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Institute of English and American Studies
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118
D-26129 Oldenburg

Office Hours

  • Mon, 10.15-11.15am

About me

Anna Auguscik is a lecturer in English Literature at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg. She studied English, Slavic and Comparative Literature in Munich and Padova, and graduated with a master thesis on "Oscar Wilde as Subject of Contemporary Literature and Film: Representations of an Eccentric Identity". She has taught seminars on the contemporary novel in English, multiculturalism, literary representations of Muslims, and the role of the critic. Her main research interests are the mapping of postmodernism, postcolonialism and postsecularism; the literary market and its participants; and most recently, the relationship between Literature and Science. She is completing her dissertation on the role of literary prizes for literary communication, specifically the Booker Prize, and the waves of public reactions: "Prizing Debate: Literary Awards and Contemporary Literary Communication in the UK" (working title).

Membership

  • since 2012 - British Society for Literature and Science
  • since 2012 - Deutscher Anglistenverband
  • since 2011 - Fiction Meets Science

Current

  • I am currently working on a chapter on the History of the Booker Prize for my dissertation project.
  • I am doing research for my next project on the role of fiction in multi-disciplinary science journals.
  • I am writing an article on "Cultures of Appreciation and Literary Win-Win Situations" with Olaf Simons, based on our paper as presented in Ghent in November 2012.

Publications

Academic

  • "The Institution of Literary Prizes." The Institution of Literature. Eds. Barbara Schaff and Carola Surkamp. Göttingen: V&R unipress. (in preparation)
  • "The History of the Booker Prize as a History of Problems and Precarious Alliances." Precarious Alliances: Cultures of Participation in Print and Other Media. Eds. Martin Butler, Albrecht Hausmann, and Anton Kirchhofer. Bielefeld: Transcript. (in preparation)
  • "Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". In: Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft. Eds. Philipp Theisohn and Christine Weder. Paderborn: Fink, 2013.
  • "Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008): Zwischen Repräsentanz und Kontroverse". Medienobservationen. 07.07.2011. Web

Journalistic

  • "Nachruf Chinua Achebe: Der Nelson Mandela der Literatur". Die Zeit Online. 22.03.2013. Web
  • "Booker Prize: Thomas Cromwell als universaler Held". Die Zeit Online. 17.10.2012. Web
  • "Booker Prize: Jacobson ist ein Meister der Tragikomik". Die Zeit Online. 13.10.2010. Web

Talks

  • "Reviewing the Two Cultures: Discussing Contemporary Fiction in Nature." International Conference on Narrative 2013. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. 27-29 Jun 2013. (in preperation)
  • "'Avoid cliques, gangs, groups': Zadie Smith and the McSweeneyites". Ringvorlesung: Movements - Historical survey and theoretical perspectives. CvO University of Oldenburg. 20 Jun 2013.
  • "The Human in Nature: The Role of Literature, the Human and the Two Cultures in Leading Science Journals." The British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference 2013. Cardiff University, Wales, 11-13 Apr 2013.
  • "Performing Authorship between Empowerment and Containment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Literary Win-Win Situations". Reconfiguring Authorship. Ghent University, Belgium, 15-18 Nov 2012. (with Olaf Simons)
  • "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.
  • "The Institution of Literary Prizes". The Institution of Literature. Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 30 Aug - 1 Sept.
  • "The History of the Booker Prize as a History of Problems and Precarious Alliances". Prekäre Allianzen. HWK, Delmenhorst, 14-16 Jun 2012.
  • "The Role of the Critic". Ringvorlesung: Kultur und ihre Wissenschaften. CvO University of Oldenburg. 6 Jun 2012.
  • "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)
  • "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

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

Mentoring

  • Our next group meeting: tba
  • Individual office hours for my mentees: tba