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Dr. Tobias Schank is a postdoctoral researcher in North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University. He specializes in border studies, gender/queer studies, film studies, and heavy metal studies. His current research focuses on seascape epistemologies and the American Imaginary. He is affiliated with the UniGR-Center for Border Studies and the interregional Working Group Bordertextures. His work examines hybrid borderlands dynamics, cross-border peripheries, and intermedial adaptations of classic literature.
- Affiliations: UniGR-Center for Border Studies, Saarland University Department of North American Literary and Cultural Studies
- Key Projects: Linking Borderlands (DFG-funded), Bordertextures Working Group
His research interests include North American western films, classic Hollywood cinema, frontier literatures, and nerd cultures. He has co-edited volumes on border studies and published extensively on interdisciplinary borderland analysis. Recent work explores spatial theories and comparative cultural frameworks.
- Awards: Saarländischer Landespreis Hochschullehre (2023), Trier University Publication Award (2021)
Dr. Schank’s teaching focuses on linking theoretical frameworks with empirical case studies in transnational contexts. He collaborates with institutions like Jesus College, Oxford, and actively contributes to interregional academic networks.
