Diana Rosenhagen
Research Interests
- African American Drama and Theater
- Violence in Literature
- Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Power
Current Project
- Gewalt im Afroamerikanischen Theater/Violence in African American Theater (Dissertation)
Publications
- "Intercultural/Intracultural? David Henry Hwang, Frank Chin, and the Question of Chinese American Identity." Globalization and Transcultural Theatre (Quanqiu Hua and Kua Wenhua Xiju). Ed. He Chengzhou. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2012. 94-110. [in Chinese]
- "'Actual explosions and actual brutality' - Baraka, Violence and the Black Arts Stage." Violence in American Drama: Essays on its Staging, Meanings and Effects. Ed. Alfonso Ceballos Muñoz et. al. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. 143-156.
- "Polk County: Zora Neale Hurston’s Black South and the Quest for a 'real Negro theater.'" Moravian Journal for Literature and Film 2.1 (Fall 2010): 5-18.
- "Tracy Letts, Das dramatische Werk," Kindlers Neues Literatur Lexikon (Online Supplement). Ed. Heinz Ludwig Arnold. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2010.
- "Frank Herbert, Dune," "Joyce Carol Oates, Zombie," "Suzan-Lori Parks, Das dramatische Werk," "Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Leon Uris, Exodus." Kindlers Neues Literatur-Lexikon. Ed. Heinz Ludwig Arnold. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2009.
- additional revised articles and biograms for Kindlers Neues Literatur-Lexikon. Ed. Heinz Ludwig Arnold. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2009.
- "News from the Civil War: A Story of Two Soldiers." The Joint Archives Quarterly. Holland, MI: The Joint Archives of Holland, 2004.
Conference Papers and Talks
- "'What Happens to a Dream Deferred?' – Gewalt im Afroamerikanischen Theater." (Bern, Switzerland, 24 September 2011)
- "Chinese American Stereotypes and the Drama of Frank Chin." (Nanjing, China, 24 October 2010)
- "Revolution or Suicide? Violence in Amiri Baraka's Slave Ship and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro." (Bern, Switzerland, 3 June 2010)
- "Minstrelsy or 'the Negro himself?' Zora Neale Hurston's Black South and the Quest for a 'real Negro theater.'" 2010 Biennial EAAS Conference “Forever Young: The Changing Images of America” (Dublin, Ireland, 26-29 March 2010)
- "'actual explosions and actual brutality:' Violence and the Black Arts Stage." III International Conference on American Theatre and Drama (Càdiz, Spain, May 26-29, 2009)
- "'When the bitter day finally comes to an end ...:' Time and Violence in Suzan-Lori Parks' Fucking A." 30th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Orlando, FL, March 18-22, 2009)
External Funding Obtained
09/2007 | Fulbright American Studies Institute "American Values, Contested Values" (San Francisco) |
Affiliations
- German Association for American Studies (DGfA)
- Modern Language Association
- Graduiertenschule für Geisteswissenschaften Göttingen (GSGG)
- International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
Professional Experience
since 10/2012 | Lehrbeauftragte/Lecturer, English Department, University of Göttingen |
2006-2010 | Koordinatorin und Fachstudienberaterin/ Coordinator and Advisor, "American Studies" Program, University of Göttingen |
09/2006-08/2012 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/Instructor, English Department, University of Göttingen |
10/2004-08/2006; 10/2002-08/2003 | Studentische Hilfskraft/Research Assistant, English Department, University of Göttingen |
10/2004-08/2006 | Fachbereichsassistentin/Section Assistant, American Literature Section, Kindlers Neues Literatur-Lexikon |
08/2003-05/2004 | Teaching Assistant, German Department, Hope College/Holland, MI (USA) |
04/2002-09/2002 | Studentische Hilfskraft/Research Assistant, Classics Department, University of Göttingen |
Education
07/2006 | 1. Staatsexamen: English and Latin (M.A. equivalent), University of Göttingen |
09/1999 | Diplom Verwaltungswirtin/Public Administration Degree (Bachelor equivalent), FHöVPR Guestrow |
Courses Taught
2013/14 | The Salem Witch Trials: Historical Voices and Cultural Reception (Proseminar) |
2013 | Science Fiction Writing in the Postmodern Era (Proseminar) |
2012/13 | Introduction to American Cultural History I |
2012 | Introduction to American Cultural History I |
2011/12 | Romanticism and Reform: US Literature from the Jacksonian Era to the Civil War (Directed Reading Course) |
2010 | Black Theater in the Postmodern Period (Proseminar) Performing Protest: A Student Symposium |
2009/10 | American Cultural Studies I: Introduction to American Cultural History |
2009 | American Cultural Studies I: Introduction to American Cultural History |
2008/09 | American Cultural Studies I: Introduction to American Cultural History | 2008 | Enlightenment and Nationalism: American Literature and Culture from the Revolution to the Jacksonian Era (Tutorial) |
2007/08 | Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography (Proseminar) |
2007 | Postmodernism, New Ethnic Literatures, Recent Developments: U.S. Literature from the Second World War to the Age of Hegemony (Tutorial) |
2006/07 | Modernist Fiction: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway (Proseminar) |