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Dr. Frank Kelleter
Professor of North American Studies
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Culture
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Popular culture and media history, especially serial forms
- North American colonial history / revolutionary period and early republic
- (American) Enlightenment studies
Dr. Cordula Lemke
Professor of English Language and Literature
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute for English Language and Literature
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- English literature of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- European colonialism (especially Scotland)
- Gender studies
- Vampires in literature and film
Dr. Julia Leyda
Professor of Cultural Studies
Department of Political and Social Sciences
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Culture
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Areas of Expertise
- Popular culture
- US-American film, television, and media studies
- The director Todd Haynes
- Film and television depictions of domesticity during the financial crisis
- Cuteness
- Gender studies
- Climate catastrophes in the media
Dr. Kathleen Loock
Department of Political and Social Sciences
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Culture
Fabeckstraße 15, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- U.S. American popular culture, especially serial forms
- Film and media history, especially remakes, sequels, and prequels in Hollywood cinema
- Christopher Columbus in US-American cultural history, Columbus Day, holidays
Dr. Martin Lüthe
Professor of North American Studies
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Culture
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- African American studies
- Gender studies
- Popular culture
- History of the mass media
- Pop music
Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement
Professor of Chinese Studies
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Graduate School of East Asian Studies
Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Political, economic, and social change in the PRC, in particular:
- Urbanization
- Transformation of rural areas
- Chinese Communist Party
- Private enterprise
- Cultural policy
Dr. Carola Richter
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for Media and Communication Studies
International Communication
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Arab media (al-Jazeera, Egypt, Libya)
- Protest movements in the Arab world, Islamists
- Foreign reporting
- Image of Islam
- Media and the Middle East conflict
- Media and migration / refugees
Dr. Susanne Scharnowski
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of German and Dutch Languages and Literatures
Cultural Studies Program for International Exchange Students
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Debates about the concept of "Heimat"
- German regional literature and films
- "Heimat" and propaganda
- "Heimat" and criticism of progress
- "Heimat" vs. environment
- "Heimat" as a European phenomenon
- International student exchange (international students in the German school system)
Dr. Anita Traninger
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Institute of Romance Languages and Literatures
Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Rhetoric (history, theory, and practice)
- History of universities
- History of education
- Gender studies
- Spanish literature
- French literature
- History of emotions
Dr. Joachim Trebbe
Professor of Media Analysis
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for Media and Communication Studies
Division of Media Analysis / Research Methods
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- The use of media and its effects (campaigns, advertising, change of attitude)
- Media content (television, Internet, press): program structures, media mechanisms, news selection, celebrity reporting
- Media, political communication, election campaigns, scandals
- The media and migration (the use of media by immigrants; representation of immigrants in the media)
- Religion in the media
Torsten Tschacher
Professor of Islamic Studies
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Institute of Islamic Studies
Fabeckstr. 23-25, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Islam in South Asia
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Singapore
- Indians in Southeast Asia
Dr. Bryan van Sweringen
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Dept. of History and Dept. of Political Science
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- World War I and World War II
- U.S. national security policy from 1917 to 2010
- Occupation in Germany and Berlin by the U.S. Armed Forces
- Stationing of U.S. forces in the Federal Republic of Germany
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Military tradition in the U.S.
- Political cabaret
Dr. Christian Volk
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Transformation of democracy
- Protest and democratic theory
- Constitution of political orders
- Critical theory
- Philosophy of Hannah Arendt
- Coming to terms with the past and memory culture
Dr. Harald Wenzel
Professor of Sociology
John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Department of Sociology
Lansstraße 7-9, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- (Mass) media in the U.S.
- (Mass) media and popular culture
- Politainment: politicians as actors
- Sociology of prominence
- Sociology of the public
- What is the role of mass media during election campaigns?
- Religion in the U.S.
- Sociology of disasters and disaster reporting