Christian Wilken
Affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Asian Gothic, Canadian Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires
Literary scholar exploring hauntology, speculative fiction, and ecocriticism, with a focus on weird fiction, animation, and posthumanism.
Email: christian.wilken@hhu.de