Steffen Wöll is a scholar in American Studies at Leipzig University. His work has appeared in various interdisciplinary publications. His research focuses on spatial imaginations, border studies, naturalism, postmodernism, digital humanities, as well as film and horror studies. He is the author of The West and the Word (de Gruyter, 2020). Wöll’s current research explores transoceanic and archipelagic discourses of American empire at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Research Areas
- Imaginations of space and place
- Archipelagic and island studies
- American Empire and globalization
- Critical cartography
- Digital humanities
- Game studies