List of Contributors

Susanne Bach – M.A. in English Literature, German Literature, and Education, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1989; Ph.D. Freiburg, 1992; Habilitation (postdoctoral thesis) in English studies, Mannheim, 2003; Assistant Professor at the University of Mannheim, 1992–2003; Research Fellow, Edinburgh University, 1995; Visiting Scholar, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995–1996 and 1999–2000; Associate Professor (Hochschuldozentin) at Mannheim University and Visiting Professor, Bayreuth University, 2003–2006; Chair of English Literature at Kassel University, as of 2006. Andreas Böhn – M.A. in Germanic Studies and Philosophy at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 1988; Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, Mannheim, 1991; Habilitation (postdoctoral thesis) in Germanic and Media Studies, Mannheim, 1999; Lecturer, Mannheim, 1988–1997; Visiting Lecturer at the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1992; Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG), 1997–1999; Heisenberg Fellowship (DFG), 1999–2001; Professor of Germanic and Media Studies, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, as of 2001. Stefan Börnchen – M.A. in German Literature at Washington University, St. Louis, USA, 2000; Ph.D. in German Literature at the University of Cologne, Germany, 2005; Teaching Assistant, Washington University, 1999–2000; Teaching Assistant, Universities of Cologne and Bonn, 2000–2001; Research Assistant, University of Cologne, 2001–2006; Scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation, Fulbright Foundation et. al.; University Prize and Offermann Hergarten Prize for disser- tation; Collaborateur scientifique at the University of Luxembourg, as of 2008. Raluca Cernahoschi – M.A. in Germanic Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada, 2004. Ph.D. student as of 2004, Ph.D. cand. as of 2006. Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, USA, 1999–2001; Teaching Assistant, UBC Vancouver, 2002–2004; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 2004–2007; Sessional Instructor, UBC Vancouver, as of 2006. Frank Degler – M.A. in Germanic Studies, Philosophy, and History at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 1997; Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, Mannheim, 2003; Research Associate, Institute of Germanic Studies, University of Mannheim, as of 2004. Birte Giesler – M.A. in Germanic Studies, Philosophy, and Sociology at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1996; Ph.D. in Germanic Studies, 384

Karlsruhe, 2001; Graduate Research Fellowship at the German Literary Archive, Marbach a. N./German Schiller Association, 1994–1995; Sessional Lecturer at the Universities of Karlsruhe and Darmstadt, Germany, 2001–2004; Visiting Lecturer at the University of Lódz, Poland, 2003; Feodor- Lynen-Fellowship of the Humboldt-Foundation, 2004; Assistant Professor (Lecturer Level B), Department of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney, Australia, as of 2005. Markus Hallensleben – M.A. in Modern German Literature, Linguistics, Drama and Theatre at the Free University Berlin, Germany, 1994; Adjunct Lecturer at FU Berlin, 1995–1996; Ph.D. in Modern German Literature, FU Berlin, 1998; Visiting Scholar at the Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Nagoya City University, Japan, 1998–1999; DAAD Lecturer of German at the University of Tokyo, Japan, 1999–2003; Assistant Professor at the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, University of British Columbia Vancouver B.C., as of 2004. Jessica Hammann – M.A. in Germanic Studies at the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2004; Staatsexamen (First State Examination) at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 2006; Sessional Lecturer, University of Mannheim, 2007; Ph.D. candidate in Germanic Studies, University of Mannheim, as of 2007. Volker Helbig – M.A. in Germanic and English Studies at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 2002; Ph.D. in Literature and Media Studies, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2006. Stefan Horlacher – Maîtrise at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne, France, 1990; Staatsexamen (First State Examination) in English Studies, French Studies, and Linguistics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 1992; Ph.D. in English Studies, Mannheim, 1997; Habilitation (postdoctoral thesis) in English Studies, Mannheim, 2003. Habilitationspreis (postdoctoral award) from the German Association of Professors of English. Visiting scholar at Cornell University (1995) and at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad (2008). Research and Teaching Assistant at Mannheim,1992–1997; Assistant Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies, Mannheim, 1997–2003; Associate Professor (Hochschuldozent), Mannheim, 2003–2006; Professor and Chair, Department of English, Dresden University of Technology, as of 2006. Jakub Kazecki – M.A. in German at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 1999; Ph.D. in Germanic Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada, 2006; Teaching Assistant, Halifax, 1998–1999, and Vancouver, 2000–2004; Sessional Lecturer, Vancouver,