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Fatima Naqvi is the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of German and Film & Media Studies at Yale University, and currently serves as Chair of the Film & Media Studies program and the European Studies Council. She holds affiliations with the Yale School of Architecture and has cross-departmental roles in Germanic Languages, Literature, and Media Studies. Her academic journey includes degrees from Dartmouth College (BA), and Harvard University (MA, PhD), with prior teaching roles at Harvard, Rutgers University, and Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.
Her research focuses on intersections between architecture, film, literature, and cultural memory. Key areas include German film from Weimar to present, Austrian cultural studies, post-1945 literature, spatial/affective theories, and hospital architecture's societal impact. Current projects explore hospitals' role in modern culture (1860–2020), Austrian artist-shame concepts (fremdschämen), and 1920s–30s Viennese women writers.
Her scholarly output includes monographs like The Insulted Landscape (2021), How We Learn Where We Live (2016), and works on Michael Haneke’s cinema. She edits journals (Germanic Review, New German Critique) and co-curates the Women of Red Vienna translation project. Professional service includes board roles at ICI Berlin and the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies.
