Marie-Christine Boucher is a second year doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and member of the IPP ‘Literary and Cultural Studies’ at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. She holds a B.A. in German Studies (Université de Montréal, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) as well as an M.A. in German Studies (Université de Montréal). Her current research interests revolve around transcultural and transnational German literature, the applications of translation theory in comparative literature and digital literary studies.