Kübra Aksay
Kübra Aksay, M.A.
Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate she/her
Department of North American Cultural Studies | Hochbruck
kuebra.aksay@anglistik.uni-freiburg.de
☎ +49 761 203-3345
R 4046 | KG IV
Kübra Aksay is a doctoral candidate in North American Studies at the University of Freiburg. She completed her master's degree in British and North American Cultural Studies and holds a bachelor's degree in linguistics. She studied at the University of Freiburg, Uppsala, and Hacettepe Universities.
In addition to teaching at the English Department, she started the reading group Reading Games in 2019 and has been organizing the group's meetings since then.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Game studies
- Digital media
- Popular culture
- Heritage studies
- Gender studies
- Star Trek
TEACHING
- 2023 Summer term
Let's Start Writing! The English Department Academic Reading & Writing School
Workshop for undergraduate students
- 2022/23 Winter term
Interactive Detective Fiction
Undergraduate seminar – Literary Studies
Virtual Spaces (with Andreas Rauscher, PD. Dr. and Undine Remmes, M.A.)
Undergraduate seminar – Cultural Studies
Research and Teaching
Introductory Practical for Master students
- 2022 Summer term
Engaging with the Past, Present, and Future through Star Trek
Undergraduate seminar – Cultural Studies
- 2021/22 Winter term
Video Games and Literature
Undergraduate seminar – Literary Studies
Research and Teaching
Introductory practical for Master students
- 2021 Summer term
Narrativity in Digital Media
Undergraduate seminar – Cultural Studies
- 2020 – 2021 Summer and winter term
Introduction to Literary Studies – Tutorial
OTHER
- Conference organization: Culture at Play: Spaces - Colours - Stories in Digital Games (March 4-5, 2022, University of Freiburg). Conference proceedings are available here.
- Conference organization: Culture at Play: Avatars, Players and Others (March 10-11, 2023, University of Freiburg).
- Interview: Three Questions for Kübra Aksay by Rudolf Inderst