Christine Lötscher is a Professor of Popular Literature and Media, with a focus on children’s and young adult media, at the Institute of Social Anthropology and Popular Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich. Her research centers on popular genres from a transmedia and feminist perspective, particularly horror, gothic, (gothic) romance, coming-of-age narratives, science fiction, and fantasy. In 2020, she published Die Alice-Maschine. Figurationen der Unruhe in der Populärkultur (The Alice Machine: Figurations of Unrest in Popular Culture). Beginning her career as a literary critic, she continues to regularly publish essays on contemporary literature and media.
Her current research projects include:
- Eco-Passions: Coming of Age in the Anthropocene (with Willem Conrad and Jacqueline Heinzelmann)
- Love, Genre, and Therapy in Times of Social Media (New/Dark Romance, BookTok)
- Global Heidi: A Transmedial and Transcultural Phenomenon