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P. Bittner (Ph.D.)

Education

  • 1997 M.A. (English, German; Teacher Training) Technical University of Berlin
  • 2008 Ph.D. in English Literature, Technical University of Berlin

Teaching Experience

in the US:

  • Language Instructor, Lecturer for English and German literature and culture at Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and Boston University.
    During that time, earned 4 Certificates of Distinction in Teaching from Harvard University.

in Germany

  • Since 3/2009: giving Lectures and teaching Classes on Literature and Culture at Münchner Volkshochschule
  • Since 7/2009: establishing and teaching English language classes at Kulturzentrum Messestadt Riem (language classes for adults: Business English, Conversation, Beginner's and Advanced classes)
    (more information here)

Publications (selection)

  • Article in the quarterly Magazine Take Off on the topic "Deutschland zu Besuch in der Messestadt: Kirchentag kommt nach München." (January 2010)
  • Writing the Story of Kenya: Construction of Identity in the Novels of Marjorie Macgoye, Peter Lang - Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften (2009)
  • "The Perils of African Post-Colonial Theatre." In: New Beginnings in Twentieth-Century Theatre and Drama. Ed. Ch. Schlote und P. Zenzinger. Trier: WVT, 2003
  • "Rhodesia's Lady of Shalott: Post-/Colonial Representations." In: Doris Lessing Studies. (Fall 2001, Volume 21, Number 2)
  • "Literary Representations of Female Protagonists in Contemporary Migrant Women's Writing in Africa." In: Proceedings of the Red River Conference on World Literature, North Dakota State University (Volume 2, 2000)
  • "Literary Traditions in Contemporary Anglo-African Fiction." In: Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English. Durham University, Great Britain, 2000
  • Feministisches Denken und Gestalten in ausgewählten Werken von Buchi Emecheta und Fay Weldon. Marburg: Tectum Verlag, 1995

Miscellaneous

  • Association of American University and Professional Women (AAUPW) in Munich (2008-2012)

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