ACADEMIA
I am an award-winning teacher, offering courses on German literature, language and theatre at the University of Toronto, and I also direct the German student theatre, Theater DU. I received my PhD from the Ohio State University with a dissertation on the history of Turkish-German theatre and political cabaret. I have taught internationally at the Freie Universität, the University of New Mexico and the Goethe Institut in Thessaloniki, Greece. For much of my career, I have served as my department's associate chair of undergraduate studies.
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For more information see my Department Website.
Professional Information
Turkish-German Culture
My main area is Turkish-German culture, more specifically literature & stage art. My dissertation is on The History of Turkish-German Theatre & Political Cabaret (2004, OSU). I teach widely on the topic.
Drama in (& out of) Education
I have a passion for drama & theatre and have acted in & directed many plays. In Würzburg, I founded the English Theatre CiC (Characters in Company) & the Comedy Trio Kurzform. In Toronto, I teach theatre courses at UofT and founded Theater DU (German Theatre Toronto).
Vampires Like Us
Years ago (long before vampires sparkled) I wrote a master thesis on The Image of Vampires in Literature. For many years now, I have been offering a course entitled "Our Vampires, Ourselves" (title indebted to Nina Auerbach) hoaxing students to connect to their inner vampires.
Education
1998-2004: Graduate Studies, German Studies
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2001-2004: The Ohio State University, USA
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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) awarded in Dec. 2004
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Dissertation: History of Turkish-German Theatre & Political Cabaret (access through Frankfurt am Main Universitätsbibliothek)
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Superviser: Prof. Nina Berman
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2002-2003: Scholarship at Freie Universität Berlin
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Nov. 2001: Qualifying Examination
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1998-2001: The University of Texas at Austin, USA
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May 2001: Qualifying Examination
1990-1996: MA Program, English-American Studies
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Degree: Magister Artium (M.A.) awarded in Dec. 1996
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Thesis: Draculas Erben (Concepts of Otherness in Contemporary Anglo-American Vampire Novels)
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Superviser: Prof. Stephan Kohl
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1993-1994: Scholarship at The University of Texas at Austin
Links
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Erol Boran: Die Geschichte des türkisch-deutschen Theaters und Kabaretts - Vier Jahrzehnte Migrantenbühne in der Bundesrepub-lik (1961-2004) (transcript Verlag 2022, 381 Seiten, ISBN978-3-8376-6514-7)
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Erol Boran: "Faces of Contemporary Turkish-German Kabarett: Probing the New Millennium." (In: Text & Presentation: Journal of the Comparative Drama Conference Vol. 25. April 2005: 172-86.)
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Erol Boran: Eine Geschichte des türkisch-deutschen Theaters und politischen Kabaretts (Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, 2004)
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Erol Boran: "Darstellung des Anderen im zeitgenössischen englischsprachigen Vampirroman" (Magister Artium Thesis, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Anglistik, 1996 / Unpublished)