Julia Faisst
Professorship:
American Studies and the Media, 1 October 2024
To the professorship (German only)
Department:
Cultural Studies
Studies and doctorate:
- 2021: Habilitation in American Literary and Cultural Studies at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)
- 2009: PhD in Comparative Literature at Harvard University, USA
- 2005: MA in Comparative Literature at Harvard University, USA
Stages:
- 2021-2024: University Professor and Interim Chair of American Studies, University of Regensburg
- 2018: Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
- 2013-2021: Assistant Professor of American Literary and Cultural Studies, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)
- 2012-2013: Assistant Professor of American Literature, Culture, Media, University of Siegen
- 2010-2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, German Excellence Initiative/International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture, Justus Liebig University Giessen
- 2009-2010: Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Wake Forest University, USA
Focus in research:
- Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century North American Literature and Culture
- Visual Cultures and Media (Photography, Film, TV, New Media)
- African American, Race, and Ethnic Studies
- Migration and Diaspora Studies
- Transnational American Studies
- Gender Studies and Intersectionality
- Inequality, Class, and Poverty Studies
- Architecture, Space, and Urban Studies
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities in the US and Canada
- Cultural Memory in the US and Europe