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Laura Oehme, M.A.
Faculty of Languages and Literatures
North American Studies
Laura Oehme is currently writing her dissertation on “Risk Technologies and Global Catastrophe in Contemporary American Science Fiction Comics” in the field of American Studies at the University of Bayreuth, where she also works as a research assistant in a DFG-funded project on “Contemporary American Risk Fiction.” She is an active member of the German Society for Comics Studies (ComFor), as well as the AG Comicforschung. Together with Jeanne Cortiel, she has written an article on “The Dark Knight’s Dystopian Vision: Batman, Risk, and American National Identity,” which has been published in the European Journal of American Studies in August 2015.
Academic Career
| seit 2012 | Doktorandin der Amerikanistik an der Universität Bayreuth |
| 2016 | Forschungsaufenthalt in der Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy an der University of California Riverside im Rahmen des DFG-Projekts "Contemporary American Risk Fiction" |
| 2015 - 2018 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im DFG-Projekt "Contemporary American Risk Fiction" an der Universität Bayreuth |
| 2012 - 2015 | Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft der Professur für Amerikanistik an der Universität Bayreuth |
| 2010 - 2012 | Masterstudium "Literatur und Medien" an der Universität Bayreuth |
| 2009 - 2012 | Studentische Hilfskraft der Professur für Amerikanistik an der Universität Bayreuth |
| 2006 - 2010 | Bachelorstudium der Anglistik/Amerikanistik (Nebenfach: Wirtschafts-, Kultur- und Sozialgeographie) an der Universität Bayreuth |
Professional Affiliations
- German Association of American Studies (GAAS/DGfA) – since 2012
- Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the GAAS – since 2012
- University of Bayreuth Graduate School – since 2013
- German Society for Comics Studies (ComFor) – since 2014
- AG Comicforschung of the GfM – since 2014
Faculty of Languages and Literatures
North American Studies
Publications
2015
Cortiel, Jeanne; Oehme, Laura
The Dark Knight’s Dystopian Vision : Batman, Risk, and American National Identity
in European Journal of American Studies volume 10 (2015) issue 2
doi:10.4000/ejas.10916 ...
Faculty of Languages and Literatures
North American Studies
Laura Oehme, M.A.
Research Assistant
E-Mail: laura.oehme@uni-bayreuth.de
Tel: +49 (0)921/55-4690
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