Curriculum Vitae Kerstin Hassloecher, M.A. * September 28, 1965 Home Address: Hermannstr. 36 60318 Frankfurt Germany phone/fax: 001149-69-596 4314 Postsecondary Education 1996 ABD; passed candidacy examinations University of Alberta 1991- 96 provisional PhD candidate, Comparative Literature/Film Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 1991 Magistra Artium (M. A.) in North American Studies, German Literature and Theatre-, Film- and Television Studies, Free University Berlin, Germany. Advisor: Prof. H. Ickstadt, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies. 1987-91 Free University Berlin, Germany. 1986-87 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 1986 Intermediate Examinations (Zwischenpruefung), University of Cologne, Germany. 1984-86 University of Cologne, Germany. Scholarships and Awards 1994- 96 Izaac Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship 1991-93 University of Alberta PhD Scholarship. 991-92 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship for Graduate Studies in North America. 1990 Essay Competition/Travel Prize, Society for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries. 1986-87 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Undergraduate Scholarship in North American Studies. Teaching Appointments 1996 Film Studies 205: Fundamentals of Film Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Studies, University of Alberta. 1994 36F:052 Gender and Film 36F:011 Films and Screenplays Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 1994 Seminar: Recent Anglo-American Feminist Film Theory Department of Theatre-, Film- and Television Studies, Free University Berlin. 1994 Film Studies 205: Fundamentals of Film Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta. 1993 Comparative Literature 202: Literature of the European Tradition II Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta. 1992 Comparative Literature 171: Introduction to Contemporary Canadian Literature Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta. 1991 German 100: Beginners German Department of Germanic Languages, University of Alberta. Publications and Public Talks Hassloecher, Kerstin (1996). "Consuming Desire: Gender, Advertising, and Early Cinema." Society for Cinema Studies Annual Conference, Dallas/Tx, March 10. ---. (1995). "Femininity/Consumerism/Modernity: Advertising and Early Cinema." Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC/SCEC) Annual Conference, Montreal. --- (1994). "Desire and Gender in Advertising: 'Ich & Mein Magnum.'" XIVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association 1994, Edmonton, Aug. 18. Accepted for publication in New Forum Special Issue vol. I. (June/July 1996) (forthcoming). --- (1994). "The Princess of Cleves as Cosmo Girl: Is History a Problem for Feminism?" Paper presented at the 1993/94 Graduate Student Lecture Series, Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta --- (1993). Review of Robbe Grillet and Modernity: Science, Sexuality, and Subversion by Raylene Ramsay. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature (CRCL) 2.4 (December 1993): 539-541. --- (1992). "'The Pepperoni and Artichoke Heart Creation': Food and Sex in Harlequin Romances." Paper presented at the 1992/93 Graduate Student Lecture Series, Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Dec. 4. --- (1992). "Get Real: Deconstructing the Fiction of Patriarchal Reality." Paper presented at Figuring the Real Graduate Student Conference, University of California at Davis, May 2. Furstenau, Marc and Kerstin Hassloecher (1994). "Cinema/Modernism/Modernity: Towards an Archaeology of the Cinema." S: European Journal for Semiotic Studies 6.1-2 (1994): 253-305. Administrative Activities and Employment 1996- Junior copywriter, Michael Conrad & Leo Burnett Advertising Agency, Frankfurt, Germany. 1996 Organizer, Panel "Cinema and Advertising." Society for Cinema Studies Annual Conference, Dallas/Tx, March 10. 1995 Graduate Student Representative, Coordinating Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Studies, University of Alberta. 1993-94 Co-President, Graduate Student Council, Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta. 1993-94 Member, Organizational Committee, Graduate Student Lecture Series, Department of Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of Alberta. 1992- Resource Person, annual orientation sessions for DAAD scholarship recipients in North America, Northwestern University. Coordinator: N. Bennett, DAAD New York Office. 1988-91 Counsellor (part-time), Department of External Relations, Free University Berlin. Counselling for students on study abroad programs and for international students in Berlin. Supervisor: G. Schepker. Professional Memberships * Society for Cinema Studies (SCS) * Film Studies Association of Canada/Association canadienne des etudes cinematographiques (FSAC/ACEC) Languages * German (native), English (near-native/excellent) * French, Italian (reading/conversational)