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 Mr.
Prof. Dr. Norbert Schaffeld

Faculty 10
English Studies/Romance Studies/German Studies/Linguistics English Studies/Romance Studies/German Studies/Linguistics

E-Mail: nsch@uni-bremen.de
Affiliations | Research Topics | Cooperations | Projects | Scientific Activities | Resources


Affiliations

Affiliation to an institute
Code Indication deutsch Indication englisch Funcition Keywords deutsch Keywords englisch
ESC    English-Speaking Cultures  Member     



Affialation to a work group
Code Indication deutsch Indication englisch Faculty Keywords deutsch Keywords englisch
      F01     
IMFF  Institut für Mittelalter- und Frühneuzeitforschung    F10     
INPUTS  Institut für postkoloniale und transkulturelle Studien    F10     
BIKQS  Bremer Institut für Kanada- und Québec-Studien    F10     
BItT  Bremer Institut für transmediale Textualitätsforschung    F10     




Research Topics
Humanities and social sciences
 » Literary Studies


Cooperations

Researchers with cooperation
Institution City Category Country of origin
University of Guelph Guelph University abroad
Universität Oldenburg Oldenburg University Germany



Projects

Most significant projects
Code Indication deutsch Indication englisch Cooperation partners Funding sources/agencies Term
M 6 Colonial and Postcolonial Studies Linguistik und Germanistik der Universität Bremen BMBF 2014 - 2019
FMS Fiction Meets Science Universität Oldenburg, Universität Bielefeld Volkswagenstiftung 2013 - 2016


Agencies that have funded your research during the past five years (public institutions and foundations) 		» University of Bremen/Central Research Development Fund
» DFG
» Volkswagen Foundation
» Other Foundations
» State of Bremen (without basic finance)
» International Organizations/Programs


Funding sources during the past five years (enterprises)
Company name Country of origin Term


Expertise		 My main fields of research are British Literature, Australian and Canadian culture, Shakespeare adaptations, and film studies. I have recently developed a profound interest in the history of science and fictional representations of the natural sciences. In July 2013 the research team's proposal was accepted by the VW Funding Initiative Key Issues for Research and Society.



Scientific Activities


Publications (Hyperlink)		 Link (extern): http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/lehrpersonal/schaffeld.aspx http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/lehrpersonal/schaffeld.aspx


Most significant Publications
"Revisiting Shakespeare: Elizabeth Rex as Filmic Metatext".
Type
Author(s)Norbert Schaffeld
Year2012
InAdaptation and Cultural Appropriation: Literature, Film and the Arts
Pages101-116
 Book Chapter
 
Shakespeare's Legacy: The Appropriation of the Plays in Post-Colonial Drama (Publisher)
Type
Author(s)Norbert Schaffeld
Year2005
 Edited Volume/Special Edition/Periodical
 
"Shakespeare's Canadian Sister: The Emergence of a Female Playwright in Ann-Marie MacDonald's Comedy Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)"
Type
Author(s)Norbert Schaffeld
Year2001
InLiteraturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch
Year42
Pages285-301
 Article
 
A Future with a Past: Historische und ideengeschichtliche Grundlagen des Australian Dream und seine Spiegelung in der Literatur
Type
Author(s)Norbert Schaffeld
Year1997
 Monograph
 
Die Darstellung des nationalsozialistischen Deutschland im englischen Roman
Type
Author(s)Norbert Schaffeld
Year1987
 Monograph
 


 

First Ph.D. supervisor
Title of the dissertation First name Last name Sex Year
Bridging the Gap: Shakespeares Hamlet auf den anglo- und frankophonen Bühnen Kanadas in der Zeit nach der Révolution tranquille Öcal Cetin männlich 2012
'Unsex me here': Gender und Raum im zeitgenössischen Shakespeare-Film Jennifer Henke weiblich 2012
'I Believe in the Power of Theatre': British Women's Drama of the 1980s and 1990s Kathleen Starck weiblich 2003

Second Ph.D. supervisor
Title of the dissertation First name Last name Sex Year Status Bezeichnung Uni
Die Konstruktion des Rassediskurses in deutschen Englisch-Schulbüchern der Sekundarstufe II Jule Bönkost weiblich 2011 Uni Bremen
Darkness Subverted: Aboriginal Gothic in Black Australian Literature and Film Katrin Althans weiblich 2009 other University Universität Bonn
Die Darstellung Kanadas im literarischen Werk von Margaret Atwood Anke Karrasch weiblich 1995 other University Universität Wuppertal


 

First habilitation reviewer
Title of the habilitation First name Last name Sex Year
Reading Shakespeare in Transcultural Adaptations Cecile Sandten weiblich 2006
Einwanderung und Politik: Historische Erinnerung und Politische Kultur als Gestaltungsressource Christiane Harzig weiblich 2001


Conferences organized by you during the past five years
Titel Year Hyperlink
Being Young and Growing Old in Canada 2014  
Fiction Meets Science 2012  
The Far North 2010  
Who Speaks Canadian? 2009  



Visiting Scientists
Name Term Institution of origin Country of origin
Don Bruce WS 2011/12 University of Guelph Canada
Henry Beissel SoSe 2012 Concordia University Canada



Resources
 
More information


 		 Professor Dr. Norbert Schaffeld holds the chair of English Literature at the University of Bremen and he is co-director of the Bremen Institute of Canada- and Québec-Studies (BICQS). He previously taught at the universities of Wuppertal, Essen, Leipzig, and Jena. He has conducted research at Australian, Asian and Canadian universities, including: The University of Sydney, The National University of Singapore, The University of Toronto, and the University of Guelph. His main fields of research are British Literature, Australian and Canadian culture, Shakespeare adaptations, and film studies. He has recently developed a profound interest in the history of science and fictional representations of the natural sciences. In July 2013 the research team's proposal was accepted by the VW Funding Initiative Key Issues for Research and Society.





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