Eleonora Sereni

Eleonora Sereni, M.A.

Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate
English Literature | Lethbridge

Since 04/2018	Ph.D. (English and American Studies), University of Freiburg Working Title of Dissertation: "Female Superheroes in American Film and TV Series of the Comic-Book 'Modern Age' (1980s–present)"
10/2015–09/2017	Master of Arts (British and North American Cultural Studies), University of Freiburg M.A. Thesis Title: “‘Read Up, Fight Back!’: Critical Dystopia as a Mode of Resistance Against Contemporary Precariousness and Disposability”
09/2011–12/2014	Bachelor of Arts (Oriental Languages and Civilizations), Sapienza University of Rome Thesis Title: “Losing and Saving Face: A Cross-Cultural Analysis. From the Western World to East Asia – China, Japan, Korea”
07/2011	Diploma of State Examination, Anco Marzio High School (classical studies), Rome

Since 10/2020	Student assistant in the Cluster of Excellence livMatS FIT – Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg
10/2019–09/2020	Research assistant in the kosmic E-Learning Project ("Interculturality") SLI – Language Teaching Centre, University of Freiburg
04–07/2019	Research assistant for Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lethbridge "Female Heroism and the Sublime in British Romanticism" Project, University of Freiburg
09–12/2018	Research assistant for Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lethbridge "Sir Philip Sidney's New Arcadia" Project, University of Freiburg

2021 Summer Semester
Girlhood and Female Coming of Age in Contemporary American Film and Television
Undergraduate seminar, University of Freiburg
Intercultural Competence for international Students – How to live and study in Germany
Center for Key Qualifications (ZfS), University of Freiburg
2020/21 Winter Semester
Italienisch V-G
SLI – Language Teaching Centre, University of Freiburg
2020 Summer Semester
"I'm not Nice!" The Female Antiheroes of Contemporary Television
Undergraduate seminar, University of Freiburg
2019/20 Winter Semester
'Double, Double, Toil and Trouble' – Witches in Literature, Popular Culture, and Society
Undergraduate seminar, University of Freiburg
2019 Summer Semester
From Eve to Killing Eve: Looking for the Femme Fatale
Undergraduate seminar, University of Freiburg
2018/19 Winter Semester
Female Superheroes
Undergraduate seminar, University of Freiburg

"'When I'm Bad, I'm Better': From Early Villainesses to Contemporary Antiheroines in Superhero Comics". helden. heroes. héros. E-Journal zu Kulturen des Heroischen 8.1 (2020), 31-41. DOI: 10.6094/helden.heroes.heros./2020/01/04

"Hexing the Patriarchy: Gender, Power, and Feminism in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"
Presentation in the lecture series "Televisionary: Amerika in Serie"
Carl-Schurz-Haus/German-American Institute, Freiburg | 13 February 2020
"'When I'm Bad, I'm Better': Female Villains in Superhero Comics"
Paper presented at the International Conference "Villains! Constructing Narratives of Evil"
International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture, Justus Liebig University Giessen | 06–08 February, 2019
"Beyond the Blues Woman: A Womanist Model of Liberation – Shug Avery in The Color Purple"
Paper presented at the International Academic Conference "The 22^nd Annual Amerikanistendag"
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam | 10 June, 2016

02/2019	Travel Scholarship Conference participation "Villains! Constructing Narratives of Evil", Justus Liebig University Giessen International Graduate Academy (IGA) of the University of Freiburg
04–06/2018	Research Grant Integrated Research Training Group (IGK) \| Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 948 "Heroes – Heroizations – Heroisms", University of Freiburg
10/2016–09/2017	DAAD Scholarship Funding program “Study Scholarships for Graduates of All Disciplines, 2016/17”
06/2016	Financial support Conference participation “The 22^nd Annual Amerikanistendag”, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Verband der Freunde der Universität Freiburg
09/2013–02/2014	Exchange Program Scholarship Semester study abroad at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (South Korea) Sapienza University of Rome