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E-Mail: | cjesusse@uni-mainz.de |
| Promotionsfach: | American Studies | |
| Dissertationstitel/Arbeitstitel: | Gothic Materialism: Agency and Ecology in Twenty-First-Century Life Writing and Fiction | |
| Mentor*innen an der JGU: | Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding, Prof. Dr. Mita Banerjee | |
| Thema der Dissertation: |
My research focuses on contemporary North American Gothic fiction and life writing of the twenty-first century. I examine how the traditionally exclusionary Gothic mode is appropriated by marginalized groups as a strategy of inclusion by taking a close look at the significance of the material world in the texts. Therefore, I propose a new reading of what I call “Gothic Materialism” to analyze the renegotiation of the boundaries of the liminal spaces that othered groups have been designated to. |
| Since 10/2019 | Interdisciplinary Study Program Q+ Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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| 10/2018 – 04/2021 | Master of Education, English and German Master Thesis: “Escaping the Haunted Estate of Mind: Feminine Space in Women’s Contemporary Gothic Writing” Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Grade: 1,1 |
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| 10/2017 – 10/2020 | Certificate Study Geography Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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| 2018 | Certificate for Teaching Bilingual Geography Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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| 10/2014 – 06/2018 | Bachelor of Education, English and German Bachelor Thesis: “Adventuring in the Labyrinth: The Reception of the Song of the Nibelungs through the Medium of the Game in the ‘Nibelungenhort’” Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Grade: 1,8 |
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| 08/2016 – 05/2017 | English Studies Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland |
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| 10/2019 – 01/2021 | Course Instructor of Creative Writing and Podcasting Classes Campus Mainz Kulturkurse, Mainz |
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| 03/2019 – 07/2020 | Student Assistant Gender Linguistics Johannes Gutenberg University, FB05 German Institute, under Anne Rosar and Damaris Nübling, Mainz |
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| 08/2016 – 05/2017 | Teaching Assistant German Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland |
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| 07/2021 – 12/2021 | Research Scholarship of the Gutenberg Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| 10/2019 – 10/2020 | Scholarship “Deutschlandstipendium” | |
| 08/2016 – 05/2017 | Full Scholarship for Studies at Washington College Direct-Exchange-Program, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz |
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