Dr Sam Osborn

Sam joined the German department at Exeter in September 2023, after previously being employed by the University of Manchester and the University of St Andrews.

Sam completed his BA in German and Russian, earning a First class with distinction from the University of Nottingham. Afterwards, he worked in publishing and digital media before returning to Nottingham for a Research Masters in German literature, where he secured AHRC funding from the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities for his PhD at the University of St Andrews.

While there, he hosted the international conference GDR Today VI with his co-host Matthew Hines. Among others, speakers included Kyle Frackman, Phi Hong Su and Katharina Warda - the theme for the conference was Minority Experiences of the GDR and featured papers on queerness in the GDR, homelessness, migration, disability, Black and East Asian representation in GDR culture and others.