Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures is pleased to congratulate Eva Scheicher, an incoming PhD student in German Studies, on receiving the Connaught International Scholarship.
Eva joins the department’s PhD program with a strong background in German language education, literary studies, and cultural research. Previously, she studied to become a teacher of German and Catholic Religion at the University of Vienna and served as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Lafayette College.
Her dissertation project examines representations of school, authority, and powerlessness in German-language literature from the first half of the 20th century. The project explores how literary representations of school settings negotiate questions of political subject formation, discipline, and possibilities for resistance. Drawing on her experience as a teacher, Eva is particularly interested in the intersections of education, power, and democracy.
Eva’s broader research interests include literary theory, pop culture, authoritarianism, and forms of political affect formation.
The department warmly welcomes Eva to the German Studies PhD community!
Congratulations, Eva!
