Dr Sheila Dickson

- Senior Lecturer (German)
- Adviser of Studies (Arts College Academic and Student Administration)
telephone: 01413306362
email: Sheila.Dickson@glasgow.ac.uk
German Programme Director
Research interests:
- Medical Humanities, in particular European medical and literary case histories from 18th and 20th century
- Literature of the Romantic period, in particular the works of Achim von Arnim and E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Narrative theory, in particular psychoanalytic approaches to literature
Grants:
Archive research on Medical case Histories in 18th-century Germany
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2011
Archive research for commentary on the digital edition of the Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
2010
Archive research in Wolfenbüttel and Braunschweig on the author Karl Friedrich Pockels
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2009
Digital edition of K. P. Moritz’ Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde, in co-operation with Dr Christof Wingertszahn and Dr Stefan Goldmann, Karl Philipp Moritz Arbeitsstelle, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
British Academy
2008
K.P. Moritz, Anton Reiser as narrative of self-disgust
German Academic Exchange Service
2006
Translation and critical edition of Achim von Arnim’s Die Ehenschmiede
Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen
2004
Achim von Arnim and the Berliner Spätaufklärung: research grant
German Academic Exchange Service
2002
Ludwig Achim von Arnim. Schriften der Schüler- und Studentenzeit, Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe. Werke und Briefwecchsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vol. 1: small research grant
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
2002
Ludwig Achim von Arnim. Schriften der Schüler- und Studentenzeit, Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe. Werke und Briefwecchsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vol. 1: research leave
Caledonian Research Foundation
1999
Ludwig Achim von Arnim. Schriften der Schüler- und Studentenzeit, Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe. Werke und Briefwecchsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vol. 1: scholarship
Freundeskreis Schloß Wiepersdorf
1997
Ludwig Achim von Arnim. Schriften der Schüler- und Studentenzeit, Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe. Werke und Briefwecchsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vol. 1: research leave
German Academic Exchange Service
1995
Ludwig Achim von Arnim. Schriften der Schüler- und Studentenzeit, Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe. Werke und Briefwecchsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe. Vol. 1: travel grant
British Council
1994
Areas of supervision:
I would be interested in supervising postgraduate research in any of my research areas:
- Medical Humanities, in particular European medical and literary case histories from 18th and 20th century
- Literature of the Romantic period, in particular the works of Archim von Arnim and E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Narrative theory, in particular psychoanalytic approaches to literature
Teaching:
- German Language and Literature, from ab initio to Honours
- Comparative Literature, from Level 1 to Honours
- Honours Options in Liaison Interpreting, 19th-century German Novelle, 20th-century German Literature, German film, Vampires and Vampirism, Literature and Film
Membership of Editorial Board:
I was appointed a member of the Editorial Board of the Internationale Arnim-Gesellschaft Journal Neue Zeitung für Einsiedler in 2007.
