Mag. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Klecker
Deputy Department Chair
Department of American Studies
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck
Humanities building, 3rd floor, room 40304
Tel: +43 512 507-4179
E-Mail: cornelia.klecker@uibk.ac.at
Office hour: by appointment
Administration
- Deputy Department Chair
- Coordinator of the Mentoring Program for the BA English and American Studies
- Contact person for the MA programs of the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Culture
- Member (mid-level faculty) of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Culture
- Member (mid-level faculty) of the Curriculum Commission of the Faculty of Language, Literature, and Culture
Degrees
- MA in English and American Studies and Comparative Literature (both University of Innsbruck, 2007 and 2008)
Diploma thesis: "Skip and Rewind: When Time Gets out of Line in Mainstream Film"
Winner of the Annual Fulbright Prize in American Studies 2009 -
PhD in English and American Studies (University of Innsbruck, 2011)
PhD thesis: "Spoiler Alert! Mind-Tricking Narratives in Contemporary Hollywood Film"
Winner of the Annual Fulbright Prize in American Studies 2012
Interests in Research and Teaching
- Television Studies (particularly 21st-century American scripted primetime series)
- Contemporary US-American politics
- Film Studies (particularly Hollywood film)
- Narrative Theory
- US-American Literature
Teaching
current semester: course descriptions
Editorships
Co-editor-in-chief of JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies
Member of the editorial board of AAA – Agenda: Advancing Anglophone Studies (AAA – Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
Most Recent Publications
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.
in The Journal of American Culture, vol. 43, no. 3, 7 October 2020, pp. 215-31.
in The Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 53, no. 2, 2020, pp. 431-53.
Most Recent Conference Papers, Guest Lectures, and Roundtable Discussions
“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.