Julia Lange, M.A.
Research Associate, adjunct lecturer
American Studies
Address
Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Language, Literature, and Media II
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #23
20146 Hamburg
Academic Career
- Lehraufträge (adjunct lecturer) until summer term 2023
- 04/2015 - 05/ 2019: “Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin“ (Research and Teaching Assistant) of Prof. Dr. Susanne Rohr, Chair of American Literature at the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Hamburg
- 2012 - 2015: Fellow with the German Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
- 08/2011: “Magister“ (M.A.) in American Studies, English Literature and Law, University of Hamburg
- 10/2009 - 03/2011: “Mentorin“ (Teaching Assistant) at the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, University of Hamburg
- 2004 - 2011: ”Magisterstudium” (master’s and undergraduate) in American Studies, English Literature and Law at the University of Hamburg and the University of Oxford
Study and Research Abroad
- 03/2015-04/2015: Fellow at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- 10/2013-04/2014: Resident fellow at the Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
- 01/2013-07/2013: Visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York, NY
- 08/2012-12/2012: Visiting fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 09/2007-06/2008: Graduate student at the University of Oxford (St. Peter’s College), UK
Awards, Grants, Honors
- 03/ - 04/2015: Albert M. Greenfield Fellowship, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- 06/2012 - 12/2015: PhD scholarship from the German Academic Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
- 10/2014: Körber Foundation grant for the organization of the international conference ”Entangled Memories: Remembering the Holocaust in a Global Age,“ University of Hamburg
- 10/2013 - 04/2014: Resident fellowship, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
- 05/2013: 1st prize at the essay contest „Transatlantic Heroes“ of the Young Transatlantic Initiative. Title of the essay: “Walter Paepcke und die Entstehung des Aspen Institute“ (“Walter Paepcke and the Formation of the Aspen Institute“).
- 03/ - 04/2010: Carl H. Ditze / University of Hamburg travel stipend for archival research in the United States
- 09/2009: Travel grant from the University of Hamburg for field research in the United States
- 11/2008: Travel grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for an internship at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York City, NY
- 09/2007 - 06/2008: European Excellence Program scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for graduate studies at the University of Oxford, UK
- 2005: Elaine Steinman Essay Competition prize winner, University of Hamburg
- 2002: 1st prize at the essay contest of the British Consulate in Hamburg on the topic: ”Die Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Großbritannien“ (“The Relationship between Germany and Great Britain”)
Publications
Monograph
- Herman the German: Das Hermann Monument in der deutsch-amerikanischen Erinnerungskultur (Münster: LIT, 2013).
Essays and articles
- „How to Cope With it? The Steuben Society of America and the Holocaust.” Disturbing Pasts: Reverberations of the Second World War in Europe after 1945. Ed. Mary Fulbrook, Julia Wagner and Christiane Wienand. London: Bloomsbury. Forthcoming 2015.
- „Still a Berliner? Fifty Years After John F. Kennedy’s Assassination.” Commentaries of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University. 16.12.2013.
Reviews
- together with Stefan Hördler. „Studying the History of National Socialism and the Holocaust. Toward an Agenda for the 21st Century.“ Bulletin of the German Historical Institute 56 (Spring 2015). Forthcoming.
Main research interests
- German American Studies
- Holocaust Studies
- Memory Studies
- American Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st centuries
- Literary and Cultural Theory
conference-organization
- 10/2014: International conference “Entangled Memories: Remembering the Holocaust in a Global Age,” University of Hamburg. Together with Marius Henderson.
- 02/2013: “German Conference at Harvard.” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Conference committee: sponsoring
Lectures
- 07/2015: Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg. Third Junior Scholars Conference in German Jewish History: ”’Heritage’ in the Study of Jewish and other (Diaspora) Cultures – the search for roots as a recurring theme of 19th and 20th century history.” Lecture titled: “Heritage Trouble: German American Identity Politics and the Holocaust.”
- 03/2015: The Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture as a fellow of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: “Contested Histories: German American Politics of Memory and the Holocaust.”
- 01/2015: University of Hamburg. Lecture series: “Life/Rupture – Conflict Resolution and the Poetics of (Dis)Continuity.” Lecture titled: “Hillary’s Hardest Choice: The Clinton Campaign(s) and the Poetics of Presidency.”
- 01/2015: American Historical Association, Annual Conference, New York, NY, USA. Lecture in the context of a German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.) panel on “Youth Diplomacy” titled: “’Young Siegfrieds’: The Youth Divisions of the German American Bund in Comparative Perspective.”
- 10/2014: University of Hamburg. International Conference “Entangled Memories: Remembering the Holocaust in a Global Age.” Opening speech, together with Marius Henderson (University of Hamburg).
- 10/2014: University of Hamburg. International conference “Entangled Memories: Remembering the Holocaust in a Global Age.“ Panel chair: “Museums.”
- 07/2014: University College London. London, UK. International conference “Disturbing Pasts: Reverberations of the Second World War in Europe after 1945.” Lecture titled: “The Past Is a Foreign Country? German American politics of memory and the Holocaust.”
- 06/2014: Catholic University of Portugal. Lisbon, Portugal. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, annual PhD meeting abroad. Lecture titled: „Portugal and the Holocaust.”
- 04/2014: Society for German American Studies, Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Lecture titled: “Contested Memories: German American Identity Politics and the Holocaust.”
- 04/2014: Society for German American Studies, Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Panel chair: “The Era of World War I.”
- 03/2014: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. Washington, DC, USA. Lecture as a resident fellow: “Contested Histories: German American Politics of Remembrance and the Holocaust.”
- 11/2013: Emory University. Atlanta, GA. Atlanta Graduate Student Conference in US History. Lecture titled: “Contested Histories: German American politics of memory and the Holocaust.”
- 07/2013: Transatlantic Studies Association, Annual Conference. Newcastle, UK. Lecture titled: “The past is a foreign country? German American politics of commemoration and the Holocaust.”
- 03/2013: Fordham University. New York, NY. Graduate English Association Conference “The Practices of Memory.” Lecture titled: “German-Americana and the Holocaust: German-American politics of memory (1970-2012).”
- 07/2012: Transatlantic Studies Association, Annual Conference. Cork, Ireland. Lecture titled: “’Herman the German’: The Role of the Hermann Monument in German American Commemorative Culture.”
- 01/2012: British Association for American Studies / Irish Association for American Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Postgraduate Conference: “Transgressive and Transgression.” Lecture titled: “Humor, Transgression and American Exceptionalism in the Context of 9/11.”
- 11/2011: Humboldt University, Berlin, Department of English and American Studies. Student and Graduate Conference “’Who’s Laughing now?’ – Humor as Resistance and Oppression in US-American Culture.” Lecture titled: “The Function of Humor in the Representation of 9/11.”
Teaching
- Summer term 2015: Graduate course “Hashtag Holocaust: Remembering Atrocity in a Global Age,” University of Hamburg.
- Winter term 2009/10 - winter term 2010/11: ”Mentoring” seminar for B.A, students in English and American Studies, University of Hamburg.
Administrative work
2010: Member of the commission for the appointment of a W3-professorship in British Literature und Culture at the University of Hamburg
Memberships
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- German Association for American Studies (DGfA)
- American Historical Association (AHA)
- Society for German American Studies (SGAS)