Manuela von Papen is originally from Germany and studied at Braunschweig University. After moving to the UK, she completed a PhD on the depiction of women in Third Reich entertainment films at the University of Bath. Before coming to London, she was a lecturer in German at the University of Bath and the University of Glamorgan. Manuela has taught German in a number of Universities and Joined King’s College London in 2014. Her interests are in the fields of language pedagogy, cultural memory and film studies.