Jens Temmen
Department of English and American Studies American Literature and Culture
University of Potsdam Am Neuen Palais 10 14469 Potsdam e-mail: [email protected] Current position Since 2013
Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), American Literature and Culture, Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany
Education and Degrees Since 04/2013
PhD candidate in American Studies, University of Potsdam; PhD advisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller (University of Potsdam)
Working title: “Overriding Native American Nationhood—Transnational and Legal American Spaces (1788 - present).“ 10/2012 – 04/2013
PhD candidate in American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz; PhD advisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller (JGU Mainz); Working title:
“Overriding Native American Nationhood—Transnational and Legal American Spaces (1788 - present).“ 05/2012
Master of Arts (Magister Artium) in American Studies (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz); Thesis: “Displacing the Nation in the American Southwest: Joaquin Murieta and Geronimo’s Story of His Life.” Grade: 1,0
2005 – 2012
Student of American Studies (major), Political Sciences (minor), and Medieval and Modern History (minor) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Academic and professional development Since 2013
Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), American Literature and Culture, Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam, Gemrany
2012-2013
Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) American Studies division, Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
2011 – 2012
Project manager, Deutschlandstipendium (“Scholarship of the Federal Republic of Germany”), Public Relations and Press, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2010 – 2012
Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung, Chair for American Studies, Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2008 – 2010
Research Assistant , Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller, American Studies, Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2008 – 2012
Employee at Office for Public Relations and Press, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; press, event management, and fundraising
Scholarships, Awards, and Raised Funding
2015
Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; DGfA Conference Bonn, 2014 Excursion funding; awarded by the Commission for Development Planning and Finances (Kommission für Entwicklungsplanung und Finanzen, EPK), University of Potsdam; Awarded for a course field trip to the Karl-May-Museum, Radebeul as part of the Bachelor seminar “Introduction to Native American Studies,“ Winter term 2014/2015, University of Potsdam. January 11, 2015
2014-2015
Scholarship of the Potsdam Graduate School; Awarded for participation in the Junior Teaching Professionals Program, Potsdam, 2014-2015
2014
Travel and conference grant of 1.000 € for the Salzburg Global Seminar 2014; Awarded by the Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin, 2014
Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; Contested Properties: Culture, Rights and the Humanities. Osnabrück Summer Institute: 5th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law. University of Osnabrück. Osnabrück, Germany. August 4 – August 16, 2014
Conference funding of 2.000 €, “Teachers Workshop – Postcolonial Justice“; Awarded by the Commission for Research and Junior Scientific Staff (FNK), University of Potsdam
Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; DGfA Conference Würzburg, 2014
2013
Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; “Travelling Narratives“ Conference Zurich, 2013
Funding of the “Kommission für Forschung und wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs“ (Commission for Research and Junior Scientific Staff) of the Faculty of Arts, University of Potsdam; Summer School “Just Politics?“ Potsdam, 2013 Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; Summer School “Just Politics?“ Potsdam, 2013
Travel and conference grant; awarded by the Potsdam Graduate School; DGfA Conference Erlangen, 2013 2011-2012
Scholarship of the Professor Dr. Friedrich Schubel-Stiftung; awarded for outstanding master thesis “Displacing the Nation in the American Southwest: Joaquin Murieta and Geronimo's Story of His Life”, 2012
Project Management
2015
Workshop organizer; ““Views from Different Shores”: Future Directions in Transpacific Studies.“ University of Potsdam, Potsdam, July 17th 2015
Workshop organizer (together with Nicole Poppenhagen); “(Trans)pacific Knowledge Landscapes.“ Knowledge Landscapes North America 62. Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Bonn, May 28 – May 31, 2015
2014
Organizing team; conference Postcolonial Justice, 25th annual conference of the German Association for New english Literature (GNEL) and the 14th biannual conference of the German Association for Australien Studies (GASt), Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam
Organizing team; “Teachers Workshop – Postcolonial Justice“; conference Postcolonial Justice, 25th annual conference of the German Association for New english Literature (GNEL) and the 14th biannual conference of the German Association for Australien Studies (GASt), Department of English and American Studies, University of Potsdam
2012-2013
Script and concept for public relations video “American Studies in Mainz”; joint project of the American Studies Division and the Office for Press and Public Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2011 – 2012
Organizing team; American Lives 59th Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), 05/31/2012-06/03/2012, American Studies Division, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2012
Organizing team, Federal Excellence Initiative inspection at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 2011
Organizing team of the workshop series, Mapping the World, Mapping Literature, June 24 – July 30, 2011; American Studies Division, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Organizing team and coordination of the Kids‘ University lecture with Federal President Christian Wulff, "Demokratie (er)leben!“ (Experiencing and Living Democracy!), Office for Press and Public Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2010
Organizing team of the Life Writing & Ecology Conference, June 24 – June 27, American Studies Division, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2008
Organizing team "Spiegel Gespräch“ mit Bundespräsident Horst Köhler, „Wie politisch ist das Amt des
Bundespräsidenten?“ (Spiegel lectures with Federal President Horst Köhler), Press and Public Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2008-2012
Organizing team "KinderUni“ (Kid’s University) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (10x per year)
Organizing team "Jobmesse“ of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (annually)
Organizing team of the "Wissenschaftsmarkt" (Science Fair) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (annually) Memberships
American Studies Association (ASA)
Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) German Association for American Studies (GAAS) Potsdam Graduate School (POGS)
Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar American Studies Association (2014 Alumnus)
Research interests
Study of U.S. Imperialism, Transpacific Studies, Native American Studies, Law and Literature, Space and Place, Border Studies, Food Literature
Publications 2017
Co-editor (together with Nicole Poppenhagen). Across Currents: Connections between Atlantic Studies and (Trans)Pacific Studies. Spec. Issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents. Forthcoming.
2015/2016
“’So it happens that we are relegated to the condition of the aborigines of the American continent’: Disavowing and Reclaiming Sovereignty in Liliuokalani’s Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen and the Congressional Morgan Report.”
Postcolonial Justice. Amsterdam and New York: Brill/Rodopi Press. Forthcoming. 2015
Together with Sonja John. Conference report: Biopolitics–Geopolitics–Sovereignty–Life: Settler Colonialisms and Indigenous Presences in North America. Transnational American Studies Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 25.-27.6.2015 , in: H-Soz-Kult, 04.08.2015.
“Overriding/Overwriting the Reservation: John Rollin Ridge‘s The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit.“ Rural America. ed. Antje Kley and Heike Paul. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2015. 131 – 148.
Papers, Talks, Conferences, and Workshops 2015
Workshop paper, “The Currency of Law and Literature in Transpacific Studies and the Study of U.S. Imperialism.“ “‘Views from Different Shores”: Future Directions in Transpacific Studies.“ University of Potsdam, Potsdam, July 17th 2015
Workshop organizer; ““Views from Different Shores”: Future Directions in Transpacific Studies.“ University of Potsdam, Potsdam, July 17th 2015
Workshop organizer (together with Nicole Poppenhagen); “(Trans)pacific Knowledge Landscapes.“ Knowledge Landscapes North America 62. Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Bonn, May 28-31, 2015
Workshop; “Autobiography and the Production of Knowledge.” English Department, Westfälische Wilhems-University Münster, April 11 – April 12, 2015
Workshop; “Selbstpräsentation“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. January 28-29, 2015
2014
Workshops; Defining America: New Writing, New Voices, New Directions. Salzburg Global Seminar. Salzburg, Austria. 27 September – 01 October, 2014
Workshop; “Prüfen und Beraten“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. September 25 -26, 2014
Workshop; “Didaktische Lehrkonzepte“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. August 28 - August 29, 2014
Paper; “Native Americans and the Law: From Spatial and Narrative to Legal Borderlands.” Contested Properties: Culture, Rights and the Humanities. Osnabrück Summer Institute: 5th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law. University of Osnabrück. Osnabrück, Germany. August 4 – August 16, 2014 Summer Institute; Contested Properties: Culture, Rights and the Humanities. Osnabrück Summer Institute: 5th International Osnabrück Summer Institute on the Cultural Study of the Law. University of Osnabrück. Osnabrück, Germany. August 4 – August 16, 2014
Workshop; “Medienvermitteltes Lehren und Lernen“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. June 2 & June 5, 2014
Chair; “The Politics of Reconciliation: Australia.” Postcolonial Justice Conference. International Conference at the University of Potsdam, Germany. May 29 – June 1, 2014
Conference paper; “Overwriting and Disavowing Hawaii: Liliuokalani’s Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen and the
Morgan Report.” Postcolonial Justice Conference. International Conference at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Nay 29 – June 1, 2014
Workshop; “Transcultural Autobiography.” English Department, Westfälische Wilhems-University Münster, April 9 – April 11, 2014
Workshop; “Hochschuldidaktische Grundlagen“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. March 6 –7, 2014
2013
Conference paper; “Overwriting and Disavowing Hawaii: Liliuokalani’s Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen and the
Morgan Report.” Travelling Narratives: Modernity and the Spatial Imaginary. International Symposium at the University of Zurich, Zurich, November 29 – December 1, 2013
2013
Seminar; “Postcolonial Ecocriticism and the Arctic.” Just Politics? 11th ASNEL Summer School, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, September 2 – September 6, 2013
2013
Workshop; “Didactics and Postcolonial Ecocriticism.” Just Politics? 11th ASNEL Summer School, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, September 2 – September 6, 2013
Workshop; “Plastic and Concrete.” Just Politics? 11th ASNEL Summer School, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, September 2 – September 6, 2013
Conference paper; “Overriding/Overwriting the Reservation: John Rollin Ridge‘s The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit.“ Rural America 60. Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Erlangen, May 30 – June 2, 2013
2012
Guest lecture; “Locating Geronimo: Spaces of Removal and Resistance.” Introduction to Native American Studies. Introductory Lecture, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, December 20, 2012
Conference paper; “Overriding Native American Nationhood—Transnational and Legal American Spaces (1788-present).“ Postgraduate Forum of the German Association of American Studies 2012. Postgraduate Conference in American Studies of the German Association of American Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, November 2 – November 4, 2012
Workshop; Making It Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Recognition and Displacement in America. 5. International Graduate Conference of the Graduate School of North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, May 11 – May 12, 2012
2011
Workshop paper; “‘Such were the events in ‚Apache land‘ – Transnationalism and the westward expansion in
Geronimo’s Story of His Life.“ Transnational American Studies 58. Annual Conference of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Regensburg, June 16 – June 19, 2011
Workshop; The Objects of Maps in America: Spatial Work and Material Culture, Prof. Dr. Martin Brückner (University of Delaware), American Studies Division, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Mainz, June 8, 2011
2009
Colloquium and 10-day DAAD excursion to Pennsylvania; 300 Jahre Deutsche Auswanderung nach Amerika (300 years of German emigration to America), Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding, American Studies Division, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Editing
2014
Editorial Team; Spahn, Hannah. Ed. Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in the Age of Jefferson. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2014.
2013
Editorial Team; Hornung, Alfred. Ed. American Lives. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2013. 2012
Editorial Team; Hornung, Alfred. Ed. Arab American Literature and Culture. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2012.
Editorial Team; Hornung, Alfred. Ed. Life Writing Matters in Europe. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2012.
Editorial Team; Hornung, Alfred. Hrsg. „The South in the Age of Obama.” American Studies Journal 56 (2012): n.p. . 2011
Editorial Team; Hornung, Alfred und Martina Kohl. Hrsg. Arab American Literaturen and Culture. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2011.
Editorial Team; Waller, Nicole. American Encounters with Islam. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2011.
2010
Editorial Team; Banerjee, Mita, Carmen Birkle, Bärbel Höttges, Manfred Siebald, Nicole Waller. Hrsg. Living American Studies. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2010.
2009
Editorial Team; Birkle, Carmen und Nicole Waller. Hrsg. "The Sea is History“: Exploring the Atlantic. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag, 2009.
Courses
University of Potsdam, Potsdam Master seminar (Hauptseminar): Righting Wrongs (3 sessions)
Master Seminar (Hauptseminar): Der Pazifik in englischer und deutscher Literatur (The Pacific in English and German Literature; 1 session)
Bachelor seminar (Proseminar): (Trans)Pacific Literatures and Cultures (summer term 2015) Bachelor seminar (Proseminar): Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies (winter term 2014/2015) Bachelor seminar (Proseminar): Graphic Novels (summer term 2014)
Bachelor seminar (Proseminar): Food in American Literature (winter term 2014/2014) Bachelor seminar (Proseminar): Locating Native Americans (summer term 2013)
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
Cultural Studies I – American Studies (winter term 2012/2013) Cultural Studies I – American Studies (winter term 2012/2013) Guest Lectures
2014
Guest lectures, “Writing and the Law: John Rollin Ridge’s Joaquin Murieta.” Seminar (master): Righting Wrongs. 2 July, 9 July, and 16 July 2014.
Guest lecture, “Re-locating Hawaii: Raum, Gesetz und Literatur im Zusammenhang der Annexion Hawaiis, 1896.“ Seminar (master): Der Pazifik in englischer und deutscher Literatur. 18 June 2014.
2013
Guest lecture, “Native American Literary Theory.” Working With Theories in American Studies. Introductory Lecture, University of Potsdam, 14 June, 2013.
2012
Guest lecture, “Locating Geronimo: Spaces of Removal and Resistance.” Introduction to Native American Studies. Introductory Lecture, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 20 December, 2012.
Further education 2014-2015
“Junior Teaching Professional Program,“ Potsdam Graduate School, University of Potsdam 2015
Workshop “Selbstpräsentation“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. January 28-29, 2015
2014
Workshop “Prüfen und Beraten“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. September 25 -26, 2014
Workshop “Didaktische Lehrkonzepte“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. August 28 - August 29, 2014
Workshop “Medienvermitteltes Lehren und Lernen“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. June 2 & June 5, 2014
Workshop “Hochschuldidaktische Grundlagen“ Junior Teaching Professionals Program, University of Potsdam, Germany. March 6 –7, 2014
2013
“Problemorientiertes Lernen (POL).“ Didactic Workshop, conducted and certified by the „Deutsche Hochschulverband“ (German Association of University Professors and Lecturers). Universität Potsdam. 2011
Course, Citavi bibliographies and research management 2011
Course, MyOpenHearts scholarship and fundraising management
Teaching evaluation Since 2013
Regular evaluation by students, conducted by the Potsdam Evaluation Portal (PeP), University of Potsdam 2012-2013
Regular evaluation by students, conducted by the Center for Quality Assurance and Development, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
