Dr. Svenja Guhr
Postdoctoral Researcher
fortext lab, Institute for Linguistics and Literary Studies, Technical University of Darmstadt
Stanford Literary Lab, Stanford University
Research Interests: Modern German Literature, Comparative Literature, 19th Century, Gender and Feminism Studies, Sensual Experiences in and through literary text(s) with a focus on Sound and Loudness
Short Introduction
As a multilingual (computational) linguist with 6+ years of experience in computational linguistics and literary studies, machine learning, and multilingual digital text analysis (English, German, French, Italian), thinking responsibility and privacy by design, I bring expertise in: Natural language processing, language data collection, curation and analysis, data annotation, data quality assessment, taxonomy design and team management, combined with excellent verbal, editorial, analytical and teamwork skills.
News
Certificate for my PhD
Since Wednesday, 02.10., I am finally allowed to call myself Dr. Guhr having received my certificate for completing my PhD at Technical University of Darmstadt in summer 2024; Thanks to the fortext lab for five years of intense research under supportive supervision by Prof. Evelyn Gius.
Defense of my PhD
On 11.07.24, I defended my PhD at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Publication contract with Springer Nature
On 22.07., I signed a publication contract with Springer Nature for the Open Access Publication of my monograph “Raise Your Voice – Character Sound in German-language Fiction”. It will be published in the Metzler Book Series “Digitale Literaturwissenschaft” edited by Prof. Evelyn Gius and Prof. Thomas Weitin in 2025.
Upcoming Talks
October 2024
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10.10., 10:00-12:00
Diss-Presentation at Stanford Literary Lab -
29.10., 16:15-17:45
Presentation at Vorlesungsreihe “Praxis der Digital Humanities” im Master Digital Humanities, online at Universität Trier
November 2024
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12.11., 16:15-17:45
Presentation at Forschungs-/Oberseminar Neuere Geschichte/Technikgeschichte (Prof. Nyhan) at Technical University of Darmstadt -
21.11., 10:00- 12:00
Presentation of interim Results of the Dime Novel project at Stanford Literary Lab
