Anna Opanasenko, M.A.
PhD Candidate, DERIVATE Project
Pronouns: she/her
Room: 00 005 | Werthmannstr. 6
Office phone number: –
Email: anna.opanasenko@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
Anna Opanasenko is a PhD candidate with the DERIVATE research project at the University of Freiburg. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with First Class Honors from the University of Alberta and a Master of Arts in English Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Freiburg. Her research focuses on contemporary retellings of medieval texts, including Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, and Arthurian romances.
Research interests:
- Reception studies
- Gender studies
- Intersection of postcolonial theory and medievalism
- Medieval literature and its adaptations
- Medieval culture and gender dynamics
Employment:
09.2024 – | PhD Student, DERIVATE Project |
Awards, grants and fellowships:
- Maria Ladenburger-Stiftung, Freiburg (2023/24)
- Annual International Student Scholarship, University of Alberta (2017-2020)
- Education Abroad Individual Award, University of Leeds exchange program (2019)
- Faculty of Arts Academic Excellence Award, University of Alberta (2017)
- University of Alberta International Country Scholarship (2017)
Conference Papers
- “Trauma Narratives in Postcolonial Literature.” EUCOR 2024 Annual English Trinational MA and PhD Conference. Université de Haute-Alsase. 12-13 April 2024.
- “‘Truly Counter-Cultural’: Morgan le Fay and Gender Through the Ages.” Medieval Identities Workshop. University of Freiburg. 23 May 2023.
- “A Comparative Study of Morgan le Fay.” MasterVision Conference. University of Bremen. 21-23 February 2022.
Teaching:
Winter term 2023/24
- Tutorial for the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Summer term 2023
- Tutorial for the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck
Winter term 2022/23
- Tutorial for the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lethbridge
Summer term 2022
- Tutorial for the lecture “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lethbridge
Winter term 2021/22
- Tutorial for the lecture “Survey of British and Postcolonial Literature” with Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte