Ece Ergin
Research Associate American Studies
American Literature
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Key aspects of activity
- Indigenous Literary and Visual Narratives
- Film Studies
- Cultural Memory Studies
- Trauma Studies
- Afterlife Narratives
Academic Background
October 2018 – February 2022
MA in British and North American Cultural Studies, University of Freiburg
September 2013 – June 2017
BA in American Culture and Literature, Istanbul University
Employment History (Selected)
October 2024 – Present
Research Associate, University of Hamburg
February 2023 – September 2024
Program Coordinator, MA in British and North American Cultural Studies, University of Freiburg
August 2022 – September 2024
Academic Program and Core Coordinator Assistant, University College Freiburg
October 2021- February 2023
Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Freiburg
October 2019 – February 2022
Teaching Assistant, University of Freiburg
Scholarships and Awards
2025
STURA SVB Excursion Funding, Freiburg
2024
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies: Junior Researcher Conferences Funding
2024
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Travel Grant, Freiburg
2023
International Graduate Academy Travel Grant, Freiburg
2013-2017
Scholarship by Union of Turkish Public Notaries, Istanbul
Publications and Editorial
Ergin, Ece, et al. (ed.) “Dis/Connection:/Relations,/Interactions,/Disruptions.” Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.409.
Ergin, Ece. “Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: Studies in Genre (James J. Donahue).” Transmotion, University of Kent, vol. 11, no. 1, 2026, pp. 189-92, https://doi:10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.1418.
Courses Taught
| Summer Semester 2023:
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(co-instructor) Bachelor projects: Research Design, University College Freiburg Student Conference, University College Freiburg |
| Winter Semester 2023/2024: | English Academic Writing, University College Freiburg |
| Summer Semester 2024: | EUCOR Lecture Series: Cultural Memory, University of Freiburg |
| Winter Semester 2024/2025: | Indigenous Screen Cultures, University of Hamburg Excursion: Indigenous Screen Cultures, University College Freiburg & University of Freiburg |
| Summer Semester 2025: | North American Indigeneity in Comic Books & Graphic Novels |
| Winter Semester 2025/2026: | Genre in Film |
| Summer Semester 2026: | Indigenous Futurisms: A Multimedia Approach |
Research Interests
Indigenous Literary and Visual Narratives
Film Studies
Cultural Memory Studies
Trauma Studies
Afterlife Narratives
Organizational Experience
(co-organizer) Conference: Popular Culture and Democracy: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward, University of Freiburg, 24-26 October 2024.
Guest Lecture: Prof. Dr. Michael P. Taylor. “Boarding School Stories: Collaborative Re-membering in/with Indigenous Communities.” University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 26 June 2023.
(co-organizer) Conference: Annual EUCOR English Trinational MA and PhD Conference, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 21-22 April 2023.