PD Dr. Julia Faisst
Assistant Professor of American Studies (2013-21)
PhD, Harvard University
I am currently serving as the interim Chair of American Studies at the University of Regensburg.
Research Interests
- 19th- to 21st-Century North American Literature and Culture
- Visual Cultures (esp. Photography and Film)
- African American, Race, and Ethnic Studies
- Migration, Diaspora, and Postcolonial Studies
- Space and Urban Studies
- Environmental Humanities in the U.S. and Canada
- Economic Humanities, Inequality, Class, and Poverty Studies
- Transnational Feminism
- Comparative Cultural Memory
Current Research Project
Habilitation: Precarious Belongings: The Unmaking of the American Home, 1980s-Now (submitted 12/2020, venia legendi 6/2021)
Fellowships and Awards
Habilitation Completion Fellowship for Female Researchers, KU, 2019/20
Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professorship, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA, Spring 2018