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Broadcasting Nations is the first full study of the BBC German Service and its contribution to 20th-century Anglo-German relations from its founding in 1938 to its closure in 1999. Based at the University of Warwick, the project investigates the BBC German Service’s institutional background, its influence on postwar German media and on the careers of émigré writers in its employment, its coverage of key events in 20th-century history, the image of Britain projected to German listeners, and the Service’s status within German popular memory. The work is funded through a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.
The Leverhulme Trust was established by the will of William Hesketh Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers. Since 1925 the Trust has provided grants and scholarships for research and education. Today, it is one of the largest all-subject providers of research funding in the UK, distributing approximately £80m a year. For more information about the Trust, please visit www.leverhulme.ac.uk
The Leverhulme Trust was established by the will of William Hesketh Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers. Since 1925 the Trust has provided grants and scholarships for research and education. Today, it is one of the largest all-subject providers of research funding in the UK, distributing approximately £80m a year. For more information about the Trust, please visit www.leverhulme.ac.uk
Emily Oliver
Having grown up bilingual as the daughter of English parents in Germany, I have long been interested in the history, literature, and culture of both countries, as well as in Anglo-German cultural exchange. In 2007, I graduated with a BA in Drama and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway (University of London), and gained an MA in Shakespeare Studies from the Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham) in 2009, before completing my Ph.D. thesis on Shakespeare Performance and German Reunification in 2013. After working as International Courses Lead Practitioner for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, I joined the English Department at King's College London as Postdoctoral Research Associate on the ERC-funded project 'Beyond Enemy Lines: Literature and Film in the British and American Zones of Occupied Germany (1945-1949)'. I currently live in Oxford and work as Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick, heading up the 'Broadcasting Nations' project.