Dr. Anna Thiemann
Current affiliations
- Graduate School Practices of Literature
- FB09 - Faculty of Philology (FB09)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Black Studies
- Gender Studies
- Disability Studies
- Auto/Biography Studies
- Literature and Science
Academic Education | |
| 2013 | PhD. English. Graduate School Practices of Literature. WWU Münster. |
| 2007 | First State Examination. Philosophy. WWU Münster. |
| 2006 | First State Examination. English and German. WWU Münster. |
| 2006 | MA (Magistra Artium). English, German, and Communication Studies. WWU Münster. MA Thesis "Memoirs of the Abject: Herculine Barbin and Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex." |
| 2002 - 2003 | Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. English, French, and Spanish. Ball State University, IN, USA. |
Work Experience | |
| since 2017 | Coordinator of the Graduate School Practices of Literature. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| since 2007 | Research and Teaching Assistant. English Department. WWU Münster. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Visiting Scholar. Literature Program. Duke University, NC, USA. |
| 2008 | Research Assistant. Department of Anglophone Studies. University of Duisburg-Essen. |
| 2007 | Research Assistant. German Department/Graduate School Practices of Literature. WWU Münster. |
| 2002 - 2003 | Graduate Assistant. Department of Modern Languages and Classics. Ball State University, IN, USA. |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2015 | Member of the Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) |
| since 2007 | Member of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) |
| 2018 - 2020 | Member of the Research Advisory Board. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2017 - 2018 | Alternate Member of the Research Advisory Board. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2014 - 2018 | Advisory Board Member of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) |
| 2017 | Advisory Member of the Admissions Committee for the MA Program "National and Transnational Studies." English Department. WWU Münster. |
| 2016 - 2017 | Alternate Member of the Admissions Committee for the MA Program "British, American and Postcolonial Studies." English Department. WWU Münster. |
| 2013 - 2017 | Coordinator of the MA Program "British, American and Postcolonial Studies." English Department. WWU Münster. |
| 2007 - 2017 | Member of the Academic Degree Committee. English Department. WWU Münster. |
| 2014 - 2016 | Alternate Member of the Joint of Committee of the Department of History/Philosophy and the School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2008 - 2016 | Member of the Faculty Council. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2008 - 2014 | Member of the Research and Young Scholars Committee. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2008 - 2014 | Member of the Admissions Committee for Applicants without High School Diploma ("Abitur"). School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2008 - 2010 | Alternate Member of the Faculty Council. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
| 2007 - 2010 | Member of the Equal Opportunities Commission. School of Philology. WWU Münster. |
Publications
Thiemann, Anna (2019) In: Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina (eds.), Handbook Autobiography/Autofiction. Berlin: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Thiemann Anna (2019) In: Amerikastudien/American Studies, 64(4) Type of Publication: Review (journal) | |
Thiemann Anna (2018) In: Symbolism, 18 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Thiemann Anna (2017) New York: Routledge. Type of Publication: Book (monograph) | |
Thiemann Anna (2016) In: Hartmann Johanna, Marks Christine, Zapf Hubert (eds.), Zones of Focused Ambiguity in Siri Hustvedt's Works. Berlin: De Gruyter. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 15/10/2018 - 28/01/2019 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 21/05/2010 - 22/05/2010 Funded by: Sonstige Mittelgeber Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 31/10/2008 - 02/11/2008 Funded by: Sonstige Mittelgeber Type of project: Individual project |
Talks
| „It’s imagination or it’s nothing“: Re-Writing Operation Iraqi Freedom Thiemann Anna (06/07/2017) International Roundtable: Just War Theory in Literature, WWU Münster Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Black Cinema in the Obama Era: Slavery, Freedom and the Ongoing Struggle for Rights Thiemann, Anna (21/05/2016) The United States and the Question of Rights. 63th Annual Convention of the German Association for American Studies, Universität Osnabrück, Germany Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Siri Hustvedt and the Politics of Trauma Thiemann, Anna (23/10/2015) Living, Thinking, Looking: An International Conference on the Writing of Siri Hustvedt, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| “White Slavery” in Seventeenth-Century Barbados Thiemann, Anna (16/10/2015) Bound Labor in the Americas before the Abolition of Slavery: Legal Codifications, Transfers and the Harmonization of…, Poitier University, France Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Biodiversity and American Racialism: The Birds of America and Jim Crow Thiemann, Anna (13/06/2014) America after Nature: Democracy, Culture Environment: 61st Annual Convention of the German Association for American…, Universität Würzburg, Germany Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Postgraduate Research Grant Awarded by: German Academic Exchange Service Award given to: Thiemann, Anna Announced at: 01/01/2009 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Conference Travel Grant Awarded by: German Academic Exchange Service Award given to: Thiemann, Anna Announced at: 01/01/2015 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Conference Travel Grant Awarded by: Equal Opportunities Office, WWU Münster Award given to: Thiemann, Anna Announced at: 01/01/2015 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Excellent! Mentoring Program for Postdoctoral Scholars Awarded by: Equal Opportunities Office, WWU Münster Award given to: Thiemann, Anna Announced at: 01/01/2015 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| Rewriting the American Soul: Trauma, Neuroscience and the Contemporary Literary Imagination Candidate: Thiemann, Anna | Supervisors: Diedrich, Maria; Wagner-Egelhaaf, Martina; Hayles, N. Katherine Period of time: until 16/05/2013 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |