Brechje Bakker

Brechje Bakker joined the department in October 2025. She obtained her M.A. in English Literature and English Linguistics from Trier University in Summer 2025. She is currently working on her PhD thesis on connections between Victorian literature and Victorian visual culture. The thesis is supervised by Prof. Dr. Ralf Hertel.
 

Research interests:

•  Victorian and Gothic literature
• queer and feminist theory
• new media and transmedia narratives
   

Master's thesis: 

Shifting Narratives of Terror: The Evolutions of Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror in the Narrative Fiction Podcast Malevolent