Philipp Kneis

Philipp Kneis Assistant Graduate Program Director
School of Public Policy
300C Gilkey Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-5303

Phone: (541) 737-1325
Fax: (541) 737-2289
Email: philipp.kneis@oregonstate.edu

personal web site

Courses:

PS 399 - The U.S. Seen From Abroad
PS 365 - American Political Thought
PS 341 - Politics of Western Europe and the EU: History and Politics of European Integration
MPP 507 - Transatlantic Students Symposium
RS 599 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies
CO Colloquium: Theories of Society and Culture

Education:

2012: Dr. phil. in American Studies (University of Potsdam, Germany)
2008: M.A. (Magister) in American Studies Program, History (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

Professional Experience:

since January 2012 instructor, Political Science, Oregon State University University
2008-2011 academic assistant and instructor, American Studies Program, Potsdam University
2009-2010 instructor, Potsdam Spring School, Potsdam University
2009-2010 instructor, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
since 2003 organizer, Transatlantic Students Symposia, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; since 2012 at Oregon State University
2001-2008 organizer, Annual Students and Graduate Conferences, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2002-2006 teaching assistant, American Studies Program, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Areas of Interest:

Intersections of Culture and Politics
European and American Politics and History
Age Studies
Cultural Studies
American Literature

Publications:

Monographs

(S)aged by Culture. Representations of Old Age in American Indian Literature and Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2013. 250 p. approx. (forthcoming)
The Emancipation of the Soul. Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010. 153 p.

Edited Books

with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee:
Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 239 p.
with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee:
Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 204 p.

Book Chapters

"Introduction: Utopia and America".
in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 7-17.
"Finding Atlantis Instead of Utopia: From Plato to Starfleet and Stargate Command".
in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 79-102.
"Barbarians at the Gate: (Ig)noble Savages and Manifest Destiny at the Final Frontier".
in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011. 103-128.
"'Normal Again': Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Psychotic Narration" (with Chris Flor).
in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 65-77.
"Communicating Democracy. Entering the American Republic Through The West Wing or the Commander in Chief".
in: Dallmann, Antje, Reinhard Isensee, Philipp Kneis, eds. Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2007. 131-149.