation “Shifting Sands: The North Sea Lowlands in the Literary Imagination of the Anthropocene” supervised by Professor Annegret Heitmann and Professor Christof Mauch.
2014: Visiting doctoral student at the University of Stavanger
2009: M.A. in Comparative Literature with Nordic Philology, LMU Munich
2003: B.A. (hons) in Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge.
Professional Experience
2011–2020: Senior Editor, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich
2009–2011: Editor, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich
2006–2011: Freelance translator and editor (part-time)
2003–2006: Administrative Employee, European Patent Office, Munich
Affiliations & Responsibilities
Editorial Board, Nordeuropaforum: Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien
Executive Board 2016-2020, European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture & the Environment (EASLCE)
Coordinator, Ecocritical Network in Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN)
Executive Board, International Consortium of Enviromental History Organisations (ICEHO)
Editorial Board, Global Environment: A Journal of Transdisciplinary History
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