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Dr. Silke Hackenesch

Institute of North American History
Department of History
University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln

Phone: +49 221-470 1171
Fax: +49 221-470 4996
Silke.Hackenesch(at)uni-koeln.de

Philosophikum, Ground Floor, Office 0.008
 

Biography

Academic Work

since 04/18

Associate Professor, Department of History, Institute for North American History, University of Cologne

04/14-03/18

Assistant Professor, British and North American History, Kassel University

06/13-03/14

Assistant Professor, Department of American History, Culture, and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

02/06-03/07

Lecturer at the Department of Anglo-American History, University of Cologne

Education

02/2012

Dr.phil.; Finalization of the PhD-Process with „summa cum laude“, Title of the dissertation: „From Cocoa Slavery to Chocolate City: Chocolate as a Racial Signifier in the Constructions of Blackness”, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin

10/07-12/02

Promotion at the Graduate School for North American Studies, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin

02/2006

Magistra; M.A. in American Studies, Anglo-American History and Sociology at the Universität zu Köln

Fellowships & Grants (Selection)

2017

Scholarship from the DFG for the Funding of the international Conference „Designing Modern Families”

2014

Scholarship from the Thyssen Stiftung for Research at the Social Welfare History Archive in Minneapolis, MN

2013

Postdoctoral HONORS-Fellow from the Dahlem Research School, Freie Universität Berlin

2012

Postdoctoral Fellowship from the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC

2007

Doctoral Fellowship from the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC

2004-2005

ERASMUS-Scholarship holder at the Université de La Réunion, St. Denis, Ile de La Réunion, Frankreich

2002-2003

DAAD-Scholarship holder at the Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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