Mag. Ariane Manutscheri

https://anglistik.univie.ac.at/staff/staff/detail-seite/user/arianem94/inum/1063/backpid/30750/

Consultation hours: by appointment (please arrange via email).

Summer term 2026

124263 KO Critical Media Analysis - Critical Fandom - A Fan Studies Toolkit

Winter term 2025

120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies - Ineffable Texts - Exploring the Cultural Resonance of Good Omens across our Media Landscape

Manutscheri, A. (2026). Book Review: Tanya Cook, Kaela Joseph: Fandom Acts of Kindness. Fandom | Cultures | Research, 2(2), 106-109. https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/24451

Manutscheri, A. (2025). Doing Good with Good Omens: Fan Communities as Drivers of Social Change. In V. Cuntz-Leng (Ed.), Heaven, Hell, and Everything In-Between: : Critical Perspectives on Good Omens (pp. 279-315). Büchner . https://www.buechner-verlag.de/buch/heaven-hell-and-everything-in-between-2/

Manutscheri, A. (2024). Ö1 matrix: Swifties, Blinks und Potterheads: Die Macht des Fan-Aktivismus . Radio show, Österreichischer Rundfunk - ORF (Ö1).

Manutscheri, A. (2024). "It's okay not to be okay.": Exploring Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Mental Health-Themed YAL via Darius the Great Is Not Okay. Anglistik. International Journal of English Studies, 35(2), 133 - 152. https://doi.org/10.33675/ANGL/2024/2/12

Manutscheri, A. (2021). ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature. CLELE Journal, 9(2), 30-51. https://clelejournal.org/article-2-manutscheri/

Manutscheri, A. (2020). Was macht Fan-Aktivismus in der Schule?. Web publication

Manutscheri, A. (2020). Wenn der Fan-Aktivismus zur Schule geht. Web publication

Ariane Manutscheri
Department of English and American Studies
Email: ariane.manutscheri@univie.ac.at

Research interests

English Language Teaching
Literature & Culture Classroom
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Mental Health in Young Adult Literature
Fan Culture & Fan Practices (especially Fan Activism)
Popular Culture
Storytelling & Social Change

CV

Since 2025: Lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna
March 2021 - February 2025: University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna
Since 2021: Extended Member of the #YouthMediaLife Research Platform, University of Vienna
October 2020 - February 2021: Project Staff for the #YouthMediaLife Research Platform, University of Vienna, Member of the Organisational Committee for the #YouthMediaLife 2021 International Conference (29.03. - 01.04.2021)
June 2020: Mag.^a phil. English and Philosophy/Psychology (Teaching Degree), University of Vienna
February 2020: Diploma Thesis: “‘A Word other than Crazy: Exploring the Stigma around Mental Health through Young Adult Literature”
2018 - 2020: Student Assistant for the #YouthMediaLife Research Platform, University of Vienna

Fan(g) Activism

Manutscheri, A. (Speaker)

22 May 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Good Omens for Social Change: Inspiring Civic Engagement in the English Classroom via Fan Activism

Manutscheri, A. (Speaker)

7 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Saving the Planet: Passionate Youngsters in Good Omens and Environmental Activism in our Real World

Manutscheri, A. (Speaker)

16 Aug 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

English for Social Change: What Literature Can and Can't Do

Manutscheri, A. (Speaker), Reichl, S. (Speaker) & Wendt, G. (Speaker)

19 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

"Child Labour Chocolate Frogs? – 'Not in Harry’s Name!': Illustrating Key Elements of Fan Activism through a Case Study"

Manutscheri, A. (Speaker)

2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Department of English and American Studies

Spitalgasse 2
1090 Wien

ariane.manutscheri@univie.ac.at