em. o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.
Brigitte Scheer-Schäzler i.R.
Professor Emerita
Department of American Studies
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52d, 6020 Innsbruck
E-Mail: brigitte.scheer@uibk.ac.at
Research
- Contemporary American Literatur
- Jewish American Literature
- Asian American Literature and Culture
- Women's Studies
- Science Fiction
- 19th Century American Literature
Personal information
- Promotion Dr. phil. University of Vienna (1964)
- "Hochschulassistentin" (Assistant Professor), Department of English, Salzburg University (1966-1973)
- Research Scholarship, American Council of Learned Societies, Princeton University and Rutgers University (1969-1971)
- Habilitation, Salzburg University, for English Literature after Shakespeare and American Studies (1972)
- Temporary Professorship for Englische Philologie/Amerikanistik, Regensburg University, BRD
- o. Univ. Professor (Full Professor) and Head of Department, Department of American Studies, Innsbruck University (1973-2006)
- Dean of Humanities, Innsbruck University (1977-1979)
- Founding member, Austrian Association of American Studies (AAAS) (1975)
- Faculty, Salzburg Seminar for American Studies at Schloß Leopoldskron (1975, 1982, 1998)
- Member and Chairperson (1992/93, 1996/97) of the Austrian American Educational Commission/Fulbright Commission (1985-1997)
- Member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission (1978-1983)
- Guest professorships and research professorships in the USA and the P.R. of China
- Professor Emerita since 2006.
Publications (selection)
- Saul Bellow. New York: Frederick Ungar Publ. Co., 1972.
- Konstruktion als Gestaltung. Interpretationen zum zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Roman. Salzburger Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2. Wien: W. Braumüller, 1975.
- Experimentelle amerikanische Prosa (Hg.). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1977.
- Forms of the American Imagination (Mithg.). Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft, Sonderheft 44. Innsbruck, 1979.
- Her Own Story. Short Stories by Women from Different Cultures (Hg.). Berlin: Cornelsen, 1991.
- Women's Fantastic Adventures. Stories by Contemporary Women Writers (Hg.). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam Jun., 1992.
- Go West, Moses. Aufsätze zur jüdisch-amerikanischen Kultur und Literatur von Sepp L. Tiefenthaler (Hg.). Crossroads. Studies in American Culture 6. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1993.
- Immigrant Stories. New Fiction by New Writers (Hg. und Autor des Lehrerhefts). Cornelsen: Berlin, 1996.
- Scholarly articles in various journals (American Studies, English Studies, Comparative Literature)
- More than 100 reviews in scholarly and library journals