Karolin Echarti, M.A.

Curriculum Vitae

• 1982 Born in Oberhausen
• 2002 Abitur at Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Oberhausen
• 2002-2009 Studies of English Philology, General Linguistics and Medieval and Modern History at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• 2009 M.A. examination, M.A. dissertation: “Going Abroad – German loanwords in English”
  2009 three months internship with the English National Trust (Montacute House, Somerset)
• Since 2010 Doctoral dissertation in British Literature and Cultural
• Since 2011 PhD scholar within the Research Group “The Personal Union of Great Britain and Hanover, 1714–1837: An International Space of Communication and Interaction”

Research interest

- English-German language and culture contact
- History and literature of the English Romantic period
- History of universities and science


Doctoral dissertation

British-German knowledge transfer over the period of the personal union using the example of Göttingen University

In the 18th and 19th century Great Britain played a leading part in the world - not only politically but also in the sciences. Göttingen University, founded in 1737, was an important centre for the reception and spreading of British scholarship in Germany. The doctoral dissertation project addresses both the knowledge transfer through institutions (e.g. the university library and the Academy of Sciences and Humanities) and semi-institutional transfer practices (e.g. the translation of scientific works by daughters of professors and book imports by university booksellers).