Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schmidt
Chair of American Studies at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Hochschulrat der Universität
Leitungsgremium des Sprachenzentrums
Sprecherin des KU-Forschungskollegs "Dialogkulturen"
Sprecherin des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs 2589 "Practicing Place"
Deputy Director, Bavarian American Academy (BAA)
Editor, Kritikon Litterarum (Boston/Berlin: DeGruyter)
International Editorial Boards:
Weber: The Contemporary West
Performance Matters (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Research Interests
- 19th- to 21st-Century North American Literature and Culture
- Modern/Postmodern American Drama and Theater
- Ethnic Literatures in the U.S. and Canada
- Race and Diaspora Studies
- Media Theory, esp. American Radio Culture
- Theories of Space/Place
- Urban Studies/Visual Culture Studies (esp. Documentary Photography)
Office Hours
Sprechstunde:
Nach vorheriger Vereinbarung mit Frau Niegsch.
Email: Hildegard.Niegsch@ku.de
