Leanne Dawson
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures,
Samuel Alexander Building,
Room S.3.8, Pigeonhole 150,
Oxford road,
Manchester,
M13 9PL.
leannedawson39@hotmail.com
leanne.dawson@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Thesis: Representations of Queer Femininities in Post-War German Cultures (third year, AHRC-funded)
Supervisors: Professor Margaret Littler, Dr Cathy Gelbin.
Main Discipline areas: Gender Studies, Lesbian Studies, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Holocaust Studies, Film Studies, 20th Century German Literature and Film.
Conference Presentations:
- Women in German Studies, The University of Sussex (10 November 2007, Brighton, UK). 'The 'Femme' in Elfriede Jelinek's Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen'
- Lesbian Lives XIV. Lesbian Existence and the Lesbian Continuum, University College Dublin (15-16 June 2007, Dublin, Ireland).'The 'Transe Femme' in Elfriede Jelinek's Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen'
- Image, Identity and Culture in narrative and Documentary Cinema, University College Cork (30-31 March 2007, Cork, Ireland). 'Lesbian Femmeininity in Aimée & Jaguar'
- Femme 2006. Conversations and Explorations (11-13 August 2006, San Francisco, USA). 'The 'Femme' Genderfuck in Aimée & Jaguar'
- Progress. The Journal of the Graduate Community in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, The University of Manchester (22-23 June 2006, Manchester, UK). 'Lesbian Femmeininity and Genderfucking'
Membership of Professional Organisations: Women in German Studies
Teaching Areas: German Prose and Poetry (1800-present), German Culture, German Grammar and Translation. Awarded the three year GTF in European Film Studies which I was obliged to decline as I was granted AHRC funding.
Professional biography: BA (First Class Honours) French and German Studies, AHRC-funded MA (with Distinction) European Culture, The University of Manchester, UK.