Curriculum Vitae Yasmin Afshar, M.A.
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Curriculum Vitae Yasmin Afshar, M.A.
Curriculum Vitae Yasmin Afshar, M.A. Goethe University Frankfurt Institut für England- und Amerikastudien, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main [email protected] Employment 10/2014- Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Institute for English and American Studies (IEAS), Goethe-University Frankfurt Education and Academic Training 10/2014- Doctoral candidate at the IEAS Dissertation-project: Liquid Film-Philosophies – Thinking the Mate- riality of Time and Ruination with contemporary American Experimental Cinema (working title); Advisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Herzogenrath 10/2008-07/2014 Magistra Artium in American Studies and German Studies (Literature and Culture) at Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Salamanca, Spain M.A. title: body│ruin│text – A Deleuzian Reading of Spatial Semio- tizations in Paul Auster’s Moon Palace and Teju Cole’s Open City Conference Presentations 07/2014 site|specific – hans poelzig: film|architektur (conference on the occasion of the centennial of Goethe University): „Architeχturen“ der Erinnerung. Zur Raumkonzeption der Filmbauten Hans Poelzigs in Paul Wegeners Lebende Buddhas (1923-1925)“ 03/2014 Annual American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) at New York University (New York City): “‘The date petrified into broken stones’ – body|ruin|text: Spatial Semiotizations of Trauma & Crisis in Teju Cole’s Open City” 1 05/2011 Student Symposium of the IEAS at Goethe University Frankfurt: “Dances with Wolves, an American Adam? – Deconstructing the Myth” Grants 03/2014 Travel Grant: Association of Friends and Supporters of the Goethe University Frankfurt Teaching WS 2014/15 “Reading the City – Visions of Urban Space in American Literature” (Goethe University Frankfurt) WS 2013/14 Autonomous creative writing workshop for students of the IEAS at Goethe University Frankfurt Work Experience (selection) 12/2008-07/2012 English Instructor (Volkshochschule Offenbach/Main, Lehrerkooperative e.V. Frankfurt/Main, Abendakademie Mannheim) 10/2011-07/2012 Student Assistant at the IEAS, Goethe University Frankfurt 05/2011-02/2012 Intern and volunteer teacher at the German American Institute (DAI), Heidelberg Languages English, German, Persian (Farsi), Spanish 2