Mag. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Klecker
Stellvertretende Institutsleiterin
Institut für Amerikastudien
Universität Innsbruck
Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck
Sprechstunde
nach Vereinbarung
GeiWi-Turm, 3. Stock, Zimmer 40304
Tel: +43 512 507-4179
E-Mail: cornelia.klecker@uibk.ac.at
Administration
- Stellvertretende Institutsleiterin
- Koordinatorin des Mentoringprogramms für den BA Anglistik und Amerikanistik
- Ansprechperson für die Masterstudien der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
- Mitglied (wissenschaftlicher Mittelbau) des Fakultätsrates der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
- Mittelbauvertreterin der Curriculums-Kommission der Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät
Studien
- Magisterstudien in Anglistik und Amerikanistik und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (Universität Innsbruck, 2007 und 2008)
Diplomarbeit: "Skip and Rewind: When Time Gets out of Line in Mainstream Film"
Gewinnerin des Annual Fulbright Prize in American Studies 2009 - Doktoratsstudium in Anglistik and Amerikanistik (Universität Innsbruck, 2011)
Dissertation: "Spoiler Alert! Mind-Tricking Narratives in Contemporary Hollywood Film"
Gewinnerin des Annual Fulbright Prize in American Studies 2012
Interessen in Forschung und Lehre
- Television Studies (particularly 21st-century American scripted primetime series)
- Contemporary US-American Politics
- Film Studies (particularly Hollywood film)
- Narrative Theory
- US-American Literature
Lehre
laufendes Semester: Lehrveranstaltungsbeschreibung
Herausgeberschaften
Co-Editor-in-Chief von JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies
Mitglied des Editorial Board von AAA – Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik (AAA – Agenda: Advancing Anglophone Studies)
Neueste Publikationen
Special Issue on "Cinematic Mountains" in New Review of Film and Television Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2023.
edited by Cornelia Klecker and Christian Quendler
"Introduction: Cinematic Figurations of Mountains"
by Cornelia Klecker and Christian Quendler in New Review of Film and Television Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2023, pp. 1-18.
The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television
edited by Cornelia Klecker and Gudrun M. Grabher. Routledge, 2022.
"The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television: Introduction"
by Cornelia Klecker and Gudrun M. Grabher in The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television. Edited by Cornelia Klecker and Gudrun M. Grabher. Routledge, 2022, pp. 1-17.
"Fictional 'Dissections' of a Medical Curiosity? Facial Disfigurement in Grey's Anatomy"
in The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television. Edited by Cornelia Klecker and Gudrun M. Grabher. Routledge, 2022, pp. 189-209.
"Trump as the 'Kardashian of Politics'? Daniel J. Boorstin's 'Pseudo-Events' and the Rise of Donald Trump"
in The Journal of American Culture, vol. 43, no. 3, 7 Oct. 2020, pp. 215-31.
Winner of the 2021 Carl Bode Award for the Outstanding Article.
in The Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 53, no. 2, 2020, pp. 431-53.
Konferenzvorträge, Gastvorträge und Podiumsdiskussionen (2021-22)
“Streaming Gender-Based Violence: Rape Myth Acceptance as Narrative Gimmick.” 2022 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA). Online. November 10–12, 2022.
Invited guest lecture: “Flyover Fictions and US Politics” as part of the panel “Flyover Fictions: A New View on Literature, Film, and Politics.” Event series on “Rural Americas” organized by the Center for Interamerican Studies (ZIAS). University of Innsbruck, November 8, 2022.
“’Surprise, he’s innocent’: The Character Trop of the Wrongfully Accused White Man in the #MeToo Era.” “Narrative, Environment, Social Justice” (49th Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies).” University of Salzburg, October 21-23, 2022.
“Still No Narrative Reckoning? Netflix Productions and the #MeToo Movement.” 2022 Cultural Studies Association Conference. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, US. Hybrid. June 2-4, 2022.
Virtual Roundtable: “USA: Auslaufmodell Demokratie oder Leuchtturm des Westens?” Haus der Begegnung der Diözese Innsbruck. Online. December 14, 2021.
“’I am not your Villain’: Fictional Depictions of Facial Disfigurement in US-American Television Narratives.” 2021 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA). Online. November 10 – 13, 2021.
"’Turning Necessity into a Virtue’: The Online Classroom as Chance for Intercultural Exchange.” “Digital Americas” (48th Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies.” Online. October 21–22 and 27 – 29, 2021.
“The 21st-Century Action Woman: Female Violence in Scripted Television Series.” 2021 PCA/ACA National Conference. Online. June 2–6, 2021.
Virtual Roundtable: “The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: An American Recovery?” University of Innsbruck and University of New Orleans. Online. May 5, 2021.
Virtual Roundtable: “The End of an Era? Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the American Presidency.” University of Innsbruck and University of New Orleans. Online. January 26, 2021.