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Daniel Šíp, Magister

Born in Hamburg. Studied English (Anglophone Literature) and Political Sciences at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg. Magister thesis analysed "Literary Representations of Torture from the Gothic Novel to Contemporary Anglophone Fiction".

Currently researches for a dissertation project in the field of "Literature and Human Rights" and teaches for the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik at Oldenburg University. Annually employed as a Program Associate for the Salzburg Gobal Seminar, assisting the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.

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Contact Daniel Sip Institute of English and American Studies Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118 D-26129 Oldenburg Email: d.sip@uni-oldenurg.de Tel: +49 (0) 441 - 798 - 4541 Office Hours 28.07.2011, 10-11am About me Lecturer and Researcher Research Assistant to Professor Kirchhofer Teaching: Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature, Contemporary Novel, Literary Market, Academic Writing Research: literary representations of torture, human rights discourses, political torture, contemporary Anglophone literature, literary and cultural theory Studied English, Political Science in Oldenburg and Stockholm. Master thesis: "Literary Representations of Torture from the Gothic Novel to Contemporary Anglophone Fiction." (2009). PhD project: "Torture Representations and the Problems of the Human Rights Subject in the Post-9/11 Discourse." (working title). Current

Publications "Wörter am Fließband". Die Zeit. 27.12.2010. online Talks Upcoming: “Plotting the Power Dilemma of Politics and Language: Literary Representations of Torture in a World after 9/11”. Who is ´us` and who is ´them´ after 9/11 – Reflections on Language, Culture and Literature in Times of Ideological Clashes (Szczecin, 21-23 September 2011). “Representing the Paradox of Human Rights: Forms and Functions of Representing Torture in Literature and Film”. Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and Social Sciences (Michigan, 10-13 November 2011).

Courses 2011 AM Literary Representations of Torture 2010-11 BM1 Introduction to the Critical and Scholarly Discussion of Literature Mentoring Contact me via Email