Research

Research Interests

  • North American cultural and literary history, cultures of remembrance, and popular culture
  • Identity constructions: national and ethnic identities
  • Remake studies: cultural history of Hollywood cinema
  • Seriality: film and television
  • Climate change fiction (Cli-Fi)
  • Digital Humanities: Videographic criticism, data, and data literacy

International Research Experience

  • 2018: Visiting Scholar, Nanjing University, School of Arts (China)
  • 2016/2017: Visiting Scholar as DAAD P.R.I.M.E. Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Communication Arts, Media and Cultural Studies (USA)
  • 2016: Research Stay, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York (USA)
  • 2015: Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, School of the Arts, Film Division (USA)
  • 2014: Visiting Scholar, Monash University, School of Media, Film, and Journalism (Australia)
  • 2014: Research Stay, Library of Congress, Washington D.C. / Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA / New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York / Margaret Herrick Library, Los Angeles / UCLA Special Collections, Los Angeles (USA)
  • 2010, 2009: Research Stays with DAAD Research Grant, Chicago History Museum, Chicago; New York Public Library, New York / American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA / Library of Congress, Washington D.C. / Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)

Academic PR and Public Outreach

Workshop and Panels

  • Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft (Berlin), Roundtable Discussion "Da tut sich was: Wie Netflix, Revivals und starke Frauen die amerikanische Fernsehlandschaft verändern," 9 June 2018.
  • Internationale DAAD-Akademie (iDA), "Regionalkompetenz: USA" (Bonn/Bad Godesberg), Diskussionsrunde, 27 November 2017.
  • "N1: Nachhaltig(keit) – Lernen durch Erzählungen," Konferenz in der Reihe "Narrationen und Erzählformen in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" (Berlin), "Film und Fernsehen: Welten schaffen, um die Welt zu verstehen," 8 December 2017.
  • GAIN-Jahrestagung 2017 (San Francisco), "Abschlussdiskussion: Bilanz der Tagung," 25-27 August 2017.
  • Uniater Workshop (Potsdam), "Serielles Erzählen: Geschichte, Formen und Funktionen," 10 July 2016.
  • Autorenschule Textmanufaktur und Aufbau-Verlag Berlin, "Fortsetzung folgt: Geschichte, Formen und Funktionen seriellen Erzählens," 18 April 2015.
  • American Fulbright Scholars Orientation Meeting (Göttingen), "Higher Education in Germany," Panel with Jared Sonnicksen, 20 September 2012.

Interviews