Prof. Dr. Ulla Haselstein
John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies
Freie Universität Berlin
Lansstr. 7-9
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
www.jfki.fu-berlin.de
ulla.haselstein@fu-berlin.de
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Teaching
2004 - present
John F. Kennedy-Institute of the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Full Professor and Chair, North American Literature.
2001
English Department, University of California, Irvine, Guest Professor.
1996 - 2004
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Full Professor and Chair, North American History of Literature.
1996
Institute for English and American Studies of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt/Main, Acting Chair.
1996
Habilitation, "Poetik der Gabe. Kulturberuehrung im literarischen Text." Freie Universitaet Berlin. Venia Legendi for American Literature and Culture.
1989-1996
John F. Kennedy-Institute of the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Assistant Professor at the Cultural Studies Department.
1985-1989
Universitaet Konstanz, Assistant Professor at the Department of English Literature.
1988
Dr. phil., ("summa cum laude"), "Entziffernde Hermeneutik. Studien zum Begriff der Lektuere in der psychoanalytischen Theorie des Unbewußten," Universitaet Konstanz.
1976-1983
English Literature, German Literature, Philosophy, and History at Universitaet Konstanz, Bristol University (UK), and Freie Universitaet Berlin.
1982
"1. Staatsexamen" and M.A., English Literature & German Literature, Universitaet Konstanz.
Administration and Service
Planning and Organization of International Conferences
Seminar "From Hermeneutics to Deconstruction," Postgraduate Program "Oeffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhaeltnisse," Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt, Nov 30-Dec 1, 2007.
Organisation of the Research Colloquium "Perspectives in American Literature and Culture" (with Winfried Fluck), John F. Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 2005-present.
International Conference "The Pathos of Authenticity: American Passions of the Real" (with Andrew Gross und MaryAnn Snyder-Koerber), John F. Kennedy-Institute Berlin, supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and the German Association for American Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, DGfA), Berlin, 21.-23. June 2007.
Respondent, Annual Conference of the American Studies Association, Oakland, CA, Oct 2006.
International Conference "Cultures In Translation: Europe and America" (with Juergen Gebhardt), Akademie fuer Politische Bildung in Tutzing, supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), the German Association for American Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, DGfA), the BAA, Sept 2005.
"The Place of the Aesthetic in American Culture" (with Klaus Benesch), International BAA-Annual Conference, Munich, 9-11. June 2005.
Organisation of the Lecture Series "Gender Studies – Now?!" (with Susanne Rohr and Anja Schlender), John F. Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universitaet Berlin, summer semester 2005.
Chair, Panel "Imaginary Architectures", Annual Conference of the American Studies Association, Washington D.C., 2005.
Respondent, Conference "Modernism, Liberalism, and the Function of Literature", John F. Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universitaet Berlin, 15.- 18. April 2004.
International Conference "Modernism, Liberalism and the Function of Literature" (with Heinz Ickstadt, Sieglinde Lemke, Thomas Claviez), supported by the German Association for American Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, DGfA) and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), John F. Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universitaet Berlin, April 2004.
International Conference "Cultural Interactions: 50 Years of American Studies in Germany" (with Berndt Ostendorf) for the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), Munich, June 2003.
Organisation of the Lecture Series "Traditions and Trades. The Making and Marketing of the Postcolonial World" (with Berndt Ostendorf and Stefan Klasen), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Muenchen, winter semester 2002/03.
Seminar (with Michael Wetzel, Bonn), "Gaben-Tausch" at the University of Paderborn, Oct 2001.
International Conference "Imaginary (Re-)Locations: Native American Literature and the Market" (with Helmbrecht Breinig), supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the German Association for American Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, DGfA), Universitaet Erlangen, July 2000.
Seminar "Portraets" at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Zurich, Switzerland, Dec 1999.
International Conference "Iconographies of Power. The Politics and Poetics of Visual Representation" (with Berndt Ostendorf and Peter Schneck), sponsored by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and the German Association for American Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Amerikastudien, DGfA)., Munich, July 1999.
Respondent, Conference "Democracy and the Arts", John F. Kennedy-Institute, Freie Universitaet Berlin, June 24–26, 1999.
Respondent, Conference "Martyrdom. The Rhetoric of Fundamentalism in the Age of Globalization". Europa-Universitaet Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Nov 5–7, 1998.
Graduate Seminar "New Historicism" as part of the Post-Graduate Program "Theorie der Literatur," Universitaet Konstanz, June 1996.
Academic Service
Member, Senate Committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for Special Research Units (2012- )
Director, Graduate School of North American Studies, funded by the “Exzellenzinitiative”, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin (2006- )
Vice-Director, John F. Kennedy Institute of North American Studies (2005- )
Member, Excellence Council, Freie Universität Berlin (2007- )
Member, Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (2007- )
Member, Research Cluster of Excellence „Languages of Emotion“ (2007- 2012)
Director, Department of English and American Studies, University of Munich, (2003-4)
Vice Director, Graduate Program “Literary Studies” , University of Munich (2000-2004)
Member, various evaluation committees, DFG and Wissenschaftsrat.
Member, two expert commissions of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2000-2004).
Member, State Evaluation Committee for English and American Studies in Lower Saxony (2003).
Member, Editorial Board, Amerikastudien (1997-2002).
Member, International Editorial Board, Brno Studies in English (2008 -)
Member, Advisory Board of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (German Society for American Studies) (1998-2006).
Board member, Bayerische Amerika-Akademie München (2000-2005), vice director (2003-5).
Member, International Advisory Board, Cornelia Goethe Center for Women Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M (1998 - ).
Member, International Advisory Board, Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National University Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Member, numerous search committees, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Freie Universität Berlin
Expert reviews for DFG, Studienstiftung, Thyssen-Stiftung, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Humboldt-Stiftung, Schweizer Nationalfonds, Fulbright Commission. External reviewer for the universities of Graz, Bremen, Erlangen, Hamburg, Konstanz, International Jacobs University Bremen; peer reviews for UC Irvine, University of Harare (Zimbabwe), University of Southern Illinois.
Awards and Distinctions
2014 Opus Magnum Stipendium of the VolkswagenStiftung (2 years)
2014 Organization of the DFG Symposium on Allegory, Villa Vigoni, May 19-23, 2014
2012 Mosse Lecture, Humboldt University, Berlin
2011 DRS Award for Excellent Doctoral Supervision
2009 Warburg Research Professorship, Aby Warburg Society, Hamburg
2008 Research Associate, UC Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness Program
2000 DFG Publication Grant
1993-95 Habilitation Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1993-94 Fellow, Center for Cultural Studies, UC Santa Cruz
1991 USIA Travel Grant
1991 DFG Publication Grant
1990 Dissertation Award, City of Konstanz Prize
1985 GraFöG Graduate Studies Grant