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Marijana Erstić, full professor of German Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Split in Croatia. Previously project manager of an international conference on 100 Years after Fiume - Conversations on Gabriele D'Annunzio at the German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue Villa Vigoni in Loveno di Menaggio in Italy, also substitute professor, lecturer, and research assistant at the University of Siegen in Germany. Habilitation in Siegen on Jahrhundert der Verunsicherung: Medienkomparatistische Analysen (engl.: Century of Uncertainty: Comparative Media Analyses, publication: Siegen 2017), and Paragone 1900. Studien zum Futurismus (engl: Paragone 1900: Studies on Futurism, publication: Siegen 2018). PhD in Siegen with a thesis on family images in the films of Luchino Visconti (University of Siegen Study Prize 2007, publication: Heidelberg 2008). She is currently heading the project Croatian-German Film Relations Between Expressionism and Escapism.
"Pasolini fu una luce" - Internationale Tagung anlässlich der 100 Jahre von Pier Paolo Pasolini (LMU München, 20.-22-10.2022) - Abstracts / Convegno internazionale per 100 anni di Pier Paolo Pasolini (LMU, Monaco di Baviera, 20-22.10.2022) - Abstracts, LMU, (2022) str. 14-14
Knjižica sažetaka: Mediteran kao identitetska odrednica. Jezik, književnost, kultura i novi mediji, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, (2021) str. 31-31
Ost-Geschichten. Das östliche Mitteleuropa als Ort und Gegenstand interkultureller literarischer Lernprozesse, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, (2021) str. 245-259
Između Srednje Europe i Mediterana: glazba, književnost i izvedbene umjetnosti: muzikološki i interdisciplinarni zbornik radova, Umjetnička akademija u Splitu; Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, (2021) str. 483-497
Gedächtnisraum Literatur – Gedächtnisraum Sprache: Europäische Dimensionen slavischer Geschichte und Kultur (Festschrift Svetlana und Gerhard Ressel), Peter Lang, (2019) str. 477-490, doi: 10.3726/b16248
Germanistk als Sprach- und Kulturbrücke in Südosteuropa - heute, gestern und morgen (Abstracts), Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru, (2019) str. 19-19, doi: 0.18690/978-961-286-309-8
Hrvatska izvan domovine II. Zbornik radova predstavljenih na Drugom hrvatskom iseljeničkom kongresu u Šibeniku 1.-3. srpnja 2016, Centar za istraživanje hrvatskog iseljeništva, (2017) str. 745-750
Opfer – Beute – Boten der Humanisierung? Zur künstlerischen Rezeption der Überlebensstrategien von Frauen im Bosnienkrieg und im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Transcript, (2012) str. 39-48
Visualisierungen des Umbruchs. Strategien und Semantiken von Bildern zum Ende der kommunistischen Herrschaft im östlichen Europa, Peter Lang, (2012) str. 103-114
Opfer – Beute – Boten der Humanisierung? Zur künstlerischen Rezeption der Überlebensstrategien von Frauen im Bosnienkrieg und im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Transcript, (2012) str. 7-12
Zukunftsmusik oder Schnee von gestern?/Arte dell'avvenire o acqua passata? Interdisziplinarität, Internationalität und Aktualität des Futurismus/Interdisciplinarità, internazionalità e attualità del Futurismo, Book on demand, (2010) str. 62-77
Nur über die Grenzen hinaus! Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft in Kontakt mit ‚Fremdem‘, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, (2010) str. 222-249
Die Kunst des Dialogs. Sprache, Literatur, Kunst im 19. Jh./L’art du dialogue. Langue, littérature, art au XIXe siècle, Winter Verlag, (2010) str. 35-49
Prvi kongres hrvatskih znanstvenika iz domovine i inozemstva : zbornik, Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta Republike Hrvatske, (2006) str. 494-500
SPIEL. Siegener Periodicum zur internationalen empirischen Literaturwissenschaft,Siegener Periodicum zur internationalen empirischen Literaturwissenschaft, 20 (2001) str. 259-270
Dubrovnik intermedial. Zwischen Idyll und Katastrope. Siegen: Universi 2020 [Medienwissenschaften, vol. 17], ISBN 978-3-96182-053-5.
Paragone 1900. Studien zum Futurismus. Siegen: Universi 2018 [Medienwissenschaften, vol. 14], ISBN 978-3-96182-014-6.
Ein Jahrhundert der Verunsicherung. Medienkomparatistische Analysen. Siegen: Universi 2017 [Medienwissenschaften, vol. 12], ISBN 978-3-936533-88-0.
Kristalliner Verfall. Luchino Viscontis (Familien-)Bilder al di là della fissità del quadro. Heidelberg: Winter 2008 [Reihe Siegen. Beiträge zur Literatur-, Sprach- und Medienwissenschaft, vol. 157], ISBN 978-3-8253-5426-8.
Edited Books
Folia linguistica et litterari. Issue: Krise und andere Themen. 41 (2022) (with Eldi Grubišić Pulišelić and Teuta Abrashi), ISSN: 1800-8542.
Madame Bovary, c'est nous! Lektüren eines Jahrhundertromans. Bielefeld: Transcript 2021 (with Gregor Schuhen and Christian von Tschilschke), ISBN 978-3-8376-5284-0, ISBN 9783839452844 (e-book).
Zibaldone. Zeitschrift für italienische Kultur der Gegenwart. Issue: Rijeka/Fiume – Italien und Kroatien. 68 (2019) (with Thomas Bremer and Daniel Winkler), ISSN 0930-8997, ISBN 978-3-95809-711-7.
Herzstücke. Ausgewählte Beiträge zur romanistischen Literatur-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaft (Articles by Walburga Hülk). Heidelberg: Winter 2018 (with Gregor Schuhen and Christian von Tschilschke) [Reihe Siegen. Beiträge zur Literatur-, Sprach- und Medienwissenschaft, vol. 178], ISBN 978-3-8253-6672-8, ISBN 978-3-8253-7836-3 (e-book).
Navigationen – Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften. Issue: Pasolini-Haneke. Filmische Ordnungen von Gewalt. 14 (2014), 1 (with Christina Natlacen), ISSN 1619-1641.
Opfer – Beute – Boten der Humanisierung? Zur künstlerischen Rezeption der Überlebensstrategien von Frauen im Bosnienkrieg und im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Bielefeld: Transcript 2012 (with Slavija Kabić and Britta Künkel), ISBN 978-3-8376-1672-9, ISBN 978-3-8394-1672-3 (e-book).
Körper in Bewegung . Modelle und Impulse der italienischen Avantgarde. Bielefeld: Transcript 2009 (with Walburga Hülk and Gregor Schuhen), ISBN 978-3-8376-1099-4, ISBN 978-3-8394-1099-8 (e-book).
Spektrum reloaded. Siegener Romanistik im Wandel. Siegen: Universi 2009 (with Gregor Schuhen and Tanja Schwan), ISBN 978-3-936533-32-3.
Gesichtsdetektionen in den Medien des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Siegen: Universi 2006 (with Wolfgang Beilenhoff, Walburga Hülk and Klaus Kreimeier), ISBN 978-3-936533-20-0.
Avantgarde – Medien – Performativität. Inszenierungs- und Wahrnehmungsmuster zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bielefeld: Transcript 2005 (with Gregor Schuhen and Tanja Schwan) [Medienumbrüche, vol. 7], ISBN 978-3-89942-182-8, ISBN 978-3-8394-0182-8 (e-book).
Anthologies
Europa erlesen: Rijeka. Klagenfurt: Wieser 2020 (with Gerhard M. Dienes, Ervin Dubrović and Gero Fischer), ISBN 978-3-99029-390-4.
Europa erlesen: Zagreb. Klagenfurt: Wieser 2001, ISBN 3-85129-334-7.
Comparative Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Media Cultures in the Alps-Adriatic Region
Avant-gardes
Contemporary German-Language Narrators from Southeast Europe
Philosophy of Film
Intermediality
Authorship Theory
German-Croatian Film Relations
Membership
Since 2008:SOEGV - Southeast European Association of Germanists(member)
List of select projects
Competitive scientific project in Croatia
01.2025.-12.2026. Leader of the competitive scientific projectCroatian-German Film Connections, University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG/German Research Foundation
02.2018.-11.2018. Leader of the scientific project, University of Siegen, Germany, DFG/German Research Foundation, preparation of the scientific conference and scientific conference 100 years after Fiume. Conversations on Gabriele D'Annunzio, German-Italian Center for European Excellence Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio, Italy
04.2006.-03.2009. Assistant, University of Siegen, DFG/German Research Foundation, research project Stagings of Power and Body in Italian Media Culture, project leader: Prof. Dr. Walburga Hülk-Althoff
07.2002.-12.2005. Assistant, University of Siegen, DFG/German Research Foundation, research project Stagings of Power and Body: Models and Impulses of the Italian Avant-Garde, project leader: Prof. Dr. Walburga Hülk-Althoff
06.2000.-12.2000. Scholarship holder, DFG/German Research Foundation, research course Intermedialität, University of Siegen, dissertation project Images of Family in the Films of Luchino Visconti, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Roloff
International Hybrid Scientific Conference Croatian Film Relationships, University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy, 03.-04.11.2025. (organization).
Honorary Conference for Prof. Dr. Walburga Hülk-Althoff Madame Bovary, c'est nous. Readings of a Novel of the Century, University of Siegen, 11.10.2019. (co-organization).
Conference 100 Years After Fiume: Conversations on Gabriele D’Annunzio, German-Italian Center for European Excellence Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio, Italy, 19.-22.11.2018. (co-organization).
Workshop Aesthetics of Violence: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Michael Haneke, University of Siegen, 11-12.10.2012. (co-organizer).
Workshop Women in War: Victim, Prey, Spokesperson for Humanization? Patterns in the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in World War II, University of Siegen, 22-23.07.2010. (organizer).
Workshop Bodies in Motion: Models and Impulses of the Italian Avant-Garde, University of Siegen, 03-04.12.2007. (co-organizer).
Workshop Face in Early Film, University of Siegen, 05-06.11.2004. (co-organizer).
Conference Old Myths – New Media, University of Siegen, 02-03.02.2004. (co-organizer).
Professional conferences and exhibition (organization)
Split Literary Discussion Symposium of the German Society for Croatian Studies, University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy, 04.06.2021.(organization).
EXodus exhibition by German-Polish photographer Georgie Krawiec, University of Siegen, 26.02.-30.04.2009 (curator)
Past employments
Since 07/05/2024 Full professor for German Studies, University of Split, Croatia
01/03/2019-06/05/2024 Associate professor for German Studies, University of Split, Croatia
02/2018-11/2018 Research coordinator,Siegen University, Germany
09/2017-01/2018 Temporary professor for German Studies, Siegen University
12/2016-02/2019 Assistant professor for Literary Studies, Siegen University
07/2016-10/2016 Post-doc research grant, Siegen University
10/2010-02/2016 Research and teaching associate for German Studies, Siegen University
04/2009-09/2010 Post-doc research grant, Centre for Gender Studies, Siegen University
04/2006-03/2009 Research associate,Siegen University, DFG/German Research Foundation, research project Power and Body Staging in Italian Media Culture
01/2006-03/2006 Research assistant for Italian Studies, Siegen University
07/2002-12/2005 Research associate, Siegen University, DFG/German Research Foundation, research project Power and Body Staging. Models and Impulses of the Italian Avant-Garde
08/1999-06/2002 Research assistant for Italian Studies, Siegen University
10/1996-07/1999 Student assistant in Italian Literature, Siegen University
Education and Qualifications
23/11/2016 Habilitation in Literary Studies, Siegen University
06/04/2010 Habilitation in German Literature, University of Zadar, Croatia
09/11/2006 PhD in Literary Studies, Siegen University
31/07/1999 M.A. (Master of Arts) in German Literature, Italian Literature and Art History, Siegen University
10/1992-07/1999 studied German Literature, Italian Literature and Art History, Siegen University
10/1990-09/1991 studied German Language and Literature and Art History, University of Split, Philosophical Faculty of Zadar, Croatia
Awards and acknowledgments
20/09/2023 Special Recognition by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
07/2016-10/2016 Post-doc research grant, Siegen University
10/2011-09/2012 Mentoring-Program FraMeS, Siegen University, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Film Studies
04/2009-09/2010 Post-doc research grant, Centre for Gender Studies, Siegen University
28/11/2007 Science prize for the PhD thesis, Siegen University
04/2001-03/2002 Graduate scholarship awarded by the federal state of Northrhine-Westphalia
06/2000-12/2000 Graduate scholarship awarded by the DFG/German Research Foundation
09/1996 Scholarship awarded by the Centro Culturale – Casa A. Zanussi in Pordenone, Italy