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Office hours

• 19.7.2022 11-13 Uhr

nicht erreichbar 23.7. bis 31.7.2022

• 11.8,18.8., 25.8. 2022 11-13 Uhr
• 1.9.,5.9., 12.9 2022 10-13 Uhr
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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

• "I too Sing America" - A Survey of African American History and Culture
• A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - A Different Approach to American Presidents
• A Survey of American Literature
• Cornerstones of 20th Century U.S.-American Drama
• Depictions of U.S. American Society in Michael Moore's Documentaries
• Dream Country or Country of Dreamers? Reflections of the American Dream in U.S. History
• Introduction to 20th-Century American Drama
• Popular Music as a Mirror of American History
• September 11, 2001 - Between Mediated Catastrophe and Cultural Trauma
• The Big (Bad) Apple: New York City in Film
• The Eternal Marlboro Man? - Changing Images of Cowboys in American Culture
• The Road to Perdition? - The Impact of the War on Terrorism on U.S.-American Culture