Last update: 14.11.2007

Dr. Kerstin Knopf Steinbeckerstraße 15 17487 Greifswald, Germany Room 26 Phone: +49 - (0)3834 - 863 352 Fax: +49 - (0)3834 - 863 360 knopf [at] uni-greifswald.de

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Curriculum Vitae

1988-1989 Student at the Technical College Leipzig, Socialist Business Administration

1990-1997 Student at the University of Greifswald – American/Canadian Studies, Hispanic Studies, Swedish Studies (M.A.)

1997-2003 Doctoral student at the University of Greifswald – PhD thesis "Decolonizing the Lens of Power: A Study of Indigenous Films in North America"

1997-1997 Assistant to the Chair for American and Canadian Studies, University of Greifswald

2000-2001 Assistant at the Interdisciplinary Center for Women and Gender Studies, University of Greifswald

2001-2003 Employee at the International Office, University of Greifswald

since 2003 Assistant Professor to the Chair for American and Canadian Studies, University of Greifswald

Main Scholarly Interests

- Indigenous Film, Media, and Literature in North America

- Electronic Media in North America

- Women and Gender Studies

- 19th Century Canadian Women's Literature

Publications

Monographs:

Decolonizing the Lens of Power: Indigenous Films in North America. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi Press, forthcoming.

Books edited:

Hartmut Lutz, Ed. with Kerstin Knopf and Christiane Kollenberg. Achte Deines Bruders Traum! Gespräche mit nordamerikanischen IndianerInnen. 2nd Ed. Osnabrück: Druck- und Verlagskooperative, 1997.

Kerstin Knopf and Christiane Kollenberg, Eds. Rainbow Visions and Earth Ways: The Poetry of Carol Lee Sanchez / Regenbogenvisionen und Erdwege: Carol Lee Sanchez' Lyrik. OBEMA 16. Osnabrück: Universitätsverlag Rasch, 1998.

Kerstin Knopf, Dörte Putensen, and Monika Schneikart, Eds. Frauen im Ostseeraum: Gleicher Kulturraum, Unterschiedliche Traditionen, Gemeinsame Zukunft? Herbolzheim: Centaurus Verlag, 2003.

Knopf, Kerstin, and Monika Schneikart, eds. Sex/ismus und Medien. Herbolzheim: Centaurus Verlag, 2007.

Knopf, Kerstin, ed. Aboriginal Canada Revisited. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, forthcoming.