Holding a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies and Literary Studies with a focus on Scandinavia as well as a Bachelor’s degree in World Literature, Marie-Luis is naturally interested in all literature-related things. After being a research student at the IRTG “Baltic Peripeties” from April 2023 to March 2025, Marie-Luis is now working as a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Modern Scandinavian Literatures at the Institute of Fennic and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Greifswald and is pleased to remain involved with the IRTG as an associated member.
Marie-Luis Quinn Westfeld
University of Greifswald
Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3
17489 Greifswald
Germany
westfeld[at]uni-greifswald.de
Sex work in Scandinavian (working-class) literature of the 20th and 21st century
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT- 2026
- “Vil du snakke, eller ryge, eller bolle?” – Sexarbeit in dänischer (Arbeiter*innen-)Literatur des 21. Jahrhunderts. Presentation at the 21. Überregionale Promovierendentagung der Skandinavistik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 16.–17. March 2026.
University studies and degrees
- 04/2025-
- PhD Candidate at the Chair of Modern Scandinavian Literatures, Institute of Fennic and Scandinavian Studies, University Of Greifswald
- 10/2022-03/2025
- M.A. in Cultural Studies and Literary Studies with a focus on Scandinavia, University of Greifswald
- 2018-2022
- BA in World Literature, University of Göttingen
Professional background
- 10/2024-09/2025
- Head of Press & PR, Festival Nordischer Klang
- 04/2023-03/2025
- Research Student, IRTG “Baltic Peripeties”, University of Greifswald
Teaching
- Winter 2026/2027
- Mythos, Mensch, Maschine
- [with Charlotte Steinert] Grundlagen der Kulturwissenschaft (Vorlesung und Lektüren)
- Summer 2026
- (Gem)einsam Essen und Hungern in den skandinavischen Literaturen
- Winter 2025/2026
- „det er tid til at synge med benene“ – Skandinavische Speculative Fiction
- Summer 2025
- Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft für Skandinavistikstudierende