About us

Our three-year research project, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, is a collaboration between the University of Reading, UK, and the University of Halle Wittenberg, Germany, with support from The Great Diary Project in London and the German Diary Archive (Deutsches Tagebucharchiv) in Emmendingen.

The project team are:

Principal Investigator Prof Melani Schroeter, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Reading, UK

Co-Investigator Prof Theo Jung, Department of History, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Postdoctoral Research Assistant Dr. Pia Schmüser, Department of History, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

PhD Researcher Clara Lloyd, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Reading, UK