Joanna Kremer

Graduate Teaching Assistant in Luxembourg Studies

I am a postgraduate research student based in the Department of Germanic Studies and the Centre for Luxembourg Studies, which I joined in September 2011. I teach weekly Luxembourgish conversation hours at the undergraduate level as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. My GTA post is generously funded by the Luxembourg government. Before starting my PhD in Sheffield, I completed a BA in Sociology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany and an MA in Historical Research at the University of Sheffield.

My BA dissertation explored gender relations in NGOs in the US and my MA dissertation investigated the representation of women in the domestic sphere in women’s advice columns in the Daily Mirror and the Guardian newspapers of 1950s Britain.

My current PhD research, supervised by Dr Kristine Horner, aims to identify the links between language and notions of identity and citizenship in contemporary Luxembourg. I intend to interview people who have recently applied for citizenship and have completed the Luxembourgish language test. The heart of my study will be participants’ narratives of citizenship and identity.