Chiona Hufnagel, M.A. (she/her)

 

 

Chiona Hufnagel, M.A., M.A

Department of English and American Studies
Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik, insbesondere Literaturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Kley)

Room: Room B7A1
Bismarckstr. 1
91054 Erlangen

Office hours

Office hours winter term 2023/24: Thursdays 2:15pm-3:15pm. Please register in advance via e-mail!



Dissertation Project: “Decolonial Constructions of Masculinities in North American Indigenous Literature Since the Late 1960’s”

(Supervison: Prof. Dr. Antje Kley, Erlangen & Prof. Dr. Birgit Däwes, Flensburg)


Research Interests


    

  • Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory
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  • Gender Studies (esp. Critical Masculinity Studies, Feminist/2SLGBTQ+ Literature)
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  • Indigenous Literature
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  • Materialist Criticism/Critical Theory
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  • Postcritique/Reparative Readings
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CV


    

  • Substituting for the Assistant Professor at the Chair of North American Literary Studies/Program Coordinator of the MA program North American Studies: Culture and Literature (since April 2023)
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  • Associated member of the DFG research training group “Literatur und Öffentlichkeit in differenten Gegenwartskulturen” (“Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures” since October 2022)
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  • Doctoral fellowship by the Foundation of German Business for outstanding students (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft since May 2021)
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  • Master of Arts in Ethik der Textkulturen, elite study program (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg/Universität Augsburg, 09/2020)
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  • Master of Arts in North American Studies: Culture and Literature (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, 06/2020)
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  • Community work/research stay at the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center in Lake Andes, South Dakota (09/2018-12/2018)
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  • Bachelor of Arts in Germanistik & English and American Studies (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, 08/2016)
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  • Student assistant for ELINAS (Center for Literature and Natural Science) at the chair of German Studies/Theoretical Physics (01/2016-12/2016)
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  • Fellowship by the Foundation of German Business for outstanding students (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft, 2014-2019)
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Conference Presentations


    

  • “‘Each Kiss Was an Act of Defiance / A Kind of Nation-Building Effort’: Affective Worldmaking and Gender Expansiveness in Billy-Ray Belcourt”. Conference: “Queering Postcolonial Worlds”(Postgraduate Forum Postcolonial Narrations), University Bremen, 10/06/2023.
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  • “‘But What about Love?’: Decolonial Love as a Radical Reparative Practice of Resurgence in Leanne Simpson’s Islands of Decolonial Love and This Accident of Being Lost”. Conference: “Walking the Walk? Fatigue and Hope in the Study of Canada”, Robarts Centre Graduate Conference/York University Canada, 04/08/2022.
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  • “We Don’t Have Time. Time Has Us”: Der Mythos des ‘Vanishing Indian’ und das Metanarrativ des Fortschritts“. Conference: “Von Zeit zu Zeit. Polyperspektivische Konzepte von Temporalität”, FAU, 04/02/2022.
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  • “Cultural Imperialism? Der europäisch/US amerikanische Gender- und Postkolonialismusdiskurs und die marginalisierten indigenen Frauen Nordamerikas”. Conference: “Was war Geschlecht? Geschlechterforschung kooperativ”, FAU/Brown University, 07/25/-07/26/2019.
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  • “’Boys are so fragile’–New men in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: (De)konstruktionen traditioneller Maskulinität im Kontext von ‘race’, ‘class’ und ‘sexuality”. Conference: “Ohne Leitbilder? Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Tradition für das Leben”, FAU/Brown University, 07/20-07/21/2018.
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Roundtables and Workshops


    

  • “Cultural Memory and Literature: Research in Dialogue”, research traing group (DFG) “Practicing Place – Socio-Cultural Practices and Epistemic Configurations”, KU Eichstätt, July/13.-14/2022.
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Teaching


    

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  • “Lektüreseminar: English and American Literature since the 19th Century” (WS 2021/22, SS 2022, SS 2023)
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  • “Kombiseminar: Lingustic Varienties and Cultural Difference” (WS 2022/23, WS 2023/24)
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  • “Aufbauseminar Literature” (SS 2023)
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  • Mittel/Proseminar “Negotiating Masculinities in North American Indigenous Literature” (SS 2023)
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  • “Grundseminar Literature” (2x WS 2023/24)
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  • Co-hosting the American Studies Research Colloquium (Literary Studies) together with Prof. Dr. Antje Kley (WS 2023/24)
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  • Tutor for “Grundlagen der Neueren deutschen Literatur 2“ (SS 2017)
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Memberships and Networks