Bärbel Schlimbach, M.A.

• Literature and Film from the American West / with plot set in the American West
• 20th and 21st century American literatures
• (Post-)Western Film/Fiction
• (Cultural) Border Studies
• Gender Studies
• critical regionalism
• processes of cultural appropriation
• cultural studies

Current Research Project: "(South-)Western Borderland Narratives"

• since 2018: office management Prof. Fellner / doctoral researcher North American Literary and Cultural Studies / external lecturer
• 2014-2018: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (doctoral researcher) North American Literary and Cultural Studies (Prof. Fellner) at Saarland University
• Nov. 2013 - Dec. 2014: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (doctoral researcher) department for British, North American and Anglophone Studies at Saarland University
• summer term 2012 - winter term 2014/15: external lecturer department for British, North American and Anglophone Studies at Saarland University
• Oct. 2009 - July 2013: student research assistant and tutor North American Literary and Cultural Studies (Prof. Fellner) at Saarland University
• Sep./Oct. 2006 and Nov. 2007: project-related short term contracts as student research assistant at DFKI Saarbrücken

• UE “Introduction to Media Studies: Suspense and Mystery in American Movies” (WS 2021/2022)
• UE “Introduction to Media Studies: American Road Movies” (SoSe 2021)
• UE “Introduction to Media Studies: American Crime on Screen” (WS 2020/2021)
• UE “Introduction to Media Studies: Screening Eastwood” (SoSe 2020)
• UE “Introduction to Media Studies” (WS 2019/2020)
• PS “American Myths through the Centuries” (SoSe 2019)
• PS “Suffragettes and Flappers: The Emergence of the ‘New Woman’ in American Fiction” (WS 2018/2019)
• PS "Narrating the Nation: The 'Making of America' in 18th and 19th Century American Literature" (SoSe 2018)
• PS "Depicting Transgression: Representations of Violence in American Literature and Film" (WS 2017/2018)
• PS "Imaginary Wests: Representations of the American West from the 19^th Century to the Present" (SoSe 2017)
• PS "Mysteries and Secrets: American Crime Fiction" (WS 2016/2017)
• PS "From Tombstone to Deadwood: (Post-)Western Film and Fiction" (SoSe 2016)
• PS "Haunted by the Unknown: American Gothic Fiction from the 19th Century to the Present" (WS 2015/2016)
• PS "No Country for Old Men: Identity Construction in Literature and Film about the American West" (SoSe 2015)
• UE "What Made America? (De-)Constructing American Myths and Symbols" (SoSe 2015)
• SoSe 2012 - WS 2014/15: "Written Expression" and "Written Expression Advanced"

• “North American Borderspaces: From Frontier to Border Studies” (Introduction to Border Studies from a Cultural Studies Perspective, online, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv/Ukraine, 25 September 2021)
• “Fargo” (Vortrag im Rahmen von Erfolg in Serie VIII: Amerikanische TV-Serien als Gesellschaftsdramen, Kino Achteinhalb Saarbrücken, 19 July 2021)
• “Gender in American Literature” (“Contemporary American Literature,” online, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv/Ukraine, 05 May 2021)
• “Interweaving Discourses and Histories: Bordertextures in the American West” (17 April 2021, Annual ABS Conference (Association for Borderlands Studies), virtual meeting, 15-17 April 2021)
• “Western – Faszination und Problematik eines „typisch amerikanischen“ Genres“ (14 April 2021, Vortragsreihe „Amerikanische Populärkultur,“ Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Saarland)
• “Border-Crossing Narratives in American Cultural Productions” (25 March 2021, Kick-Off Meeting Eastpartnership Program “Bridging Borders: Shifting Paradigms”)
• “‘Re-Generation through Violence?’: Graphic Representations of Violence in HBO’s Westworld” (55th Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association “Graphic Wests,” virtual conference, Oct. 21-24, 2020)
• “Space, Distance and Loneliness in Recent American Cultural Productions in the Light of the Current Covid-19 Crisis” (UdS American Studies Graduate Forum 2020 - Distance and Diversity in Times of Crisis: Literary Expressions and Artistic Responses, Saarland U, online, Oct. 15-17, 2020)
• “Bordertextures in the American West: HBO’s Westworld” (Jahrestagung Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft “B/Ordering Cultures: Alltag, Politik, Ästhetik,” Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt / Oder, Oct. 8-10, 2020)
• “Bordertextures in Visual Representations of the American West” (Closing Conference “Border Nightmares, Border Dreams: The Bio-Politics of Borders in Times of Crisis,” Saarland U, online, July 6, 2020)
• “Million Dollar Baby” (Filmeinführung im Rahmen der “Retrospektive Clint Eastwood,” Kino Achteinhalb Saarbrücken, July 8, 2020)
• “In the Line of Fire” (Filmeinführung im Rahmen der “Retrospektive Clint Eastwood,” Kino 8 ½, Saarbrücken, July 1, 2020)
• “The Wild West” (Lecture “Westwards We Go! The Literatures of the American and Canadian Wests,” Saarland U, June 30, 2020)
• “Dirty Harry” (Filmeinführung im Rahmen der “Retrospektive Clint Eastwood,” Kino 8 ½, Saarbrücken, June 24, 2020)
• “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (Filmeinführung im Rahmen der “Retrospektive Clint Eastwood,” Kino 8 ½, Saarbrücken, June 17, 2020)
• Re-Evaluating Mythical Migration Narratives: Hernan Diaz’ In the Distance” (4th UdS American Studies Graduate Forum “Liquid Trajectories: Flight, Mobility and Migration,” Saarland University, 30 November 2019)
• “Creating the Nation: Westward Movement, Manifest Destiny and Exceptionalism” (Lecture “Introduction to Cultural Studies: North America,” Saarland University, 15 November 2019)
• “The Myth of the American West: From Frontier Thesis to Postwestern Studies” (Lecture “Doing American Studies,” Saarland University, 5 November 2019)
• Introduction to Stonewall (1995, dir. Nigel Finch; film screening as part of “Intersections 2019: Stonewall 50: Getting out of the Gender and Sexuality Box,” Saarbrücken, 24 June 2019)
• “Creating the Nation: Westward Movement, Manifest Destiny and Exceptionalism” (Lecture “Introduction to Cultural Studies: North America,” Saarland University, 13 June 2019)
• “The American West as Borderland: Border Discourses in HBO’s Westworld” (3rd UdS American Studies Graduate Forum “Cultural Borderlands: Literatures, Film and Aesthetic Practices,” Dec. 8, 2018)
• “Westworld” (Lecture within the series “Erfolg in Serie VI: Amerikanische TV Serien als Gesellschaft Dramen,” Kino 8 ½, Saarbrücken, Nov. 20, 2018)
• “Changing Approaches: From Frontier to Border Studies” (27 April 2018, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
• "Imaginary Wests: Transatlantic Appropriations of the Western Formula" (3 Nov. 2017, 44^th Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? The Changing Nature of American Studies," 3-5 Nov. 2017, Salzburg)
• "Dystopic Visions and Imaginary Wests: Re-Negotiating Myths in HBO's Westworld" (28 Oct. 2017, 52^nd Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association "Sweet Land, Mighty Waters: Myth and Storytelling West of the Mississippi," 25-28 Oct. 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Together with Astrid M. Fellner and Tetyana Ostapchuk: Presentation of Book Project "(Pop-) Cultures on the Move: Transnational Identifications and Cultural Exchange between East and West" (10 Oct. 2017, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
• "The West Is the West Is the West? De-Constructing Myths in HBO's Westworld" (7 Oct. 2017, 2^nd UdS Graduate Forum "Reading American TV Series: An Interdisciplinary Conference," 5-7 Oct. 2017, Saarbrücken)
• Introduction to Deadwood (20 June 2017, Erfolg in Serie V, Camera Zwo, Saarbrücken)
• With Svetlana Seibel: "Understanding America: From Westward Movement to Standing Rock" (8 December 2016, Presentation, “24-Stunden-Vorlesung,” Saarland University)
• "Making the Nation: Annexations and Borders" (15 November 2016, Lecture "Transnational American Literatures," Saarbrücken)
• "Re-Framing the Western: HBO's Deadwood" (13 November 2016, 43^rd AAAS Conference, "America Through the Small Screen: Television and Its Transformations," 11 – 13 November 2016, Innsbruck)
• "Re-Negotiating National Myths in HBO's Deadwood" (21 October 2016, 1st UdS American Studies Graduate Forum, "The Religious Right: Republicans, Preachers and Presidents," Saarbrücken, 21 – 22 October 2016)
• "The Sisters Brothers: Re-Negotiating Western Narratives" (24 September 2016, "The Profane West," 51st WLA Conference (Western Literature Association), Big Sky, Montana, 21 – 24 September 2016)
• Introduction to Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, dir. Sergio Leone), part of the series "Meilensteine der Filmgeschichte II" (14 July 2016, Kino 8 1/2, Saarbrücken)
• "Transgressions and Genre Crossings in McCarthy's No Country for Old Men" (9 July 2016, "Crossroads and Transgressions: Cormac McCarthy Between Worlds," International Symposium, 7 – 9 July 2016, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin)
• "Frontier Gothic in Post-Western Film/Fiction," (28 June 2016, Research Colloquium Prof. Fellner)
• "'Here Was a Man': Negotiating Gender and Sexuality in HBO's Deadwood" (15 April 2016, Conference “Biopolitics,” Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, Mykolayiv, 15 April 2016)
• Introduction to Stagecoach (1939, dir. John Ford), part of the series "Meilensteine der Filmgeschichte II" (02 March 2016, Kino 8 1/2, Saarbrücken)
• "Marlboro Men: Masculinities in Western Movies" (19 January 2016, Lecture "Engendering North American Literature", Saarland University)
• "'Big Hats, Horses and Dust'? Representations of the West in Recent American Film and Fiction" (02 October 2015, Guest Lecture at Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, Mykolayiv/Ukraine)
• "'No Country for Old Men': Borders and Identity Constructions in Cormac McCarthy's Novel" (07 August 2015, Workshop "Border Cultures: Theorizing and (Con-)Textualizing Borders", Saarland University, 6/7 August 2015)
• "Cowboys and Desperados: Identity Construction and Imaginary Wests in Borderland Narratives" (08 July 2015, Lecture "Border Cultures: Theorizing and (Con-)Textualizing North American Borders")
• "'The Diggings' by Claire Vaye Watkins as Western Borderland Narrative" (30 June 2015, Research Colloquium Prof. Fellner)
• "Negotiating Identity Constructions from a Cross-Cultural Perspective" (16 May 2015; Conference "Theorising the Canada-US Border", University of Kent in Paris, 15-16 May 2015)

Books:

(Pop) Cultures on the Move: Transnational Identifications and Cultural Exchange Between East and West. Ed. Astrid M. Fellner, Tetiana Ostapchuk and Bärbel Schlimbach. Saarbrücken: Universaar, 2018.

Download (Pop) Cultures on the Move here.

Articles:

• "'Once Upon a Time in the West': Cross-Cultural Appropriations of Western Films." (Pop) Cultures on the Move: Transnational Identifications and Cultural Exchange Between East and West. Ed. Astrid. M. Fellner, Tetiana Ostapchuk and Bärbel Schlimbach. Saarbrücken: Universaar, 2018. 107-122.
• "Introduction: (Pop) Cultures on the Move." Together with Astrid M. Fellner and Tetiana Ostapchuk. (Pop) Cultures on the Move: Transnational Identifications and Cultural Exchange Between East and West. Ed. Astrid. M. Fellner, Tetiana Ostapchuk and Bärbel Schlimbach. Saarbrücken: Universaar, 2018. 7-13.
• "'Here Was a Man': Negotiating Gender and Sexuality in HBO's Deadwood." Naukovi pratsi: naukovo-metodychny zhurnal (The Scholarly Papers: scholarly and methodical journal), vol. 271, issue 259, Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, 2016. 46-51.

• ABS (Association for Borderlands Studies)
• DGfA (German Association for American Studies)
• German American Institute Saarland
• IMISCOE (International Migration Research Network)
• Memità (International Network Memory and Identity)
• WLA (Western Literature Association)
• Working Group "Bordertextures" (bordertextures.org)

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