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Guelden Olgun

Lecturer of German
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Binghamton University

Guelden Olgun is a Lecturer of German in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Florida. She focuses on gender, identity, and homeland in film, literature, and culture. She teaches at all levels of the German curriculum and content courses in English, which have been cross-listed in the departments of Comparative Literature, Turkish Studies, and Cinema.

Recently taught courses and seminars include: Minority and Migrant Voices in Popular Culture; Turkish-German Culture; Literature and Society; TV Series; German language

Publications

“Homeland Films without Homeland: Examining Homeland in Soleen Yusef’s Haus ohne Dach” in Home and Homeland in Asian Diaspora: Transnational Reflections in Art, Literature, and Film, edited by Jean Amato and Kyunghee Pyun, Palgrave Macmillan, December 2023

“Kurdistan as Mythical and Imaginary Homeland” in Interdisciplinary Reflections on Domestic Space, Home and The Ancestral Homeland [in Diaspora], edited by Jean Amato and Kyunghee Pyun, Palgrave Macmillan, (forthcoming)

“Challenging Stereotypes and the Liberation of the Middle East Woman from Victimhood” in Women Representing Women: A Transnational Perspective, edited by Lidia Radi and Simona Wright, Vernon Press, (forthcoming)

Education

  • Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Binghamton University
  • MA, German as a Foreign and Second Language, University of Kassel, in Germany
  • BA, German Language Teaching, Anadolu University of Eskisehir in Turkey

Research Interests

  • German language curriculum and instruction
  • Foreign language pedagogy
  • Migrants and refugees in the German and global context
  • Diaspora and cultural production
  • Minority cinemas
  • Minority and immigrant representation
  • Feminist and sexuality studies

Teaching Interests

  • German language
  • Transnational German cinema
  • Contemporary German minor literature
  • Turkish-German cinema: displacement and diaspora
  • Women’s cinema