Postdoc-Ass. Dr. Matthias Klestil, B.A.,M.A.

Research areas / ÖSTAT - Subject areas

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

Academic CV

2018–	Postdoc Assistant in American Studies at University of Klagenfurt
2018	Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) of American Studies and Intercultural Anglophone Studies at University of Bayreuth
2018	PhD “Reading Green in Black: Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature, 1830s-1920s”
2017/2018	Lecturer of American Studies and Intercultural Anglophone Studies at University of Bayreuth
2012/2013	Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
2010–2012	Graduate Assistant at Bayreuth Institute for American Studies (BIFAS) at University of Bayreuth
2004–2010	M.A. in Intercultural Anglophone Studies at University of Bayreuth B.A. in German Literature/American Studies at University of Bayreuth B.A. in English/Business Law at University of Bayreuth

Research Interests

Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities

19th and 20th Century U.S. American Literature

African American Literature and Culture

Critical Race Studies

Literary Theory

Memberships

German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGfA)

European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment (EASLCE)

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)

Deutsche Kafka Gesellschaft e.V. (DKG)