Early modern European literature and culture
Theory and history of drama
Relationships between literary and extra-literary discourses
Literature and historical-cultural constellations

 

Current Projects: 

Dramatizations of History in Early Modern Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and German Drama (with an Outlook on German Romanticism).

Curriculum Vitae 

Fellowships and Grants

• Since 10/2015 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• 10/2011–09/2014 Doctoral Fellow of the ERC-funded project DramaNet (Early Modern European Drama and the ‘Cultural Net’) at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Education

• 07/2015 Dr. phil. (summa cum laude), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

• 03/2011 M.A. (Magistra Artium) in Comparative Literature and Spanish Philology, Freie Universität Berlin

  • Program in Theater Studies, Comparative Literature, Spanish Philology at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and the Universidad de Granada, Spain

Publications

Books

• Pawlita, L., Staging Doubt: Skepticism in Early Modern European Drama (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, forthcoming Sept. 2019; print and Open Access).

Edited books

• Pawlita, L./ Küpper, J. (eds.), Theatre Cultures within Globalising Empires: Looking at Early Modern England and SpainOpen Access).

Chapters in books

• Pawlita, L. “Dream and Doubt: Skepticism in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Calderón’s La vida es sueñoOpen Access), pp. 79-106.

Peer-reviewed articles

• Pawlita, L., “El escepticismo filosófico en Cervantes: Entremés del Retablo de las maravillas,” in: Isidora: Revista de estudios galdosianos 31 (2016), pp. 109–136.