Anjuli Trautmann
- About me
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Anjuli Trautmann is a Ph.D. student at the International Graduation Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) and the International Ph.D. Programme “Literary and Cultural Studies” (IPP) at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. She was awarded a full scholarship at the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. Her thesis is concerned with Irish-American and Irish memoirs, with a special interest in self-perception, performativity, nostalgia, and unreliability, especially in relation to different publishing processes. Earlier she focused on intermedial representation of Irish folklore and pursued a career in teaching. Anjuli Trautmann’s fields of interest encompass American cultural studies, Irish American studies, the concepts of home and belonging, and literary studies with a focal point on narratology.
Dissertation working title: - A Critical Analysis of Irish-American Self-Representations in the Twenty-First Century
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jan Alber
ORCiD: 0009-0000-0041-7875
- Contact
- Research Interests
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- Irish-American Studies
- Migration Studies
- Narratology
- Life-Writing
- Critical Analysis
- Belonging & Self-Perception
- Teaching
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Co-Teaching "The Impact of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" Summer Semester 2024
- Publications
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- Trautmann, Anjuli: “Do We All Arrive in the Same State of Mind?: Understanding Migration to the U.S. from a Psychological Perspective [Review of: Rich, Grant J., Judy Kuriansky, Uwe P. Gielen and Daniel Kaplin: Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA. San Diego: Academic Press 2023.].” In: KULT_online 69 (2024)
- Review of: Burke, Mary: Race, Politics and Irish America: A Gothic History. Oxford University Press, 2023. Reviewed for The European Journal for American Studies (EJAS). In Publication, available in issue 4/2024.
- Review of: Stanciu, Christina: The Makings and Unmaking of Americans. Yale University Press, 2023. Reviewed for The European Journal for American Studies (EJAS). In Publication, available in issue 1/2025.
- Trautmann, Anjuli: “Do We All Arrive in the Same State of Mind?: Understanding Migration to the U.S. from a Psychological Perspective [Review of: Rich, Grant J., Judy Kuriansky, Uwe P. Gielen and Daniel Kaplin: Psychosocial Experiences and Adjustment of Migrants: Coming to the USA. San Diego: Academic Press 2023.].” In: KULT_online 69 (2024)
- Memberships
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External Scholarship:
- Hans Böckler Stiftung (Full scholarship holder)
Within the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen:
- International Graduation Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
- International PhD Programme Literary and Cultural Studies (IPP)
- Fachbereich 05: Sprache, Literatur, Kultur (Faculty 05: Language, Literature, Culture)
Within the GCSC:
- RA06: Cultural Identities Speaker of the Research Area (GCSC)
- MTRG Migration and (De)Coloniality (GCSC)
- Hans Böckler Stiftung (Full scholarship holder)
- Other
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Peer Reviewer for The European Journal of English Studies (EJES), 2024
Master Thesis: A Critical Investigation of the Contrasts Between Traditional Irish Stories and their Americanized Film and Television Adaptations, 2021, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen