Dr. Daniel Becker

Senior Lecturer and Post-Doc Researcher

Daniel Becker studied English, History and Educational Studies at the University of Koblenz-Landau. After graduating in 2011, he started his practical teacher training at the Studienseminar Trier, where he obtained his Second State Exam. In 2013, he moved to Wuppertal to work on his PhD-project in literary studies (Title: On the Thresholds of Memory – National History and Liminal Memory Practices in Contemporary Irish Poetry), which he recently defended and completed. Since October 2018, Daniel Becker works as a TEFL-lecturer at the University of Münster. His research interests include teaching literature and culture, inter/transcultural learning, multiliteracies and digital media.

Contact

Johannisstraße 12-20, Room ES 310
48143 Münster

Office hours: appointment via email

Phone: +49 251 83 - 24128

Mail: daniel.becker

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26-06-2023 | New publication

Mental Health in EFL — © Narr/Francke/Attempto

OUT NOW: Mental Health in English Language Education

Mental health is a growing concern in today's society, and schools are emerging as a focal point for addressing this issue. Taking this as a starting point, this volume aims to explore the relevance of curricula and competencies, texts and materials, (digital) culture and communication, and teacher education in the context of mental health and English language education. It brings together scholars from various fields who discuss the relationship between mental health issues and English as a foreign language learning from a variety of theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented perspectives.

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Research group POTENT

Daniel Becker is now a member of the POTENT research group. The group is dedicated to exploring the importance of post-truth discourses for English language education.

25-07-2022 | New Publication

Publication Tdaj Becker — © Teacher Development Academic Journal

Out now!

Becker, D., Ludwig, C., and Summer, T. (2022). Taboos in ELT through the lens of critical pedagogy: A short Introduction. Teacher Development Academic Journal 2(2), 9-16.

Abstract:
Taboo topics are still taboo in English language education research. While the discipline has significantly broadened its academic spectrum over the past few years, by more prominently reaching into realms such as global education, digital learning, and ecocriticism, there are hardly any studies which explore the notion of taboos and their relevance for language learning and cultural participation. Yet, we believe that, despite their difficult nature, taboo topics should be explored in English language education and with this special issue we advocate for discussing different taboos in the ELT context, using the overarching perspective of critical pedagogy.
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New Publication

Out Now! - Videospiele im Fremdsprachenunterricht

Becker, Daniel (2021): Videospiele im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen: Narr.

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Description (German):

Videospiele sind nicht nur äußerst beliebt bei Jugendlichen, sondern weisen auch vielseitige Potentiale für das Fremdsprachenlernen auf. Doch wie genau kann man diese Potentiale praktisch umsetzen und im Fremdsprachenunterricht nutzen? Das vorliegende Buch möchte Antworten auf diese in der Fremdsprachenforschung bisher vernachlässigte Frage bieten.

List of Publications

Monographs

Becker, D. (2021). Videospiele im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Tübingen: Narr.

Becker, D. (2021). On the Threshold of Memory: National History and Liminal Remembrance in Contemporary Irish Poetry. Trier: wvt. [Dissertation]

Edited Volumes

Ludwig, C., Summer, T., Eisenmann M., Becker D. & Krüger, N. (Eds.) 2024). Mental Health in English Language Education. Narr.

Becker, D. & Matz, F. (Eds.) (2024). Exploring Paths to Mental Health in English Language Education. Special Issue of Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 48(2).

Becker, D., Ludwig, C. & Summer, T. (2022). Taboo(ed) Issues in ELT in the Light of Critical Pedagogy. Special Issue of Teacher Development Academic Journal 2(2).

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (Eds.). (2022). Focus on Video Games and English Language Education/ Designing Hybrid Learning Spaces. Anglistik, Vol. 33 (1), Winter. Open access

Articles
Peer-Reviewed

Becker, D. (2024). Von ungesund bis unattraktiv: Zur Darstellung von Videospielen in Englisch-Lehrwerken der Sekundarstufe I und II. Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung 35(1), 123-148.

Becker, D. & Matz, F. (2024). Life after Brexit. Mit dem dystopischen Videospiel 'Not Tonight' Folgen des Brexits ergründen. Der Fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch (FUE), 189. 35-39.

Becker, Daniel. & Matz, Frauke. (2024). Reconceptualising Narrative Competence in English Language Education: Narrative Design and Digital Storytelling. In: Prusse, Michael C. & Nikola Mayer (Eds.). This Is My Story. Berne: hep-verlag, 55-68.

Becker, D. (2024). Gaming Till You Drop: The Representation of Video Games and Gaming Disorder in Contemporary German EFL Textbooks. D. Becker & F. Matz (Eds.). Exploring Paths to Mental Health in English Language Education. Special Issue of Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 48(2), 151-155.

Becker, D. & Matz, F. (2024). Introduction: Exploring Paths to Mental Health in English Language Education. D. Becker & F. Matz (Eds.). Exploring Paths to Mental Health in English Language Education. Special Issue of Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 48(2), 257-276.

Becker, D. (2023). What’s your status? On the Relationship between Mental Health Education and English Language Teaching. International Journal of English Studies. 34(1), 211-227. DOI 10.33675

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (2023). Authors of everyday life: Towards learning with literary texts in English language education. AAA 48 (1), 99-120. DOI 10.24053/AAA-2023-0005.

Becker, D. (2022). Hashtags and Environmental Literacy in the EFL Classroom. Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik. DOI 10.1515/ ZAA-2022-2077

Becker, D. (2021). All the Monoliths Are Fluid Now: Using Metaphor Analysis to Facilitate Student Teachers' Understanding of Transculturality. Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 32(3), 227-242. DOI 10.33675 ANGL/2021/3/17

Becker, D. (2021). Let's (Not) Address the Monster: Zum Thema der Depression im Englischunterricht. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 46(2), 139-157. DOI 10.2357/AAA-2021-0012

Gießler, R., Becker, D., & Schledjewski, J. (2020). Aufgabenentwicklung und projektbasiertes Studieren an der Schnittstelle von Erzählforschung, Fremdsprachen- und Mediendidaktik. Herausforderung Lehrer_innenbildung Zeitschrift 3(2). DOI 10.4119 HLZ-2517

Becker, D. (2019). The Digital Citizen 2.0 – Reconcidering Issues of Digital Citizenship Education. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 44(2), 167-193. DOI 10.2357/AAA-2019-0008

Gießler, R., Becker, D., & Schledjewski, J. (2019). Cognitive apprenticeship as a tool for materials development in an EFL teacher education project. Proceedings of the HEAd Conference 2019. Open access

Becker, D. (2018). 14 Lines of Memory: The Sonnet as Memory Genre in Iggy McGovern’s Poetry. Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 42(2), 101-124. Open Access

Becker, D. (2018). The Debris of History: On Waste and The Past in Irish Celtic Tiger Poetry. Etudes Irlandaises 43(2), 93-109. DOI 10.16995/c21.1778

Further Articles

Becker, D. (2024). Are You Mad? – Young Adult Literature, Mental Illness and the 'Mad Genius' in the EFL Classroom. Anglistik - International Journal of English Studies, 35(2), 81-96. https://doi.org/10.33675/ANGL/2024/2/9

Becker, D., Matz, F., & Römhild, R. (2024). Teachers as "Change Agents" in a world of uncertainty: Designing a "Resilient Path" for the education of (foreign language) teachers. In S. Braselmann, L. Eibensteiner, & L. Volkmann (Eds.), Teacher education in (post-)pandemic and (post-)digital times - International perspectives on intercultural learning, diversity, and equity (pp. 41-57). Peter Lang.

Becker, D. (2024). We Got a Match! Examining Potential Connections between English Language Teaching and Mental Health Education. In C. Ludwig, T. Summer, M. Eisenmann, D. Becker & N. Krüger (eds.), Mental Health in English Language Education. Tübingen: Narr, 47-60.

Ludwig, C., Summer, T., Eisenmann M., Becker D. & Krüger, N. (2024). Mental Health in English Language Education – An Introduction. In C. Ludwig, T. Summer, M. Eisenmann, D. Becker & N. Krüger (eds.), Mental Health in English Language Education. Tübingen: Narr, 9-30.

Becker D., Kersten S., Ludwig C., Schildhauer P. & Stadler-Heer S. (2024). Born-Digital Text in English Language Teaching: The State of Play. In S. Kersten & C. Ludwig (eds.), Born-Digital Texts in the English Language Classroom. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 1-29.

Gießler R. & Becker, D. (2024). #hashtagsareforlearnig – Hashtags as Digital Texts and their Affordances in the EFL Classroom. In S. Kersten & C. Ludwig (eds.), Born-Digital Texts in the English Language Classroom. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 71-88.

Becker, D. (2023). Finde den (Wort-)Schatz! Mit dem Videospiel Stardew Valley Orts- und Wegbeschreibungen üben. Englisch 5-10, 64.

Becker, D., & Labenz, S. (2023). Digital Game-Based Learning: Anhand von Videospielen motivierenden, lehrplankonformen Unterricht gestalten. Englisch 5-10, 64, 28-33.

Siepmann, P., Römhild, R., Marxl, A., Becker, D. & Matz, F. (2023). (Re-)Discovering Cosmopolitanism for Language Education: An Introduction. In R. Römhild, A. Marxl, F. Matz, F. & P. Siepmann (eds.). Rethinking Cultural Learning. Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Language Education. Trier: WVT, 1-18.

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (2023). Rethinking Cultural Learning in Light of 'Response-Abilities.' Shifting Language Education 'onto a Sustainable and Resilient Path'. In C. Amerstorfer & M. von Blanckenburg (Eds.). Activating and Engaging Learners and Teachers. Perspectives for English Language Education (pp. 223-240). Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempo. https://elibrary.narr.digital/book/10.24053/9783823394600

Becker, D. (2023). Facing the Invisible – Taboos as Texts and Cultural Learning in English Language Education. In C. Ludwig & T. Summer (Eds.). Taboos and Challenging Topics in Foreign Language Education: Critical Language Pedagogy in Theory, Research, and Practice. London: Routledge, 31-39.

Becker, D. (2022). Rezension zu Sambanis, Michaela / Walter, Maik (2022): Make it work! Interaktive Impulse zum Sprachenlernen: Von neusten Befunden der Neurowissenschaft zu konkreten Unterrichtsimpulsen. Beiträge zur Fremdsprachenforschung 66.

Becker, D. (2022). On the Use of Commercial Video Games in the EFL Classroom in Northrhine-Westphalia - An Empirical Perspective. In D. Becker & F. Matz (Eds.). Video Games and English Language Education/ Designing Hybrid Learning Spaces. Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 33(1), 59-76. DOI 10.33675 / ANGL 2022/1/8

Becker, D., Ludwig, C. und Summer, T. (2022). Taboos in ELT through the Lens of Critical Pedagogy: A Short Introduction. Teacher Development Academic Journal 2(2), 9-16. Open access

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (2022). Introduction. Daniel Becker und Frauke Matz (Eds.). Anglistik - International Journal of English Studies: Focus on Video Games and English Language Education/ Designing Hybrid Learning Spaces, 33(1). Heidelberg: Winter, 7-14. DOI 10.33675 / ANGL 2022/1/8

Becker, D., & Marxl, A.(2022). Videospiele im Englischunterricht – Ein kurzer Leitfaden. Schulwelt NRW 5(22), 8-10.

Ritter, M., Stannard, M., & Becker, D. (2021). No Way to Win: Exploring Video Games as a Form of Black Lives Matter Protest. Der fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 173, 20-25. [Choice of the video game, design of the task, textualisation of parts]. https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/friedrich-plus/sekundarstufe/englisch/interkulturelles/no-way-to-win-9924

Becker, D. (2021). You, Me, and the Black Dog: Im Englischunterricht Bewusstsein für das Thema Depression entwickeln. Praxis Englisch 2, 234-38.

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (2021). Science and Visions of the Future: Lösungen und didaktischer Kommentar. Green Line Oberstufe Lehrerband. Stuttgart Klett, 250-265.

Becker, D., & Matz, F. (2021). Science and Visions of the Future. Green Line Oberstufe Schülerbuch. Stuttgart: Klett, 210-230.

Becker, D. (2021). Let’s Explore Nigerian Cities – Reading ‘Lagos’ by Isaac Umunna. In P. Siepmann, & F. Matz (Eds.). Abibox: Voices from the African Continent: Focus on Nigeria (pp. 80-83). Hannover: Brinkmann.

Becker, D. (2021). Performing a Nation – 'I am a Nigerian' by Nkiru Asika. In P. Siepmann & F. Matz (Eds.). Abibox: Vocies from the African Continent: Focus on Nigeria (pp. 76-79). Hannover: Brinkmann.

Becker, Daniel & Matz, Frauke (2020). Narrative Design – Digitale Formen des Erzählens. In M. Eisenmann & J. Steinbock (Eds.). Sprache, Kulturen, Identitäten: Umbrüche durch Digitalisierung (pp. 107-118). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider.

Becker, D. & Matz, F. (2020). ‘Your life is still yours to live’: Erzählstrukturen im Videospiel Life is Strange erkennen und beschreiben. Der fremdsprachliche Unterricht Englisch 165: 32-38.

Becker, D. (2020). Here’s a Story for You‘ – Zum Einsatz des YouTube Formates Storytime im Englischunterricht. Praxis Fremdsprachenunterricht 2: 8-11.

Becker, D. (2018). You who sleep in silence and without one protest – World War One Commemoration and the ‘Invisible’ Soldier in the Plays of Sydney Tomholt. In C. Klein & F.-J. Deuters (Eds.). Der Erste Weltkrieg in der Dramatik – deutsche und australische Perspektiven (pp. 171-186). Stuttgart: Metzler.

Becker, D. (2016). Rezension zu Paul A. Cohens History and Popular Memory: The Power of Story in Moments of Crisis. Diegesis 5(2), 112-117. https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/view/243

Becker, D.(2015). Übersetzung zu “Fergus and the Druid” von William Butler Yeats. In Yeats Reborn: A European Translation Project 2014-2015 (pp. 38-39). Leuven: Peeters.

Becker, D. (2015). Relevance and Narrative (Research) – An International Symposium. Konferenz Bericht. Diegesis 4(1): 141-145. https://www.diegesis.uni-wuppertal.de/index.php/diegesis/article/view/178

Becker, D. (2013). Rezension zu Hans-Peter Wagners William Hogarth: Das graphische Werk. In Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik 38(2): 242-246. https://elibrary.narr.digital/article/99.125005/aaa201320242

Becker, D. (2013). Rezension zu Mario Klarers The Visual Culture of Modernism. Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 24(1): 216-217.

Becker, D. (2012). Projecting the Peace Process: Kinofime der 1990er- und 2000er Jahre über Nordirland. Konferenz Bericht. In Berichte 2012. Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaft München e.V. München (pp. 10-13). Bavaria.

Becker, D. (2012). Translation of ‚Unter den Linden‘ of Albert Wachtel. In: Eine deutsche Geschichte: Anthologie (pp. 13-35). Berlin: EPLA.

Becker, D. (2011). Rezension zu Hans-Peter Wagners A History of British, Irish and American Literature. Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 4: 316-318.

Forthcoming/ Accepted

Becker, D. & Matz, F. (Eds.) (accepted; forthcoming 2024). Exploring Paths to Mental Health in English Language Education. Special Issue von Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik. [peer-reviewed]

Becker, Daniel & Matz, Frauke (accepted; forthcoming 2024). Reconceptualising Narrative Competences in English Language Education: Narrative Design and Digital Storytelling. In M. Prusse & N. Mayer (Eds.). ‘This is my story’: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives in ELT. Bern: hep.

Becker, D., Matz, F., & Römhild, R. (accepted; forthcoming 2024). Teachers as ‘Change Agents’ in a World of Uncertainty: Designing a ‘Resilient Path’ for the Education of (Foreign) Language. In S. Braselmann, L. Eibensteiner, & L. Volkmann (Eds.). Teacher Education in (Post-)Pandemic Times: International Perspectives on Interculturality, Diversity and Equity. Peter Lang.

Talks and Presentations

Nov. 2023	Going with the (Automatised) Flow: Algorithmen als Bestandteil der Lehrkräftebildung in den (fremd-)sprachlichen Fächern. Symposium: Von Peer zu Peer: Neue Lehrendenrollen in der (Fremd-)Sprachendidaktik entwickeln, implementieren und beforschen, TU Dortmund.
Sept. 2023	(with David Gerlach). Materialentwicklung als Grenzraum zwischen fachdidaktischer Theorie und unterrichtlicher Praxis: Empirische und hochschuldidaktische Perspektiven auf eine Professionalisierungsgelegenheit für angehende Fremdsprachenlehrer*innen. Konferenz: DGFF 2023, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg.
Sept. 2023	(invited) Make Your Day or Break Your Day? Exploring TikTok in the EFL Classroom. Workshop: Teachers’ Day 2023, Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken.
Apr. 2023	The Representation of (Commercial) Video Games in German EFL Textbooks. Symposium: Game On: (Digital) Game-Based Learning and English Language Education, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
February 2023	(with Frauke Matz) Autorinnen des Alltags: Zur Notwendigkeit einer Didaktik literarischer Lernerinnentexte. Symposium: Lerner*innentexte im Fremdsprachenunterricht: Theorie, Konzepte, Praxis. Leuphana University Lüneburg.
September 2022	(with Marius Ritter) Game On: Ein praxisbezogenes Konzept für die stufenübergreifende Implementierung von Digital-Game-Based Language Learning im Fremdsprachenunterricht. Conference: GAL-Jahrestagung 2022, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg. (with Dr. Ralf Gießler) Hashtags as Digital Texts: What is Their Potential For Language Education? Conference: Anglistentag 2022, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
May 2022	The New Romantics? The Representation of Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature and Its Implications for English Language Education. Symposium: Reading Young Adult Literature in the EFL Classroom & Beyond, University of Münster.
March 2022	(Keynote, invited) What’s Your Status? On the Relationship between Mental Health Education and English Language Teaching. International Webinar: TEFL Development Hub.
November 2021	(Keynote, invited) Global, Digital…and Healthy? Dimensions of Mental Health Education in English Language Teaching. Symposium: Taboo Topics on the Foreign Language Classroom II, University of Würzburg.
October 2021	(with Dr. Ralf Gießler) Hashtags as Digital Texts. Forschungskolloquium Prof. Dr. David Gerlach, Bergische University of Wuppertal.
August 2021	Guys you won’t believe what happened to me! - Storytime Videos and Narrative Competences in the EFL Classroom. Conference: ‚This is my story‘ – focus on biographical and autobiographical narratives in the EFL classroom, University of Zürich.
July 2021	Video Games and English Language Education. Invited guest lecture, University of Münster.
June 2021	Let’s Play...in Class? Using Video Games in the EFL Classroom. Westermann Impulse Webinar.
May 2021	Let’s Play...in Class? Using Video Games in the EFL Classroom. Invited guest lecture, University of Bonn. #mystory: Hashtags, Narrative and Global Education. Conference: GAPS 2021, University of Oldenburg.
March 2021	Teaching Nigeria - Suggestions and Perspectives. Workshop: Heriburg Gymnasium Coesfeld.
January 2021	Hashtags as digital texts: What is their potential for language education? Symposium: Born-Digital Texts in Foreign Language Education, Free University of Berlin.
November 2020	Let's (Not) Address the Monster: On the Topic of Depression in the EFL Classroom. Symposium: Taboo Topics in Foreign Language Education, University of Würzburg.
October 2020	Global, Digital, and (Slightly) Scary: New Forms of English Literature in the EFL Classroom. Workshop: Teachers' Day 2020, University of Saarbrücken.
February 2020	New Games in Old Schools? On The Practicality of Video Games in the EFL Classroom. Symposium: Video Games and Foreign Language Teaching, University of Münster. Nigerianische Lyrik unterrichten: (wie) geht das? Fortbildung: Teaching Nigeria, University of Münster.
September 2019	(with Frauke Matz) Die Förderung digitaler narrativer Kompetenz am Beispiel des YouTube Formats Storytime. Conference: DGFF Kongress 2019, University of Würzburg. Nigerianische Lyrik unterrichten: (wie) geht das? Workshop: Teaching Nigeria, University of Münster.
June 2019	(with Janine Schledjewski) Cognitive Apprenticeship as a Tool for Materials Development in an EFL Teacher Education Project. Conference: 5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, University of Valencia.
April 2019	(with Ralf Gießler and Janine Schledjewski) Zum Einsatz von YouTube-Videos im Englischunterricht. Workshop, Studienseminar Kaiserslautern.
March 2019	The Digital Citizen 2.0 – Reconsidering Issues of Digital Citizenship and Personal Identity with the Help of Dave Eggers’ The Circle. Conference: Educating the Global Citizen: International Perspectives on Foreign Language Teaching in the Digital Age, University of Munich.
September 2018	(with Ralf Gießler and Janine Schledjewski) Didaktische Kompetenzen von Studierenden entwickeln – Narrative der Populärkultur verstehen: Ein Projekt zur Förderung der Kohärenz im Anglistikstudium. Conference: Vielfalt und Kohärenz in der Lehrerbildung, University of Wuppertal
December 2017	(Keynote; with Ralf Gießler) The Narratives of Popular Culture: Text- und Medienkompetenz mit popkulturellen Medien entwickeln. Symposium: Sprachenwerkstatt NRW 2017, University of Duisburg. Experience, Knowledge and Remembering World War One in the Plays of Sydney Tomholt and Alan Seymour. Conference: Der Erste Weltkrieg in der Dramatik: deutsche und australische Perspektiven, University of Wuppertal.
September 2017	(with Ralf Gießler) Ich erzähle also bin ich. Ü-55 Forschertage, University of Wuppertal.
April 2017	New Formats on YouTube. 2nd Workshop für Lehrer und Lehrerinnen, University of Wuppertal.
March 2017	(with Janine Schledjewski and Ralf Gießler) Using Media Literacy as a Tool to Analyse Narrative Identities. Conference: Media Literacy in Foreign Language Education: Digital and Multimodal Perspectives, University of Munich.
October 2016	Das Potential der Narratologie für die Sachanalyse. Workshop für Lehrer und Lehrerinnen, University of Wuppertal.
June 2015	Metaphors of History in Contemporary Irish Poetry. Conference: EFACIS 2015, University of Palermo.
April 2015	14 Lines of Memory: The Sonnet as Memory Genre in Iggy McGovern’s Poetry. Conference: Irish Studies and the Dynamics of Memory, University of Nijmegen.
January 2015	Outside History: Representations of Irish History in Contemporary Irish Poetry. Workshop: Irish Studies Workshop, University of Wuppertal.
June 2014	Pop and Narration: A Survey of Recent Academic Trends. Conference: Pop-Narratology? Social, Cultural and Historical Aspects of Popular Narratives, University of Wuppertal.
July 2013	Celtic Tiger Ireland and the Aesthetics of Mundane Urban Lifestyle in the Poetry of Paul Durcan and Rita Ann Higgins. Conference: IASIL 2013, Queens University Belfast.
May 2013	Narrativity and the Reconceptualisation of the Lyric Genre in a Post-Classical Age. Conference: Post-Classical Narratology, University of Wuppertal.
October 2010	A Question of Belonging: Irish Identity in the poetry of Seamus Heaney. Conference: NEICN 2010, University of Sunderland.