Susanne Knittel

Susanne C. Knittel is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University. Her research centres on the question of how societies remember atrocities — specifically how they deal with the uncomfortable issues of guilt and responsibility — and what role literature, art, film, and other cultural representations play in this process. Her current research project Ecologies of Violence (funded by the ERC) explores how contemporary culture frames and remembers environmental violence. Specifically, the project explores how cultural representations can make visible the deep historical roots that tie eco-violence to other histories of violence and how culture reflects on questions of responsibility.