'Axel Fliethmann is an internationally recognised scholar in the fields of literary theory, media philology and theory of the image. He studied Literature, History and Philosophy at the University of Cologne (Germany) where he also received his PhD (DPhil). Before joining Monash University, he was a post-doctoral Fellow at the research centre “Medien und Kulturelle Kommunikation” (Centre for media and cultural communication) at the University of Cologne.' (https://www.humanities.org.au/fellows/fellows/?find_contact_id=5393§ion_select=117&fellowType_select=4n5n6n9&bio_search&name_search&year_election=2018&country_search=0&state_search=0)