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.
couchFM, "Me, My Netflix and I," 19 February 2016.
kulturradio rbb, "Weihnachtsklassiker im Fernsehen," 23 December 2015.
FluxFM, on the ritualistic consumption of Christmas movies, 23 December 2015.
Deep Red Radio, "Der Weisse Hai revisited: Steven Spielbergs Jaws und die Geburt eines amerikanischen Albtraums – Im Interview mit Herausgeber Wieland Schwanebeck und Mitautoren," 15 July 2015.
Deutschlandradio Wissen, Grünstreifen: "Prequels: Entzauberte Mythen," , 15 March 2014.