Literature and its Impact

• Cognitive and Empirical Literary Studies
• Empirical Reading Research using Eye Tracking, EEG, peripheral physiological signals and Implicit Methods
• Stereotypes and Literature
• Authors, Characters and Readers

Literature from the 18th century to the present, in particular

• Refugee and exile literature
• Transnationality and transculturality
• (Self-)censorship and textual circumvention strategies