Jannis Buschky
Lecturer (wiss. Mitarbeiter) of American Studies, Prof. Müller
Room: G 506
Phone: +49 7531 88 4507
E-Mail: jannis.buschky@uni-konstanz.de
Office hours (by appointment):
Fridays, 9:00 - 10:00
Bio
My research focuses on oil in American fiction from the beginning of the twentieth century. I examine the ways in which early imaginaries of oil render extraction zones at the periphery of an emerging fossil fuel-based economy. In my dissertation, The Regional Imaginations of the Early American Oil Extraction Novel, 1900-1945, I inspect how novels register the environmental and social changes around extraction sites in distinct regions. I am part of the ERC-funded research project "Off the Road: The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility."
Current courses
Title | Type |
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Petroleum Addiction, Pleasure and Violence on the American Road | Introductory Seminar |