Early Modern Women's Work examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe.
Patricia Anne Simpson is Professor of German at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests encompass the literature and history of German-speaking Europe, from early modernity to the present. Her recent monograph, German Empires and Decolonial Fantasies, 1492-1942 (2025), engages German colonial entanglements and the narratives they generated from the perspective of contemporary critical race theory.
