Contact
University of Duisburg-Essen
Institut für Anglophone Studien
R12 S04 H17
Universitätsstr. 12
45141 Essen
Germany
Room: R12 S04 H17
E-mail: wiebke.engel [at] uni-due.de
Phone: +49 201 183-2925
Fax: +49 201 183-4224
Office hours
Wednesday 3-4 p.m.
Curriculum Vitae
Wiebke Engel decided to study English after an au-pair year in the United States, where she also attended a community college. She received her M.A. in American Studies, Sociology, and Political Sciences in 2008, after studying at the University of Duisburg-Essen. After working as a "studentische Hilfskraft" for Professor Raab, she started teaching at the Institute of Anglophone Studies (American Studies) and is currently working on her PhD thesis.
Research Interests
- American Culture
- Contemporary American Literature
- American Film and Popular Music
- American Foreign Politics and Society
Publications
Essay "Anti-Bush Agit-Prop: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11" (in preparation)
Courses Taught at the UDE
- PS A Survey of American Literature
- PS Dream Country or a Country of Dreamers? The American Dream in U.S. American Literature and Culture
- PS Introduction to 20th Century American Drama
- PS The Big (Bad) Apple: New York City in Film
- PS The Eternal Marlboro Man? - Changing Images of Cowboys in American Culture
- PS The Vietnam War and Nine-Eleven in Film and Popular Music