American Studies
Sections
American Studies 

Dr. Antje Tober

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Curriculum vitae

Education
1998 Abitur, Chemnitz
2007 Magister, TU Chemnitz
2013 Dr. phil, TU Chemnitz
   

Academic Appointments
2012 Leipzig University, Assistant Professor, Branch Manager, Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum Sachsen (HDS)
2006 TU Chemnitz, Assistant Professor (English Literature)
2005/2006 TU Chemnitz, Teaching Assignment
   

Awards and Honors
2005-2009 Scholarship, Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw)
2008 Fulbright Summer Institute, San Francisco State University
   

Organization of Conferences
2013 HDS.Forum „Die heterogene Hochschule“, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (November 21-22, 2013).
2012 HDS.Forum „Lehrkulturen – Lernkulturen“, TU Chemnitz (November 8-9, 2012).
2006 Postgraduate Forum of the GAAS (together with Gunter Süß), TU Chemnitz. (November 3-5, 2006).
   

Publications

Monographs
Hollywoodkino nach 9/11: Das Neuverhandeln von gender im Kontext von Familie. Trier: WVT, 2011, 142 pp.
 

Edited Books
COPAS: Current Objectives of Post-Graduate American Studies. Vol. 8. Guest Eds. Gunter Süß and Antje Tober. <http://www-copas.uni-regensburg.de/>, September 2007.
 

Scholarly Articles

“The Post-Industrial Pittsburgh in Flashdance: Space, Gender, and Upward Social Mobility.”
Industrialization, Industrial Heritage, De-Industrialization: Literary and Visual Representations of Pittsburgh and Chemnitz. Eds. Evelyne Keitel, Cecile Sandten and Gunter Süß. Trier: WVT, 2009.

“‘New American Studies’ in Germany? Some Observations from Ground Staff.”
(together with Gunter Süß). COPAS: Current Objectives of Post-Graduate American Studies. Vol. 8 (2007). <http://www-copas.uni-regensburg.de/>.

„Das doppelt verwundene ödipale Dreieck in David Lynchs Lost Highway.“
Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies. Vol. 7 (2006). <http://www-copas.uni-regensburg.de/articles/issue_7/Antje_Tober.html>.
   

Miscellaneous
“Tagungsbericht zum 1. Weiterbildungsseminar der Deutschen Gesellschaft für das Studium Britischer Kulturen.”
Centre for British Studies at HU Berlin, April 29-30, 2006. June 2006. <http://www.britcult.de/Tagungsbericht_BritCult-1.pdf>.

 

Teaching
WS 2005/06  
  • Representation of Otherness in Hollywood Cinema (S)
SS 2006  
  • Introduction to Film Studies: British Film (S)
 

Invited Seminars / Conference Papers and Presentations

“Das postindustrielle Pittsburgh in ‘Flashdance:’ Raum, /gender/ und sozialer Aufstieg.”
Presentation at the Symposium “Industrialisierung - Industriekultur - De-Industrialisierung” in the Industrial Museum Chemnitz (October 24, 2008).

“Post 9/11 Motherhood in Hollywood Film: Jodie Foster as ‘Mother Courage’.”
Presentation at the Postgraduate Forum of the German Association of American Studies (GAAS) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (November 3, 2007).

“Wer ist der Typ im Spiegel? Das fremde Selbst im amerikanischen Gegenwartsfilm.”
Presentation at the Postgraduate Forum of the German Association of American Studies (GAAS) at Dortmund University (October 29-30, 2005).