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Julia Faisst is Professor of American Studies and the Media at TU Dortmund University's Faculty of Cultural Studies. Her research explores North American cultural production through interdisciplinary lenses including visual culture, migration studies, and urban theory.
Academic credentials include a 2021 Habilitation in American Literary and Cultural Studies from Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University (2009), and an MA from Harvard (2005). Professional experience includes positions as University Professor at Regensburg, Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at Notre Dame, and faculty roles at Siegen and Giessen universities.
Research focuses on 19th-21st century North American literature and culture examined through frameworks including visual culture, migration studies, and urban theory. Faisst investigates how cultural production engages with issues of identity, space, and power across diverse media forms.
Current projects examine the intersections of cultural memory, environmental humanities, and urban space in transatlantic contexts. Research methodologies combine literary analysis with cultural theory and visual studies.
Teaching encompasses American literary and cultural studies with an emphasis on media representations and transnational perspectives. Courses explore literature's relationship with photography, film, television, and digital media.
