Diana Thiesen
| Address | University of Trier B208 |
| Phone | +49 (0) 651 201 2206 |
| s2dithie@uni-trier.de |
Dissertation
Spaces-in-between: Transculturalism in East-Asian-Canadian Literature and Society
(Supervisor: Ralf Hertel, Trier)
In times of globalization and locomotion (migration), the conceptual description of sociocultural encounters is considered more and more important. Terms such as "multi-" or "interculturalism" became a part of everyday life and due to its ascribed position as a role model, Canada attracts special attention because of multiculturalism's political implementation. Does this concept, however, correspond to social reality? Or is the present rather to be characterized as "transcultural"?
Within the scope of my PhD-project “Spaces-in-between: Transculturalism in East-Asian-Canadian Literature and Society” (working title), I hence examine, if (and if so, how) transculturalism as a concept of sociocultural encounter is negotiated in Canada's literary and societal discourse.
(Supervisor: Ralf Hertel, Trier)
In times of globalization and locomotion (migration), the conceptual description of sociocultural encounters is considered more and more important. Terms such as "multi-" or "interculturalism" became a part of everyday life and due to its ascribed position as a role model, Canada attracts special attention because of multiculturalism's political implementation. Does this concept, however, correspond to social reality? Or is the present rather to be characterized as "transcultural"?
Within the scope of my PhD-project “Spaces-in-between: Transculturalism in East-Asian-Canadian Literature and Society” (working title), I hence examine, if (and if so, how) transculturalism as a concept of sociocultural encounter is negotiated in Canada's literary and societal discourse.
Education
2007-2016
Magisterstudium der Anglistik, französischer Literatur und Politikwissenschaft sowie Zusatzausbildungen im Bereich Kanada-Studien und Deutsch als Fremdsprache an der Universität Trier
Work Experience
since 2017
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Zentrum für Kanada-Studien der Universität Trier
since 2017
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Projekt Projekt: „Anwendbare Qualitätsstandards für das BMBU im Bereich Bürgerbeteiligung“ (Leitung: Jan Ziekow) am Deutschen Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung in Speyer
2014-2016
Studentische Hilfskraft im Projekt „Dezentrale Beteiligung an der Planung und Finanzierung der Transformation des Energiesystems“ (Leitung: Oscar W. Gabriel) am Deutschen Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung in Speyer
2014-2016
Studentische Hilfskraft im Projekt „Die politische Urteilsbildung der Bürger“ (Leitung: Oscar W. Gabriel und Jürgen Maier) an der Universität Trier
2014
Praktikantin beim Kulturverein „Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Saarbrücken e.V.“ (Saarbrücken)
Awards and Fellowships
2017
Stipendiatin für ein Kurzzeitstipendium zum Einstieg in die Promotion des Forschungsreferates der Universität Trier
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