Silke Gräfnitz

Education

2013-Present, University of Connecticut, USA. Ph.D candidate in the German Section of the Literatures, Cultures & Languages Department

PREVIOUSLY:

University of Tuebingen, Ba-Wue, Germany. Magister (MA) Student in German Literature, International Literature and Japanese Studies. Tutor/TA at the German as a Foreign Language Department

Areas of Expertise

FOCUS:

Language; Literature; Film; War; Women; Gender; (Aesthetics of) Violence; (Critical) Human Rights; Africa; Japan

SPECIAL INTEREST:

Women Writing War

Hitler & Hirohito (Showa Tenno) – a comparative approach

The Hotel in Film and Literature

EXTRACURRICULAR:

PR/Events Coordinator for the Languages Graduate Student Association (LANGSA)

http://www.langsa.uconn.edu/

UConn Sailing Team

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