SITESOFMEMORY In her SITESOFMEMORY project, Dr. Jeannette Oholi will explore the contribution literature can make to the culture of memory in a pluralistic society. The project focuses on literature by racialized authors– that is, authors categorized based on physical or cultural characteristics– from the 20th and 21st centuries. Dr. Oholi builds on existing research study on memory in literary and cultural research studies, however supplements it with anti-racism as a vision for a more simply society. She has an interest in the plurality and polyphony of memories, which the job aims to expose by examining literary texts in relation to one another. In this method, memories that have actually not previously become part of German memory culture will be made visible.
Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Jeannette Oholi
Dr. Jeannette Oholi is a scholar of literature and cultural studies. She studied German, African Research Studies, and Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth and earned her Ph.D. in 2023 from Justus Liebig University Giessen with a dissertation entitled “Afropean Visual appeals.” She then invested two years carrying out research as a Mellon Postdoc Fellow in the Department of German Studies at Dartmouth College in the U.S. She is presently a research associate at the Chair of General Cultural Studies at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. Upon the start of her ERC Starting Grant, she plans to join TU Dortmund University, where she has actually already worked as a speaker for two semesters.
PROMETHEUS
In his PROMETHEUS project, Dr. Christian Preuß will examine how subatomic radiation processes in strong interactions can be described more precisely. Responses in between primary particles– such as those that take place at particle accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva– are anticipated using simulation programs. Nevertheless, for an increasing number of measurements at particle accelerators, the accuracy of existing theoretical predictions is no longer sufficient. The objective of PROMETHEUS is therefore to refine these forecasts. To attain this, the radiation processes will be divided into a semi-classical radiation pattern and quantum mechanical corrections, consequently improving the precision of existing models.
Résumé: Dr. Christian Preuß
Dr. Christian Preuß studied physics at the University of Göttingen and earned his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics in 2021 from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He then spent 2 years as a postdoctoral scientist at ETH Zurich and two years as a research study assistant and visiting professor at the University of Wuppertal. After working as a research study assistant at the University of Göttingen, he has been a research study assistant at RWTH Aachen University considering that March 2026. He will sign up with TU Dortmund University to start his ERC Beginning Grant.
About the ERC Starting Grant
Through its Starting Grants, the European Research study Council supports outstanding early-career scientists who made their Ph.D. between two and seven years earlier. The program provides them the opportunity to advance their research professions independently. Candidates for an ERC Starting Grant needs to have currently demonstrated their capacity for clinical independence and maturity.