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Prof. Dr. Florian Freitag
Florian Freitag received his PhD in American Studies from the U of Konstanz (Germany) in 2011 and has been professor of American Literary and Media Studies at the U of Duisburg-Essen (Germany) since 2019. He also taught at Johannes Gutenberg U Mainz (Germany), New York City College of Technology (CUNY), the U of Pécs (Hungary), and Jilin U (China). He has founded and participated in interdisciplinary research groups on theme parks, periodicals, and immersion. Further research interests include theories of cultural transfer, tourism, and performances.
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Research interests
- Popular culture (theme parks, periodicals)
- Theories of cultural transfer
- Tourism
- Performance
Selected publications
- Freitag, Florian. Popular New Orleans: The Crescent City in Periodicals, Theme Parks, and Opera, 1875-2015. New York: Routledge, 2020.
- Freitag, Florian, und Antje Dresen (eds.). Crossing: Über Inszenierungen kultureller Differenzen und Identitäten. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2017.
- Freitag, Florian, und Jutta Ernst (eds.). Transkulturelle Dynamiken: Aktanten – Prozesse – Theorien. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2015.
Geisteswissenschaften/Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Address
Universitätsstr. 12
45141 Essen
45141 Essen
Room
R12 S04 H11
Phone
E-Mail
Office hours
nach Vereinbarung per E-Mail
Functions
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Professor/in, Anglistik: Nordamerikastudien I - American Literary and Media Studies
The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.
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