Dr. Franziska Röber
Table of contents
![Franziska Röber](https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/anglistik_amerikanistik/englit/ressourcen/bilder/franzi.jpg/@@images/fd1999e1-9cfc-4dc8-88c6-7577d621d763.jpeg)
Research Associate
NameDr. Franziska Röber
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Chair of English Literary Studies
Chair of English Literary Studies
Visiting address:
Wiener Straße 48, Floor 3, Room 3.15
01219 Dresden
Office hours:
- Monday:
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Please register in advance via e-mail.
Office Hours during the semester break will take place digitally and only after registration in advance.
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang / Background
2018-2022 |
PhD (summa cum laude) in British Cultural Studies, Technische Universität Dresden Thesis: Made For Funny Business: Negotiating Later Life Sexualities in British Sitcoms (1990-) (under the tutelage of Prof. Dr. Thomas Kühn) |
since 2020 | Research Associate at the Chair of English Literature |
2019-2020 | Research Assistant at the Chair of English Literature, Technische Universität Dresden |
2017 | Master of Education Vocational Education Colours and Interior Design and English Studies, Technische Universität Dresden |
2015-2020 |
Research Assistant at the Chair of British Cultural Studies, Technische Universität Dresden |
2013-2018 | Teaching Assistant (Tutor) at the Chair of British Cultural Studies, Technische Universität Dresden |
Forschungsinteressen / Research Interests
-
Ageing Studies and Cultural Gerontology
- Media and Television Studies
- Visual Culture
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- (National) Identities
- Fantasy Literature and Literature(s) of the New Weird
- Arctic and Antartic Voyaging; Narratives of Exploration
- Mountaineering
Mitgliedschaften / Memberships
-
ENAS (European Network of Ageing Studies)
Publikationen / Publications
2022
-
Made for Funny Business: Negotiating Age and Sexuality in British Sitcoms , 2022, Oxford University Press, Oxford, In: The Gerontologist. 63, 22 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to specialist publication > Special issue article/contribution
-
Of Bees, Boobies and Frank Sinatra: Masculinity and Alzheimer's in Contemporary European Film Comedies , 2022, Ageing Masculinities, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Narratives. Hartung, H., Kunow, R. & Sweney, M. (eds.). 1 ed., London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 105 - 124, 20 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/anthology/report
2020
-
Laughable Old Men: Conceptions of Ageing Masculinities in the Britcom , 2020, In: Anglistik : international journal of English studies (online). 31, 2, p. 153-169, 17 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
-
’On peut mourir tranquille!’ Functionalizing Alzheimer’s Disease from “Wellkåmm to Verona” (2006) to “La Finale” (2018) , 2020, In: Anglica Wratislaviensia / Uniwersytet Wrocławski. 58, p. 35 - 71, 37 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article