Charlie Anton Geitlinger joined the department in September 2025, after obtaining a M.Ed. in English and Performing Arts as well as a M.A. in Advanced Anglophone/North American Studies from the University of Hannover. Currently, they are working on their PhD thesis, investigating postcolonial creative/fiction writing and performance with a focus on disruptions of pervasive (neo-) colonial narratives. The project is supervised by JProf. Dr. Jennifer Leetsch.

• Postcolonial and Decolonial Theories
• Queer, Trans and Gender Studies
• Fan(dom) Studies
• Science Fiction

• Increments of Relief. Story.one publishing, 2023.
• “Haunting Presences in Warsan Shire’s Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head.” In: In Progress. A Graduate Journal of North American Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2026. (forthcoming)