PhD Working Title
The Interplay of Cyclical and Linear Temporalities in 21st-century Nature Diaries
Research Interests
(21st-century) British Nature Writing;
Environmental Humanities;
Nature Poetry / Ecopoetry;
Ecocriticism and Didactics;
Philosophy of Science;
Psychology / Mental Health;
Creative Writing
Publications
Kölling, Angela and Melina Lieb. "Teaching Eco-Translation: Reclaiming the Climate Crisis Discourse in Times of Coronavirus." Voicing Absences/Presences in a Damaged World. Eds. Jessica and Marc Maufort. John Benjamins Publishing, 2022. p.175-195.
Lieb, Melina. "Humility and Serious Noticing: Résumé of a Discussion Round on 'The Everyday in British New Nature Writing'." Arcadiana 21 September 2021. <https://arcadiana.easlce.eu/2021/09/21/humility-and-serious-noticing-resume-of-a-discussion-round-on-the-everyday-in-british-new-nature-writing/>.
Kalinowski, Katharina Maria and Melina Lieb. "Birches Like Barcodes: Responses to Robert Macfarlane's Masterclass." Arcadiana 22 January 2021. <https://arcadiana.easlce.eu/2021/01/22/birches-like-barcodes/>.
Lieb, Melina. “Teaching Creative Nature Writing and Translation.” Arcadiana 8 September 2020. <https://arcadiana.easlce.eu/2020/09/08/teaching-creative-nature-writing-and-translation/>
— “Lehrprojekt: Nature Writing und Übersetzung.” Arcadiana 8 September 2020. <https://arcadiana.easlce.eu/2020/09/08/lehrprojekt-nature-writing-und-ubersetzung/>.
Conferences / Presentations
9th November 2022: Germersheimer Übersetzerbühne: Sofia Blind im Gespräch mit Melina Lieb: "Das Herz einer Honigbiene – Nature Writing übersetzen" (mit Live-Übertragung auf Youtube)
6th-8th September 2022: ASLE-UKI Biennial Conference: Epochs, Ages, and Cycles: Time and the Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Presentation: The Interplay of Cyclicality and Linearity in 21st-century Nature Diaries
- Panel Chair: Time and Tide
- Creative Writing Reading: Poetry Selection
13th May 2022: FreiKo, FTSK Germersheim
Presentation: Nature Writing, Eco-Translation, Everyday Ecology (Outcomes of the Project Week Course with Prof. Kölling & Spencer Hawkins)
3rd December 2021: BAAHE Annual Conference: Voicing Absences/Presences in a Damaged World
Joint Presentation with Jun.-Prof. Dr. Angela Kölling & Dr. Spencer Hawkins: Reclaiming the Climate Crisis Discourse in the Time of Coronavirus
1st September 2021: Conference of the Association for German Studies, Panel: Ringing the Changes? Literary and Cultural Responses to the Anthropocene
Presentation: 21st-Century British Nature Writing and Ecopoetry in German Translation
6th August 2021: Earth(ly) Matters Conference: Human in Context: Mind, Body, Nature, & Society
Presentation: What We Share: Birds and Humans in 21st-c. British Nature Writing
https://shuprssconference.wordpress.com/2021/08/02/what-we-share-birds-and-humans-in-21st-c-british-nature-writing/
(The paper is password protected -- please contact me if you are interested in reading it.)
8th June 2021: Virtual Discusssion: "The Everyday in British New Nature Writing"
with Kathleen Jamie, Mark Cocker and Terry Gifford
You can download a recording of the session here: https://seafile.rlp.net/f/97adce4ca9dd4fb98781/
May/July 2019: Multilinguale Sprachinstallation: Gedichte von Alda Merini in Übersetzung
im Rahmen der Übersetzerwerkstatt Fäkätä zum Thema "Groteske" (Dozentin: Theresa Heyer)
FTSK Germersheim / Museum Haus Cajeth Heidelberg
Teaching Projects
Sommersemester 2020: Sonderausgabe "Lehrprojekt: Nature Writing und Übersetzung." 06|magazin 2021. <https://www.06magazin.de/artikel/studium/>.
Wintersemester 2022/23: Projektkurs "Translation & Mental Health" mit anschließender Posterausstellung im Sommersemester 2023 auf dem FTSK-Campus; mehr Infos hier: https://fb06.uni-mainz.de/projektwoche-uebersetzen/
Academic CV
since 2020 – PhD candidate at the Department of British Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/Germersheim
2020 - 2024 Research Assistant & Lecturer (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Department of British Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/Germersheim
2017 - 2020 – MA in Translation (English), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/Germersheim
2014 - 2015 – Erasmus student at the University of Southampton, UK
2013 - 2017 – BA in English Studies (major) and History and Philosophy of Science (minor), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
