Vivian Liska
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Vivian Liska born in New York City
, United States
is a professor of German Literature and Director of the Institute of
Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp
, Belgium
. Her main academic work focuses on Modern German Literature, Literary Theory, German-Jewish Thought, Feminist Theory, and Modernism. Liska's critical work has dealt with, among others, Walter Benjamin
, Franz Kafka
, Hanna Arendt, Giorgio Agamben
, Maurice Blanchot
and Theodor Adorno.
New York City
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, United States
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is a professor of German Literature and Director of the Institute of
Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is one of the major Belgian universities located in the city of Antwerp. The name is sometimes abbreviated as UA.-History:...
, Belgium
Belgium
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. Her main academic work focuses on Modern German Literature, Literary Theory, German-Jewish Thought, Feminist Theory, and Modernism. Liska's critical work has dealt with, among others, Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German-Jewish intellectual, who functioned variously as a literary critic, philosopher, sociologist, translator, radio broadcaster and essayist...
, Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, Hanna Arendt, Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian political philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception and homo sacer....
, Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist. His work had a strong influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Jacques Derrida.-Works:...
and Theodor Adorno.
Academic career
| Title | Affiliation | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | University of Antwerp | Since 2008 |
| Assistant | University of Antwerp | 1991–1996 |
| Director | Institute of Jewish Studies (University of Antwerp) | Since 2001 |
| PhD | University of Antwerp | 1996 |
| Licentiate | University of Antwerp | 1987 |
| BA | University of Maryland (European Division) | 1984 |
Monographs
- 2010. Hameshichut ha'rikah shel Giorgio Agamben. Tel Aviv: Resling.
- 2009 (with Sascha Kirchner, Karl Solibakke, and Bernd Witte, eds.). Walter Benjamin und das Wiener Judentum zwischen 1900 und 1938. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann.
- 2009. Uncommon Communities in German-Jewish Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- 2009 (with Eva Meyer, eds.). What Does the Veil Know?. Wien/New York: Springer.
- 2008. Giorgio Agambens leerer Messianismus. Wien: Schlebrügge.
- 2007 (with Ortrud Gutjahr and Béatrice Dumiche, eds.). Geschlechterdifferenzen als Kulturkonflikte. Bern: Peter Lang.
- 2007 (with Thomas Nolden, eds.). Contemporary Jewish Writing in Europe: A Guide. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- 2007 (with Astradur Eysteinsson, eds.). Modernism". 2 volumes. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
- 2007 (with Mark Gelber, eds.). Theodor Herzl between Europe and Zion. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
- 2007 (with Arthur Cools, Sabine Hillen, and Erik Oger, eds.). De macht van de sirene: kennis en verleiding in de moderniteit. Ghent: Academia Press.
- 2006. Det utidssvarende i den tyske ekspressionisme. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitet.
- 2005. "Irgendwo/Ergens". Wetteren: Cultura.
- 2000. "Die Moderne - ein Weib. Am Beispiel von Romanen Ricarda Huchs und Annette Kolbs". Tübingen: Francke.
- 1998. "Die Dichterin und das schelmische Erhabene. Else Lasker-Schülers 'Die Nächte Tino von Bagdads'". Tübingen: Francke.
- 1998 (with Geert Lernout, eds.). "Zwischen allen Stühlen: Festschrift Jean-Paul Bier". Leuven: Acco.
- 1993. "Die Nacht der Hymnen: Paul Celans Gedichte 1938-1944". Bern: Peter Lang.