Elliot Douglas
Institute of English and American Studies (» Postal address)
Elliot Douglas
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in Postcolonial Studies
PhD project working title: “The postcolonial Scottish nation and the material body in contemporary literature”
Research Interests
- Postcolonial literatures and theory
- Scottish and British contemporary novels
- Caribbean literature in English
- Affect theory and body studies
- Phenomenology and new materialism
- Medical humanities
Academic CV
- Since October 2025 – wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter and PhD student with JProf. Dr. Julia Wurr in the Faculty of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg
- October 2022-March 2025 – MA in Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture at the University of Potsdam; MA thesis with the title “Decolonising the body in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark and Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy” won the Gender Prize; tutor for undergraduate students; Community Engagement and Social Media Management in International Office
- September 2023-January 2024 – Erasmus+ Student at the University of Salamanca, Spain
- September 2014-June 2019 – BA in English and German at the University of St Andrews, Scotland; including a year as a language assistant in Germany; winner of Dean’s List award
- August 2012-May 2014 – IB at Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific, Victoria, Canada
- 2019-present – freelance writer, reporter and journalist, including with Deutsche Welle, ExBerliner magazine and the Theatertreffen blog
Publications
- Master's Thesis published: Douglas, Elliot. Decolonising the body in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark and Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy. 29 April 2026. University of Potsdam, MA Thesis. PublishUP, doi.org/10.25932/publishup-70139.
- Paper published: “Queer Temporality and Fatherhood in James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man.” JACLR: Journal of Artistic Creation and Literary Research, vol. 12, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-13.
- Conference presentation: “Decolonising the Body in Caribbean Literature.” OId New Materialisms Symposium, March 2025, University of Barcelona.