Heike Hartung | Dr. Habil./PhD. Habil.

Heike Hartung is an independent scholar who has earned her PhD in English Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and her PhD habil. at the University of Potsdam. She has worked as a scholar and teacher at the Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Potsdam, University of Greifswald and University of Rostock. She is a qualified professor affiliated at the University of Potsdam, Germany and the University of Graz, Austria. In her publications she applies the methods of literary theory and cultural studies to the interdisciplinary fields of ageing, disability and gender studies. She is a founding member of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) and co-editor of the Aging Studies publication series with transcript, Bielefeld.