Olivia Lanni is a doctoral assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Isabel Karremann. 

She has completed both her BA and MA in English and German Literature and Linguistics at the University of Zurich. She is currently enrolled in a Teaching Diploma program for Sek II and working on her PhD project, which focuses on questions of embodiment and ecologies in early modern drama. Recently, she worked on the project Sun in Early Modernity at the Linda Hall Library under Dr. Sophie Battell's supervision. 

Olivia Lanni is also part of the Early Modern Research Team and teaches Textual Analysis at the ES.

Research Interests:

• Early Modern Drama and Performance 
• Medical Humanities
• Cognitive Studies 
• Sleep Studies (Sleepwalking) 
• Ghosts