Jennifer Hosek, Queen’s University

Associate Professor Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Kingston, Ontario jhosek@queensu.ca Office: (613) 533-2077

Expert In

Cuban films European Union cultures Feminist movements Gender movements German culture German films German literature Mid-twentieth century literature by African-American women Mid-twentieth century literature by francophone women

Bio/Research

After completing a Comparative Literature PhD from UC Berkeley, Dr. Hosek was a Stanford Fellow in the Humanities until coming to Queen's in 2007. She has published on literature, film, critical theory and neuroscience, digital technology, and the women's movement. Her monograph analyzes the cultural influences of the global South on the North through Cuba and Germany. Sun, Sex and Socialism: Cuba in the German Imaginary(University of Toronto Press, 2012) has received support from the Berlin Studienstiftung des Abgeordnetenhauses, the DAAD, the Humboldt and Mellon Foundations, UC Berkeley, and Queen's. An article stemming from it won the 2008 National Coalition of Women in German Best Article Prize and has been published in three languages.

Dr. Hosek teaching areas fall under German Studies, International Studies, Film and Media, and Global Development Studies (Cuba).

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