Nat Modlin

Nat Modlin (they/them) is a PhD Student in Germanic Studies and Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Chicago. Their work is situated at the intersection of environmental humanities and media studies, focusing on contemporary European films and literary texts that figure the ocean as a site of colonialism. Nat holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Reed College, an MA in Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago, and has also studied at the University of Oxford and Universität Tübingen. In addition to their academic work, Nat is a translator of contemporary German literature and was a Fulbright recipient in Vienna.