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Alison Lewis

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

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
Postwar German culture and society
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Projects

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KGB EMPIRE: STATE SECURITY ARCHIVES IN THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC

A generation has passed since the fall of Soviet communism, and yet our knowledge about the functioning of the institution at the heart of t..

2021 - 2024
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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
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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

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Teaching European History and Memory through the Eurovision Song Contest during the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Lewis, J Hajek

Book Chapter  |  2022

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) offers a unique snapshot of Europe, in which Europe invents itself anew with new artists and son..

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A State of Secrecy Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance

Alison Lewis

Book  |  2021

A series of five interlaced, in-depth biographical studies from across the spectrum of writers-turned-spies recruited by the Stasi..

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

Alison Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Humanities Australia

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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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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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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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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Literary Studies
Language Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Communication
Expanding Knowledge
Historical Studies
Cultural Studies
Gender Studies
Other History, Heritage and Archaeology
Curriculum and Pedagogy

News

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Eurovision skyrockets into orbit with Timberlake

John Hajek, Alison Lewis

The Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s biggest annual musical competition and extravaganza, never fails to surprise. And why shouldn’t it..

May 15, 2016
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Visions of Eurovision

John Hajek, Alison Lewis

Lights, camera, ACTION! 2015 marks the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest and the only year Australia has been invited to com..

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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Harvard University

United States

University of Massachusetts

United States

University of Cologne

Germany

Free University of Berlin

Germany