Lena Gotteswinter

Lena Gotteswinter is a lecturer and doctoral candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of Regensburg. She provides student counseling services for Erasmus programs, academic planning, and state exam preparation. Her office is located in room PT 3.2.83 at the University of Regensburg.

Education:

• Doctoral Candidate in American Studies - University of Regensburg
• M.A. in North American Studies: Culture and Literature - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
• B.A. in English and American Studies and Book Science - FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Her research explores cultural phenomena through interdisciplinary lenses, focusing on hipster culture's intersections with race, gender, and performance in contemporary society. She examines how popular music and fashion mediate identity formation in transnational contexts, with particular attention to power dynamics in cultural appropriation.

Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on cultural memory, racial discourse, and globalization effects, with recent work examining hipster culture's evolution through performance theory frameworks. She frequently employs comparative analysis of transnational cultural flows.

Awards & Memberships:

• Yale University Post-Graduate Research Fellowship (2019)
• Two BAA Summer Academy travel grants (2018, 2019)
• American Studies Association (ASA)
• German Association for American Studies (DGfA/GAAS)