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Dr. Cornelia Monika Burian

Ph.D.
Pronouns: She/Her

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Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-3577

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Research partners

As a researcher, I am looking for others interested in ecocritical approaches to literature, animal studies, medieval literature, and modernism.

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy English Literature (comparative focus), University of Saskatchewan, 2004

M.A. English Literature (comparative focus), University of Regina, 1999

B.A. Honours English (Literature) , University of Regina, 1997

Research

Areas of Research

Medieval Studies, Gender Studies, Sustainability & Animal Rights and Welfare

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
GERM 317.10 LEC 01 01 Topics in German Cultural History 2023
GERM 357.05 LEC 01 01 Topics in Film 2021
GERM 202 German I
GERM 204 German II
GERM 457 Topics in Film

Awards

  • “Enhancing Educational Leadership, Student Engagement, and Community Ties: The Untapped Potential of Block Week Courses.”, University of Calgary Teaching Scholars Pilot Program. $40.000. 2016

Publications

  • Die Nibelungendichterin. Conny Burian. AKRES Publishing. (2023)
  • Die Nibelungendichterin, Conny Burian (reviewed by Albrecht Classen). Trans-Lit2: The journal of the Society for Contemporary American Literature in German. (2024)
  • Resilienz eines Besatzungskindes: Die Konstruktion einer positiven Identität in Petra Mitchells Neun Briefe, drei Fotos, ein Name. Elke Kleinau & Ingvill C. Mochmann eds. Conny Burian. Kinder des Zweiten Weltkrieges: Stigmatisierung, Ausgrenzung, Bewältigungsstrategien. Frankfurt & New York: Campus. 225-241. (2016)

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