Jürgen Kramer is Emeritus Professor of British Cultural Studies at the University of Dortmund. He is the author of Culture and Intercultural Studies (1990), British Cultural Studies (1997) and Taking Stock: 35 Essays from 35 Years of Studying English-Speaking Cultures (2011). A collection of essays entitled Empire, Exile and the Exotic: Studies on Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and the Sea is in preparation. He co-edited the Journal for the Study of British Cultures (1994-2006).