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 |