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Linda Maria Heß, M.A.

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • Aging Studies
  • Queer Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Women in the 19th Century

Academic Education

since 2013Ph.D. Student, University of Muenster
11/2010 - 09/2013Ph.D. Student, Augsburg University
10/2007 - 06/2010M.A., Goethe University Frankfurt
09/2005 - 06/2007B.A. University of Jamestown (previously Jamestown College)

Work Experience

since 2013Research Assistant, University of Muenster
11/2010 - 09/2013Research Assistant, Augsburg University

Functions and Memberships

since 02/2016NWSA - National Women's Studies Association
since 01/2016Member of the NANAS PR Committee
since 2015Forschungsnetzwerk Gender am Mittelbau der WWU Münster
since 01/2015NANAS North American Network of Aging Studies
since 2014AAAS - Austrian Association of American Studies
since 12/2014ENAS European Network of Aging Studies
since 2013MMLA - Midwestern Modern Language Association
since 2013MLA - Modern Language Association
since 2010GAAS - German Association of American Studies

Publications

Hess, Linda  (2015)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen))2014(47.2)163-183.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published

Talks

'That's not what it means': Queer Aging in North American Fiction'
Linda Hess (15/12/2015)
Ringvorlesung "Que(er) durch alle Disziplinen, Augsburg University
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Lesbian Narratives of Aging, Spaces, and Places
Linda Hess (20/07/2015)
Women, Aging, and Media International Research Summer School, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
Type of talk: scientific Talk
"'The city's right wing magazine ... calls her a nympho granny':Queering Old Age in Lesbian Fiction"
Linda Hess (20/05/2015)
Aging and Age Studies: Foundations and Formations Inaugural Conference of the North American Network of Aging Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
Type of talk: scientific Talk
"New Stories about Old Age: Queer Aging in North American Fiction"
Linda Hess (30/01/2014)
Gest Lecture in the Making America, Bamberg University
Type of talk: scientific Talk
"'We Need New Stories': Creating a Memoir of Gay Old Age”
Linda Hess (19/11/2013)
55th Annual Convention of the Midwestern Modern Language Association, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Type of talk: scientific Talk

Prizes

Förderung von Konferenz- und Tagungsreisen durch das Gleichstellungsbüro der WWU Münster
Awarded by: Gleichstellungsbüro der WWU Münster
Award given to: Linda Hess
Announced at: 30/03/2015
Type of distinction: Scholarship
Förderung von Konferenz- und Tagungsreisen durch das Gleichstellungsbüro der WWU Münster
Awarded by: Gleichstellungsbüro der WWU Münster
Award given to: Linda Hess
Announced at: 06/10/2014
Type of distinction: Scholarship