Schuster, Kit
Kit Schuster, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate, North America Studies they/them/theirs
North American Studies| Sulimma
kit.schuster@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
Research Interests
- Popular Culture
- Literary Studies
- Media Studies, Film and Television Studies
- Gender and Queer Studies
- Transgender Studies
- Speculative Fiction and Science Fiction
- Posthumanism and Transhumanism
- The Gothic
CV
Education
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11/2022 –
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PhD in English and American Studies Thesis title: Conceptions and Expansions of the Human in Trans Speculative Future Fiction |
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10/2019 –
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M. A. in British and North American Cultural Studies Final grade: 1.0 |
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09/2017 – |
Erasmus Exchange Program Arts and Humanities Department, University College Dublin, Ireland
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10/2015 –
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B. A. in English and American Studies / German Literature Final grade: 1.1 |
Professional Employment
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04/2023 –
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Research Associate English Department, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Assistant to Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Sulimma
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08/2022 –
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Research Assistant University College Freiburg, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Assistant to Dr. Plumley
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08/2020 – |
Student Research Assistant English Department, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Research and teaching assistant to Prof. Dr. Lemke
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02/2018 –
05/2017 – 09/2017 |
Student Research Assistant English Department, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Developing FREDDIE (Freiburg English Dialect Database for Instruction and E-Learning) with Prof. Dr. Kortmann
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Conference Papers and Talks
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08/2023 |
Queer (Second) Cities, University of Surrey/University of Freiburg, in cooperation with ALUS (Association of Literary Urban Studies) Topic: “Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel: Displacement and Queer Belonging on a Dying Planet” |
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08/2023
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Disruptive Imaginations, Annual Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association and Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung, TU Dresden Topic: “Gendered Futures, Future Genders: Trans Imaginations”
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06/2023
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LitCult Colloquium, University of Freiburg Topic: “Trans Future Fictions”
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02/2023
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Gender_Queer* Lectures, Regenbogenreferat des AStA, University of Freiburg Topic: “Sybille Schwarz und der queere Petrarkismus”
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06/2022
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Zukunftsentwürfe in der Populärkultur, Zentrum für Populäre Kultur und Musik, University of Freiburg Topic: “Posthuman Anxieties in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina”
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02/2022
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MasterVision, University of Bremen Topic: “‘No Pride in Police’: Mapping the Debate Surrounding Uniformed Police Marching in Pride Parades in the English-Speaking Context”
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04/2021
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Narratives of Body and Mind, ACCELS, RWTH Aachen Topic: “Embodied Being and Non-Being in FRANK3N5T31N (2015)” |
PUBLICATIONS
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10/2021 |
“‘I live with doubleness’: Non-Binary Gender Identity and Othering in Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love Story,” Alluvium, Vol. 9, No. 6 (2021). Web.
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Upcoming
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“From Gothic Heroines to Monstrous Prom Queens: Gender Horror in Dracula and Jennifer’s Body,” Subversion and Transgression through the Unspeakable: Perspectives on Queerness and Gender in the Gothic. ed. Sarah Faber and Kerstin-Anja Münderlein. Publication date TBA.
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Upcoming
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“Embodied Being and Non-Being in Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein (2015),” Poetics of Disturbances: Narratives of Non-Normative Bodies and Minds. ed. Jarmila Mildorf et al. Brill. Publication date TBA. Narratives and Mental Health.
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Upcoming
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“Gynoid Futures and Posthuman Anxieties in Alex Garland’s Ex Machina,” book title TBA, ed. Michael Fischer and Markus Tauschek. Waxmann Verlag Gmbh. Publication date TBA. Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Populäre Kultur und Musik. |
Editorial Work
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08/2022 |
Guest Editor: Alluvium (open access scholarly journal dedicated to 21st-century writing and 21st-century approaches to the literary canon) |
Teaching Experience
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04/2023 – 06/2023
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Teaching Fellowship Awarded a Teaching Fellowship fund for the course “Visual Anthropology and Documentary Film,” an online seminar for students from Ukraine in cooperation with the “Freiburger Filmforum Festival of Transcultural Cinema” |
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04/2023 – 09/2023 |
Teaching Assignment Teaching seminar course “Posthuman Futures and Science Fiction” |
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04/2021 – 08/2022
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Teaching Assistant Teaching “Culture & History” with Dr. Plumley
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05/2019 – 03/2021 |
Teaching Assistant Teaching “Introduction to Literary Studies” with Profs. Drs. Lemke, Hochbruck, Lethbridge |
Workshops
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06/2023
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“LGBTQ+ Recht und Gerechtigkeit” Leading an academic workshop and discussion group on LGBTQ+ justice for the event series “PROTEST – Wem gehört die Straße? Feministische Sichtweisen auf Protest(formen)”
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10/2022 09/2023
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“Trans*Bodywork für TIN” Leading a dance education workshop for trans, inter, and non-binary people focussing on gendered embodiment and body work |
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07/2022
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“3rd BOX Workshop” Leading a five-day dance education workshop for adults |
Academic Service and Administration
Mentoring
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10/2021 – 02/2022 |
International University Mentoring Program |
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10/2021 10/2020 |
First Semester Mentoring |
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10/2020 – 02/2021 |
M. A. Mentoring Program |
Committee Work
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11/2022 – 11/2024
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Committee for the 34th Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum of the German Association for American Studies |
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11/2020 – 01/2022 |
Appointment committee for a tenure track professorship |