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Prof

Alison Lewis

Honorary
Languages and Linguistics
Intellectuals
arts & humanities
literature
german literature
history
literature, german, dutch, scandinavian
social sciences
cultural studies
international relations
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Alison Lewis

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
Postwar German culture and society
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Projects

Displaying the 5 most recent projects by Alison Lewis.

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KGB EMPIRE: STATE SECURITY ARCHIVES IN THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC

2020 - 2023
Active
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Secret Lives and the Lives of Secrets: Secret police narratives

This project investigates the power of the secret and its role in transitional justice in post-communist contexts. It investigates the secre..

2012 - 2018
Completed
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The meaning of love: love narratives in contemporary German literature since 1990

This study of love in contemporary German literature will lead to deeper insights into intimacy in one of our major European trading partner..

2008 - 2014
Completed
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THE MEANING OF LOVE: LOVE NARRATIVES IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LITERATURE SINCE 1990

2008 - 2008
Completed
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A difficult marriage: gender, politics and the romance in literary accounts of German unification

This project focuses on the interrelationships between gender, politics and the romance in literary accounts of German unification. Through ..

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Project Types

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Research Grant

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Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Alison Lewis.

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Herausforderungen für die australische Germanistik. German Studies als ‚life writing studies‘ und der transnationale und interdisziplinäre ‚turn‘.

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2020

Chapter Title: Challenges for Australian Germanistik. German Studies as life writing studies and the transnational and interdiscip..

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Stasiakten als life writing: Figurationen eines staatsfeindlichen Lebens

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2020

With the collapse of Eastern European communism there emerged a new text type and source for literary historians and historians al..

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Generation, Erinnerungsarbeit und Verrat in Memoiren von Kindern von Stasioffizieren und -kollaborateuren

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Legacies of East German communism: Thought from Germany during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Alison Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Humanities Australia

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Research Intersections in Language Studies

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2020

This volume encompasses the range of issues encountered by language scholars who teach and research in departments of languages an..

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Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe

Valentina Glajar, Alison Lewis, Corina L Petrescu

Book  |  2019

Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe brings together a wide range of Cold War spy stories from the Eastern Bloc and explores s..

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The Prenzlauer Berg Underground: orderly Anarchism, Anarchic Order and Simulated Anarchism

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2019

Der Inhalt Anarchismus als sezessionistische Kraft.- Anarchismus als Umwertung aller Werte: Der Fall Nietzsche.- Anarchismus als g..

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Lessons Learned: Teaching European Studies in full Eurovision

Alison Lewis, John Hajek

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Germany as Good European: National Atonement and Performing Europeanness in the Eurovision Song Contest

Alison Lewis

Book Chapter  |  2019

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) can serve as a powerful vehicle for cultural diplomacy. This chapter argues that Germany uses th..

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Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe: Introduction

Alison Lewis, Valentina Glajar, Corina L Petrescu

Book Chapter  |  2019  |  COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Communication
Language Studies
Literary Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Literature Studies
Expanding Knowledge
Historical Studies
Cultural Studies
Other History and Archaeology
Other Studies in Human Society

News

Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Alison Lewis.

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Eurovision skyrockets into orbit with Timberlake

John Hajek, Alison Lewis

May 15, 2016
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Visions of Eurovision

John Hajek, Alison Lewis

September 22, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2005

FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Languages and Linguistics

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Adelaide University

Master of Arts

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

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International Linkages

Harvard University

United States

University of Massachusetts

United States

University of Cologne

Germany

Free University of Berlin

Germany