Monographs

Ceremonial Storytelling. Ritual and Narrative in Post-9/11 US Wars. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019.

Fellow Tribesmen. The Image of Native Americans, National Identity, and Nazi Ideology in Germany. New York: Berghahn Books, 2015.

Editions

With Jan Hüsgen: Allerwärts. Herrnhut, Sachsen und die Welt des Tabaks. Special issue of Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte, 21.2 (2020), 2022.

With Petra Martin: Allerwärts: Herrnhut in der Welt des Tabaks. Dresden: Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen, 2019 (Exhibition Brochure).

With Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez, Anne Grob, and Maria Lippold: Selling Ethnicity and Race. Consumerism and Representation in Twenty-First-Century America. Trier: WVT, 2015.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Stefan Schubert: Poetics of Politics. Textuality and Social Relevance in Contemporary American Literature and Culture. Heidelberg: Winter, 2015.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, and Katja Kanzler: Participating Audiences and Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print.

With Florian Bast, Anne Grob, Sebastian M. Herrmann, and Franziska Kloth: COPAS (Current Objectives in Postgraduate American Studies): Vol. 12 (2011).

 

Essays and Articles

„,Verschwommene Bilder aus alten Büchern‘. Wie Museen seit 1900 mit der „Indianerbegeisterung“ umgehen.“ (Blurry images from old books. How museums have related to Indianthusiasm since 1900) In: Andreas Brenne, Florian Schleburg, und Laura Thüring (Hrsg.): Wer hat Angst vor Winnetou? Karl May im Spannungsfeld Postkolonialer Diskurse. Ein interdisziplinäres Symposium der Karl-May-Gesellschaft, der Karl-May-Stiftung und der Universität Potsdam. München, Kopaed Verlag, 2024, 253-283.

„Comanche im Konjunktiv. Fragen und Annäherungen zur Ausrüstung eines Kriegers in Dresden und Radebeul.“ (Inquiries and approaches to a Comanche warrior’s gear and clothing at museums in Dresden and Radebeul). Karl May Museum Magazin 04/05 (2023/2024): 110-117.

„’Deutsche Stämme’: Nation, Identität und Indianerbegeisterung seit dem 19. Jahrhundert“ (German tribes. Nation, identity, and German Indianthusiasm since the 19th century)  In: ‚Die Indianer Kommen!‘ Karl May und der Rote Gentleman,  Special Issue of the Karl-May-Gesellschaft 174 (2023), 23-41.

„Woher kommen die Ausstellungsstücke? Das Völkerkundemuseum Herrnhut ermittelt.“ (Where did the objects come from? The Ethnological museum in Herrnhut investigates) Weltweit Verbunden. Magazin der Herrnhuter Missionshilfe. Special Issue Auf der Suche nach unserer gemeinsamen Geschichte 1/2023. 9-10.

‘Indianer!’ DDR-Völkerkundemuseen zwischen Bildungsauftrag und Popkultur”, in Museen in der DDR. Akteure, Orte, Politik. Ed. Lukas Cladders and Kristina Kratz-Kessemeier. Köln, Böhlau, 2022, 289-302.

With Jan Hüsgen: “Allerwärts – Herrnhut, Sachsen und die Welt des Tabaks”, in:  Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 21.2 (2020), 2022. 245-255.

“Der ‘Tabak-Indianer’ als transnationaler Werbeträger”, in: Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 21.2 (2020), 2022. 315-331.

With Lorenz Kampschulte, Lorena Bradford, and Katja Zelljadt: “Transatlantic Museum Conversations: Before, During and After Pandemic Times,” in: ICOM Voices, 27 September 2021.

With Léontine Meijer-van Mensch: “Nordamerika in Sachsen: Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Karl-May-Museum und den Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen,“ in: Karl-May-Museum Magazin 2 (2021). 35–40.

“Beyond Horseplay: Leipzig’s Ethnographic Museum, Indian Hobbyists in the German Democratic Republic, and Experimental Ethnology as Popular Education,” in: Curating (Post-)Socialist Environments. Ed. Philipp Schorch and Daniel Habit. Bielefeld, Transcript, 2021. 141-164.

With Elizabeth Bazan, Samuel W. Black, and Nike Thurn: “Repatriation, Public Programming, and the DEAI Toolkit,” in: Journal of Museum Education 46.1, March 2021, 27-37.

“Führer, Krieger, Lebensraum: Indianerbegeisterung im Nationalsozialismus,” in: Der Beobachter an der Elbe 33, Dec 2019. 15–22.

“‘To Put Others Before Yourself’: Volunteerism and Mental Health in US Veterans’ Projects”, in: Zeitschrift für Anglistik/Amerikanistik 66.4 2018, 427-441.

“Writing Yourself Home: US Veterans, Creative Writing, and Social Activism.” European Journal for American Studies, 13.2, 2018.

“‘Die Indianer konnten die Einwanderung nicht stoppen.’ Nationalismus und Antiamerikanismus in deutschen Indianerbildern vor 1945 und heute,” in: Feinde, Freunde, Fremde? Deutsche Derspektiven auf die USA. Ed. Volker Benkert. Baden-Baden, NOMOS, 2018, 67-82.

“‘Taking Chance Home.’ Die Rückführung eines Gefallenen und das Verhältnis von Militär und Zivilgesellschaft in US-Soldatenblogs,” in: Krieg, Militär und Mobilität. Ed. Christoph Rass. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2016. 347-67.

“Selling the ‘Natural-Born Warrior.’ Representations of Nativeness in the U.S. Military and in Law Enforcement,” in: Selling Ethnicity and Race. Consumerism and Representation in Twenty-First-Century America. Ed. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez, Frank Usbeck, Anne Grob, and Maria Lippold. Trier: WVT, 2015. Print. 175-93.

“‘The Power of the Story’: ‘Popular Narratology’ in Pentagon Reports on Social Media Use in the Military,” in: Poetics of Politics. Textuality and Social Relevance in Contemporary American Literature and Culture. Ed. Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, Stefan Schubert, and Frank Usbeck. Heidelberg: Winter, 2015. Print. 313-33.

With Iris Edenheiser: “Alles Aberglaube? – Zum Umgang mit kultureller Differenz im Museum am Beispiel der Rezeption der Sonderausstellung ‘Kallawaya – Heilkunst in den Anden’ am Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig,” (Superstitions All? A Visitor Study on Reactions to Cultural Difference in Museums for the Special Exhibition ‘Kallawaya – Healing Arts in the Andes’ at the Leipzig Ethnological Museum) in: Deimel, Claus (ed.) Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLVI. Berlin: VWB, 2014. Print. 171-92.

With Frank Engel (†) “Die Tipis der alten Nordamerika-Sammlungen im Leipziger Museum für Völkerkunde” (Native American Tipis in the Old North American Collections at the Leipzig Anthropological Museum), in: Deimel, Claus (ed.) Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLVI. Berlin: VWB, 2014. Print. 109-34.

“‘Keep that Fan Mail Coming.’ Ceremonial Storytelling and Audience Interaction in a US Soldier’s Milblog.” Zeitschrift für Anglistik/Amerikanistik, vol. 62.2. 2014. Print. 149-63.

“Learning from ‘Tribal Ancestors’: How the Nazis Used Indian Imagery to Promote a ‘Holistic’ Understanding of Nature among Germans.” Elohi. Peuples Indigènes et Environnement, Vol. 4. 2014. Print. 45-60.

“Clash of Cultures? ‘Noble Savages’ in Germany and America,” (English and German) in: Iris Edenheiser and Astrid Nielsen (eds.):Tecumseh, Keokuk, Black Hawk. Portrayals of Native Americans in Times of Treaties and Removal. Stuttgart, Dresden: Arnoldsche, 2013. Print. 177-84.

“Representing the Indian, Imagining the Volksgemeinschaft. Indianthusiasm and Nazi Propaganda in German Print Media.” Ethnoscripts. Vol. 15.1. 2013. Print. 46-61.

“‘My Blog Is My Therapy.’ The Sense of Community and Ritual in American Military Blogs.” Journal of Military Experience. Vol. 2. 2012. Print. 271-86.

“‘Don’t Forget about Us, Because We Can’t Forget You.’ A Narrative Approach to the Concept of ‘Community’ in American Soldier Blogs,” in: Herrmann, Sebastian M., Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Frank Usbeck (eds.): Participating Audiences, Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 91-114.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann and Katja Kanzler: “Introduction,” in: Herrmann, Sebastian M., Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Frank Usbeck (eds.): Participating Audiences, Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 7-16.

“Fighting Like Indians. The ‘Indian Scout Syndrome’ in American and German War Reports of World War II,” in: Fitz, Karsten (ed.): Visual Representations of Native Americans: Transnational Contexts and Perspectives, American Studies. A Monograph Series, Vol. 186. Heidelberg: Winter. 2012. Print. 125-43.

“‘We Are Indigenous!’ National Socialist Constructions of German Indigeneity and the American Indian Image During the Third Reich,” in: Middell, Matthias, Ulf Engel, and Stefan Troebst (eds.): Erinnerungskulturen in transnationaler Perspektive. Transnationalisierung und Regionalisierung vom 18. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 5. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 23-36.

 

Monographs

Ceremonial Storytelling. Ritual and Narrative in Post-9/11 US Wars. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019.

Fellow Tribesmen. The Image of Native Americans, National Identity, and Nazi Ideology in Germany. New York: Berghahn Books, 2015.

Editions

With Jan Hüsgen: Allerwärts. Herrnhut, Sachsen und die Welt des Tabaks. Special issue of Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte, 21.2 (2020), 2022.

With Petra Martin: Allerwärts: Herrnhut in der Welt des Tabaks. Dresden: Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen, 2019 (Exhibition Brochure).

With Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez, Anne Grob, and Maria Lippold: Selling Ethnicity and Race. Consumerism and Representation in Twenty-First-Century America. Trier: WVT, 2015.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Stefan Schubert: Poetics of Politics. Textuality and Social Relevance in Contemporary American Literature and Culture. Heidelberg: Winter, 2015.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, and Katja Kanzler: Participating Audiences and Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print.

With Florian Bast, Anne Grob, Sebastian M. Herrmann, and Franziska Kloth: COPAS (Current Objectives in Postgraduate American Studies): Vol. 12 (2011).

 

Essays and Articles

“

‘Indianer!’ DDR-Völkerkundemuseen zwischen Bildungsauftrag und Popkultur”, in Museen in der DDR. Akteure, Orte, Politik. Ed. Lukas Cladders and Kristina Kratz-Kessemeier. Köln, Böhlau, 2022, 289-302.

With Jan Hüsgen: “Allerwärts – Herrnhut, Sachsen und die Welt des Tabaks”, in:  Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 21.2 (2020), 2022. 245-255.

“Der ‘Tabak-Indianer’ als transnationaler Werbeträger”, in: Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 21.2 (2020), 2022. 315-331.

With Lorenz Kampschulte, Lorena Bradford, and Katja Zelljadt: “Transatlantic Museum Conversations: Before, During and After Pandemic Times,” in: ICOM Voices, 27 September 2021.

With Léontine Meijer-van Mensch: “Nordamerika in Sachsen: Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Karl-May-Museum und den Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen,“ in: Karl-May-Museum Magazin 2 (2021). 35–40.

“Beyond Horseplay: Leipzig’s Ethnographic Museum, Indian Hobbyists in the German Democratic Republic, and Experimental Ethnology as Popular Education,” in: Curating (Post-)Socialist Environments. Ed. Philipp Schorch and Daniel Habit. Bielefeld, Transcript, 2021. 141-164.

With Elizabeth Bazan, Samuel W. Black, and Nike Thurn: “Repatriation, Public Programming, and the DEAI Toolkit,” in: Journal of Museum Education 46.1, March 2021, 27-37.

“Führer, Krieger, Lebensraum: Indianerbegeisterung im Nationalsozialismus,” in: Der Beobachter an der Elbe 33, Dec 2019. 15–22.

“‘To Put Others Before Yourself’: Volunteerism and Mental Health in US Veterans’ Projects”, in: Zeitschrift für Anglistik/Amerikanistik 66.4 2018, 427-441.

“Writing Yourself Home: US Veterans, Creative Writing, and Social Activism.” European Journal for American Studies, 13.2, 2018.

“‘Die Indianer konnten die Einwanderung nicht stoppen.’ Nationalismus und Antiamerikanismus in deutschen Indianerbildern vor 1945 und heute,” in: Feinde, Freunde, Fremde? Deutsche Derspektiven auf die USA. Ed. Volker Benkert. Baden-Baden, NOMOS, 2018, 67-82.

“‘Taking Chance Home.’ Die Rückführung eines Gefallenen und das Verhältnis von Militär und Zivilgesellschaft in US-Soldatenblogs,” in: Krieg, Militär und Mobilität. Ed. Christoph Rass. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2016. 347-67.

“Selling the ‘Natural-Born Warrior.’ Representations of Nativeness in the U.S. Military and in Law Enforcement,” in: Selling Ethnicity and Race. Consumerism and Representation in Twenty-First-Century America. Ed. Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez, Frank Usbeck, Anne Grob, and Maria Lippold. Trier: WVT, 2015. Print. 175-93.

“‘The Power of the Story’: ‘Popular Narratology’ in Pentagon Reports on Social Media Use in the Military,” in: Poetics of Politics. Textuality and Social Relevance in Contemporary American Literature and Culture. Ed. Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, Stefan Schubert, and Frank Usbeck. Heidelberg: Winter, 2015. Print. 313-33.

With Iris Edenheiser: “Alles Aberglaube? – Zum Umgang mit kultureller Differenz im Museum am Beispiel der Rezeption der Sonderausstellung ‘Kallawaya – Heilkunst in den Anden’ am Grassi Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig,” (Superstitions All? A Visitor Study on Reactions to Cultural Difference in Museums for the Special Exhibition ‘Kallawaya – Healing Arts in the Andes’ at the Leipzig Ethnological Museum) in: Deimel, Claus (ed.) Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLVI. Berlin: VWB, 2014. Print. 171-92.

With Frank Engel (†) “Die Tipis der alten Nordamerika-Sammlungen im Leipziger Museum für Völkerkunde” (Native American Tipis in the Old North American Collections at the Leipzig Anthropological Museum), in: Deimel, Claus (ed.) Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLVI. Berlin: VWB, 2014. Print. 109-34.

“‘Keep that Fan Mail Coming.’ Ceremonial Storytelling and Audience Interaction in a US Soldier’s Milblog.” Zeitschrift für Anglistik/Amerikanistik, vol. 62.2. 2014. Print. 149-63.

“Learning from ‘Tribal Ancestors’: How the Nazis Used Indian Imagery to Promote a ‘Holistic’ Understanding of Nature among Germans.” Elohi. Peuples Indigènes et Environnement, Vol. 4. 2014. Print. 45-60.

“Clash of Cultures? ‘Noble Savages’ in Germany and America,” (English and German) in: Iris Edenheiser and Astrid Nielsen (eds.):Tecumseh, Keokuk, Black Hawk. Portrayals of Native Americans in Times of Treaties and Removal. Stuttgart, Dresden: Arnoldsche, 2013. Print. 177-84.

“Representing the Indian, Imagining the Volksgemeinschaft. Indianthusiasm and Nazi Propaganda in German Print Media.” Ethnoscripts. Vol. 15.1. 2013. Print. 46-61.

“‘My Blog Is My Therapy.’ The Sense of Community and Ritual in American Military Blogs.” Journal of Military Experience. Vol. 2. 2012. Print. 271-86.

“‘Don’t Forget about Us, Because We Can’t Forget You.’ A Narrative Approach to the Concept of ‘Community’ in American Soldier Blogs,” in: Herrmann, Sebastian M., Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Frank Usbeck (eds.): Participating Audiences, Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 91-114.

With Sebastian M. Herrmann and Katja Kanzler: “Introduction,” in: Herrmann, Sebastian M., Carolin Alice Hofmann, Katja Kanzler, and Frank Usbeck (eds.): Participating Audiences, Imagined Public Spheres: The Cultural Work of Contemporary American(ized) Narratives. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 7-16.

“Fighting Like Indians. The ‘Indian Scout Syndrome’ in American and German War Reports of World War II,” in: Fitz, Karsten (ed.): Visual Representations of Native Americans: Transnational Contexts and Perspectives, American Studies. A Monograph Series, Vol. 186. Heidelberg: Winter. 2012. Print. 125-43.

“‘We Are Indigenous!’ National Socialist Constructions of German Indigeneity and the American Indian Image During the Third Reich,” in: Middell, Matthias, Ulf Engel, and Stefan Troebst (eds.): Erinnerungskulturen in transnationaler Perspektive. Transnationalisierung und Regionalisierung vom 18. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 5. Leipzig UP, 2012. Print. 23-36.