Ece Ergin

Research Associate

American Literature

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Humanities

SLM II

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Von-Melle-Park 6, Postfach #23

20146 Hamburg

Office

Room: B10002

Office hours

list of office hours

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-3155

Email: ece.ergin"AT"uni-hamburg.de

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

Dis/Connection: Relations, Interactions, Disruptions, vol. 25, no.2, COPAS – Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, University of Regensburg, 2025.

Courses Taught

Summer Semester 2023: (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

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.