Carolin Duttlinger is elected a Fellow of the British Academy

This year, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences, 92 distinguished scholars have been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy. We congratulate the new Fellows, including Carolin Duttlinger, Professor of German Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in German at Wadham.

Having studied as an undergraduate at the University of Freiburg (Germany), Professor Duttlinger completed her MPhil and PhD at Cambridge before joining Wadham in 2003. Her research ranges across German literature, thought and culture, from the eighteenth century to the present. Professor Duttlinger is particularly interested in modernism and contemporary literature; in the history of psychology; and in music and visual media.

A recurring focus of Professor Duttlinger's research is the writer Franz Kafka, on whom she has published four books. She is a co-director of the Oxford Kafka Research Centre and is leading a major research project, ‘Kafka’s Transformative Communities’, which brings together academics and artists working on new responses to the Prague writer.

This year’s newly elected Fellows come from 28 universities across the United Kingdom, alongside 32 International Fellows and two Honorary Fellows who have been elected in recognition of their exceptional achievements in law and international affairs. They join a community of over 1,800 scholars who share a commitment to advancing the humanities and social sciences.

Professor Duttlinger said:

"I'm honoured and delighted to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy. I'd like to thank all my colleagues and students here at Wadham, who've been instrumental in shaping my own academic journey. I couldn't have done it without you! On a more sombre note, these are immensely difficult times for the Humanities, and for Modern Languages in particular. The British Academy is playing a vital role in advocating for the importance of languages in higher education, at schools and in wider society. I look forward to supporting the Academy in these efforts."

Many congratulations to Professor Duttlinger and to all new Fellows of the British Academy's Fellowship.