Chiona Hufnagel

Research Interests

• Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory
• Gender Studies (esp. Critical Masculinity Studies, Feminist/2SLGBTQ+ Literature)
• Indigenous Literature
• Materialist Criticism/Critical Theory
• Postcritique/Reparative Readings

Research Projects

Dissertation: Decolonial Constructions of Masculinities in North American Indigenous Literature Since the Late 1960’s

Education & Employment

• April 2023-March 2024: Research Assistant/Program Coordinator of the MA program “North American Studies: Culture and Literature”, substituting for the assistant professor at the Chair of North American Literary Studies, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Since October 2022: Associated member of the DFG research training group  “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures”
• Since May 2021: Doctoral fellowship by the Foundation of German Business for outstanding students (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft)
• 09/2020: Master of Arts in Ethik der Textkulturen, elite study program (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg/University Augsburg)
• 06/2020: Master of Arts in North American Studies: Culture and Literature (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
• September-December 2018: Community work/research stay at the “Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center” and women’s shelter in in Lake Andes, South Dakota
• August 2016: Bachelor of Arts in Germanistik & English and American Studies (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)
• January-December 2016: Student assistant for ELINAS (Center for Literature and Natural Science) at the chair of German Studies/Theoretical Physics
• October 2014-April 2019: Fellowship by the Foundation of German Business for outstanding students (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft)

Workshops, Lectures, and Papers

• “Can the Other of Native Studies Speak?: Indigiqueerness in Billy-Ray Belcourt”, TU Dresden American Studies with a Focus on Diversity Studies, Diversity Research Lab 3: Indigenous Studies, 06/07/2024
• “‘Each Kiss Was an Act of Defiance / A Kind of Nation-Building Effort’: Affective Worldmaking and Gender Expansiveness in Billy-Ray Belcourt”. Conference: “Queering Postcolonial Worlds” (Postgraduate Forum Postcolonial Narrations), University Bremen, 10/06/2023.
• “Cultural Memory and Literature: Research in Dialogue”, research traing group (DFG) “Practicing Place – Socio-Cultural Practices and Epistemic Configurations”, KU Eichstätt, July/13.-14./2022.
• “‘But What about Love?’: Decolonial Love as a Radical Reparative Practice of Resurgence in Leanne Simpson’s Islands of Decolonial Love and This Accident of Being Lost”. Conference: “Walking the Walk? Fatigue and Hope in the Study of Canada”, Robarts Centre Graduate Conference/York University Canada, 04/08/2022.
• “We Don’t Have Time. Time Has Us”: Der Mythos des ‘Vanishing Indian’ und das Metanarrativ des Fortschritts“. Conference: “Von Zeit zu Zeit. Polyperspektivische Konzepte von Temporalität”, FAU, 04/02/2022.
• “Cultural Imperialism? Der europäisch/US amerikanische Gender- und Postkolonialismusdiskurs und die marginalisierten indigenen Frauen Nordamerikas”. Conference: “Was war Geschlecht? Geschlechterforschung kooperativ”, FAU/Brown University, 07/25/-07/26/2019.
• “’Boys are so fragile’–New men in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: (De)konstruktionen traditioneller Maskulinität im Kontext von ‘race’, ‘class’ und ‘sexuality”. Conference: “Ohne Leitbilder? Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Tradition für das Leben”, FAU/Brown University, 07/20-07/21/2018.

Teaching

• Zertifikat Hochschullehre Bayern (Grundstufe)/teaching certificate for higher education (basic level)
  
• “Lektüreseminar: English and American Literature since the 19^th Century” (WS 2021/22, SS 2022, SS 2023)
• “Kombiseminar: Lingustic Varienties and Cultural Difference” (WS 2022/23, WS 2023/24)
• “Aufbauseminar Literature” (SS 2023)
• Mittel/Proseminar “Negotiating Masculinities in North American Indigenous Literature” (SS 2023)
• “Grundseminar Literature” (2x WS 2023/24)
• Co-hosting the American Research Colloquium (Literary Studies) together with Prof. Dr. Antje Kley (WS 2023/24)
• Tutor for “Grundlagen der Neueren deutschen Literatur 2“ (SS 2017)

Memberships

• Member of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA)