Sandra Börngen
Sandra Börngen is Ph.D. Candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt. She studied Culture Studies and Communication and Media Studies in Leipzig and Stellenbosch and graduated from Leipzig University with a M.A. thesis on South African artists in 2006. Her thesis focuses on the South African art field in the beginning of the 20th century, applying Bourdieu’s Habitus-Field-Theory. | |||
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Since 01/2013 | PhD student New English Literatures and Cultures (NELK), Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main. | ||
10/2007-12/2012 | Doctoral Program, International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen. |
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10/2005-05/2006 | Master of Arts, Department of Culture Studies, Communication- and Media Science, University Leipzig. Master's thesis: “Investigating the South African Artist in the 20th century”. | ||
01/2004-10/2004 | Student Exchange Program, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. | ||
10/2000-08/2006 | Master-Program Culture Studies as well as Communication- and Media Studies, University Leipzig. | ||
Dissertation | “Kunstmarkt und Künstlerhabitus in Südafrika zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Schulze-Engler). | ||
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Research Interests | Cultural, transcultural and historical studies; material studies (particularly African art and ceramics), Indian Ocean studies. | ||
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Contact: sandra.boerngen@gmail.com