User:Anna Auguscik

Contact university website Institute of English and American Studies Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118 D-26129 Oldenburg Email: anna.auguscik@uni-oldenburg.de Tel: +49 (0) 441 - 798 - 4541 Office Hours Fr, 24 Feb and Fr, 02 Mar, 2012; 10-12am About me Anna Auguscik studied English, Slavic and Comparative Literature in Munich and Padua, and graduated with a master thesis on "Oscar Wilde as Subject of Contemporary Literature and Film: Representations of an Eccentric Identity". Since 2006 she has been a research assistant at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg and has taught seminars on the mapping of postcolonialism, postmodernism and postsecularism, and the contemporary novel in English. She is presently writing her dissertation on the role of literary prizes for literary communication, specifically the Booker Prize, and the waves of public reactions: "Prizing Debate: The Emergence of Problems in the Contemporary Market of Fiction in English" (working title). Current Anna is looking forward to seeing Cillian Murphy in Misterman by Enda Walsh, at the National Theater, London, 14 Apr 2012.

Publications "Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". In: Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft. Eds. Philipp Theisohn, Christine Weder. Paderborn: Fink, 2012. (forthcoming) "Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008): Zwischen Repräsentanz und Kontroverse". Medienobservationen. 07.07.2011. Web "Booker Prize: Jacobson ist ein Meister der Tragikomik". Die Zeit. 13.10.2010. Web Talks "Literature and Fiction in Contemporary Multi-Disciplinary Science Journals". 11th ESSE Conference 2012: Seminar 31. Interconnections Between Literature and Science. Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-8 Sept 2012. (in preparation) "Precarious Alliances and The Booker Prize". Prekäre Allianzen. HWK, Delmenhorst, 14-16 Jun 2012. (in preparation) "The Role of Fiction in Multi-Disciplinary Science Journals: A Structured Survey (1990-2010)". BSLS 2012 Conference, Oxford, 12-14 April 2012. (with Anton Kirchhofer, in preparation) "Literature as Communication". A Symposium on Literature as Communication. Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 2-3 Sept 2011. (with Olaf Simons) "Reading Postsecular Readings: The Sacred in Literary Texts and the Empowerment of the Critic". Empowerment and the Sacred: An Insterdisciplinary Conference. University of Leeds, Institute of Colonial & Postcolonial Studies. 24-26 June 2011. "The Culture of Literary Prizes: Im Wettbewerb um Würdigung". Ringvorlesung: Kultur und ihre Wissenschaften. CvO University of Oldenburg. 15 June 2011. "Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008). Zwischen Repräsentanz und Kontroverse". Workshop Gegenwart kontrovers. Literatur – Musik – Film – Bildende Kunst. LMU Munich. 28 Jul 2009. "Sex & the City of Science: Populärkul­tur aus (Geistes)-­Wissenscha­ftlicher Sicht". Oldenburg: Stadt der Wissenschaft. CvO University of Oldenburg. English Department/American Studies. 29 Jun 2009. (with Maike Engelhardt, Annika McPherson, and Christina Meyer). Conferences/ Workshops "Fiction Meets Science." Workshop. Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst. 18 November 2011. "The Politics of Marketing and Publishing Muslim Writers." Workshop. The Institute of English Studies and the Muslim Writers Awards, Senate House, London. 27 July, 2011. Postsecular Britain? Religion, Culture and Agency. 19. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für das Studium Britischer Kulturen, Oldenburg. 20-22 November 2008. (organized and conducted a student conference wokshop) Theory, Faith, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Conference. The Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University. 4-6 July 2007. Translations with I. Mendoza und S. Grzesinska Jakobson, R.O., "Die Vergangenheit" von Cyprian Norwid. In: Birus, H.; S. Donat (Hgg.), Roman Jakobson. Poesie der Grammatik und Grammatik der Poesie. Sämtliche Gedichtanalysen, Bd. 1. Berlin – New York 2007, S. 355-374. Jakobson, R.O., "Gefühl" von Cyprian Norwid. In: Birus, H.; S. Donat (Hgg.), Roman Jakobson. Poesie der Grammatik und Grammatik der Poesie. Sämtliche Gedichtanalysen, Bd. 1. Berlin – New York 2007, S. 375-394. Jakobson, R.O., Polnische Illustrationen zu "Linguistik und Poetik". In: Birus, H.; S. Donat (Hgg), Roman Jakobson. Poesie der Grammatik und Grammatik der Poesie. Sämtliche Gedichtanalysen, Bd. 2. Berlin – New York 2007, S. 217-236.

Teaching 2013 BM Key Concepts in Cultural Studies 2012-13 AM Fiction and Science 2012 AM The Role of the Critic 2011-12 AM Representations of Muslims in Literature and Film after 9/11 2011-12 BM7 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies 2011 Oct - TutorInnenschulung 2009-10 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Course B 2009 Oct - TutorInnenschulung 2008-09 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 1 Course B - Wed 12-14 2008-09 AM Postsecular Britain? Religion, Secularity, and Cultural Agency - Workshop 2008-09 MM The Booker Prize 2008 and the Culture of Literary Prizes - Tue 14-16 2008 BM1-B Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Part 2 - Wed 12-14 2007-08 AM Zadie Smith's Multicultural World - Fr 12-14 2007 BM1-D Introduction to Literature - Tue 14-16 2006-07 Ü Academic Writing - Wed 14-16 Mentoring Our next group meeting: tba Individual office hours for my mentees: tba