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Annika Nickenig holds the position of guest professor for French and Spanish literature at the Institute for Romance Philology at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on Science and Literature, Narration and Economics, and Material Culture. She recently published Dinge – Gaben – Waren. Der Gegenstand ökonomischen Handelns in den romanischen Literaturen (2022), edited with U. Urban.

Esther Schomacher holds the position of guest professor for Italian literature at the Institute for Romance Literatures and Languages at Humboldt-University of Berlin. Her research focuses on relations between literature and sciences, especially economics, media theory, political theory, and gender studies. Recent publications include The Culture of Money (2024), edited with J. Söffner, and Schrift und Geld um 1900. Italo Svevo’s Medien (2021).