Professor Dr. Katja Sarkowsky
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Work Experience | |
| since 2013 | Chair of American Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-University at Münster |
| 2008 - 2013 | Associate Professor (Juniorprofessor) for the New Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, University of Augsburg |
| 2008 | Assistant Professor of American Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt/M |
| 2005 - 2008 | Lecturer and assistant to the director of the Center for North America Studies (CENAS), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M. |
| 2003 - 2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate College "Gender Relations and Public Spheres", Frankfurt and Kassel |
| 2003 | Ph.D. American Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main |
| 2000 - 2003 | Doctoral Fellow, Graduate College "Gender Relations and Public Spheres", Frankfurt and Kassel |
| 1998 - 1999 | Lecturer, New English Literatures and Cultures, Goethe-University Frankfurt/M. |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 02/2013 | Co-Editor of the Zeitschrift für Kanadastudien (ZKS) |
| since 2000 | Association for Canadian Studies in german-Speaking Countries |
| since 2000 | Modern Language Association (MLA) |
| since 1999 | Association for the New English Literature (ASNEL) |
| since 1998 | German Association for American Studies (GAAS) |
| 05/2013 - 05/2017 | President of the Gesellschaft für Anglophone Postkoloniale Studien (GAPS; formerly the Association for the New English Literatures, ASNEL) |
Publications
Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina; Missine, Lut; Sarkowsky, Katja (eds.) (2020) In: European Journal of Life Writing, 9 Type of Publication: Special issue of a journal | |
Sarkowsky Katja (2018) Palgrave Macmillan. Type of Publication: Book (monograph) | |
Sarkowsky Katja (2017) In: Mühleisen Susanne (eds.), Contested Communities - Communication, Narration, Imagination. Brill. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Buschendorf Christa, Mueller Stefanie, Sarkowsky Katja (2017) In: Mueller Stefanie, Buschendorf Christa, Sarkowsky Katja (eds.), Violence and Open Spaces: The Subversion of Boundaries and the Transformation of the Western Genre. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Mueller Stefanie, Buschendorf Christa, Sarkowsky Katja (eds.) (2017) Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) |
Talks
| "'On the Margins of One Group and Three Countries': Life Narratives Between Nation and Transnation" Sarkowsky, Katja (30/09/2015) Kolloquium, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| "Negotiating the Boundaries of Self and Community in Indigenous Life Writing" Sarkowsky, Katja (11/09/2015) Summer School "Border Stories: Narratives of Peace, Conflict and Communication in the 20th and 21st Centuries", Universität Augsburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| "The Implicit Sociology of Life Writing" Sarkowsky, Katja (26/06/2015) International Conference "The Implicit Sociology of Literature", Goethe Universität Frankfurt Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| "'Hyphenated Americanism': Horace Kallen, Randolph Bourne, and the Debate about Cultural Pluralism during World War I" Sarkowsky, Katja (17/06/2015) Ringvorlesung "German-American Educational History", WWU Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| "All My Relations: Indigenous Life Writing, Constructions of the Social, and Autobiographical Knowledge" Sarkowsky, Katja (29/05/2015) Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA), Bonn Type of talk: scientific talk |
Doctorates
| Muslim Narrative and Drama in the Diaspora: Performing American and British Muslim Cultural Identities with and through Unity, Difference, and Dissidence Candidate: Wayah, Ismahan | Supervisors: Stein, Mark; Sarkowsky, Katja Period of time: 15/04/2014 - 31/12/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Life Narratives of Undocumented Migrants in the United States Candidate: Batzke, Ina | Supervisors: Spickard, Paul; Schneck, Peter Period of time: until 30/07/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| „No Place for Sissies“? Queer Aging in North American Fiction Candidate: Heß, L. | Supervisors: Sarkowsky, K. Period of time: 01/10/2010 - 07/07/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Savage Horrors: Reiterating the American Gothic for the 21st Century. Candidate: Lenhardt, Corinna | Supervisors: Diedrich, Maria I.; Sarkowsky, Katja Period of time: 01/10/2008 - 01/10/2015 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |