Prof. Dr. Ilka Saal

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEnglish and American Literature,Theatre and Media Studies
Keywordsliterature & history, slavery in literature, contemporary African American culture, third generation literature

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityErfurt
InstitutionUniversität Erfurt
InstituteSeminar für Literaturwissenschaft, Amerikanistische Literaturwissenschaft

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jennifer JenkinsDepartment of History, University of Toronto, Toronto
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2015

Programme(s)

2014Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2021Ilka Saal: Collusions of Fact and Fiction: Performing Slavery in the Works of Suzan-Lori Parks and Kara Walker. Iowa University Press, 2021
2020Ilka Saal and Bertram D. Ashe (eds).: Slavery and the Post-black Imagination. University of Washington Press, 2020
2016Ilka Saal: Theatricality in Contemporary Visual and Performance Art on New World Slavery. Oxford Handbooks Online: Literature. Oxford University Press, 2016.