Prof iR Dr phil Flora Veit-Wild
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- Name
- Prof iR Dr phil Flora Veit-Wild
- Status
- Professor
- flora.veit-wild (at) rz.hu-berlin.de
- Institution
- Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften → Afrikanische Literaturen und Kulturen
- Mailing address
- Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
09/1994 - 09/2012 Professor for African Literature and Culture
Major Research Interests:
Anglophone and Francophone African Literature with main focus on Southern and Central Africa; Writing the City; Body Discourse; Surrealism; Codeswitching and New Strategies of Linguistic and Literary Expression; the Shona Novel.
Editorial and Reviewing Activities:
General editor of book series Versions and Subversions in African Literature (3 vols. 2005-2007; Amsterdam: Rodopi)
Editor (with Susanne Gehrmann and Tobias Wendl) of book series: LuKA – Literaturen und Kunst Afrikas (Trier: WVT)
Manuscript reviewer for Research in African Literatures, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, James Currey Publishers
Professional Memberships:
African Literature Association (ALA)
Zimbabwe Women Writers (Honorary Life Member)
Association pour les Etudes de la Littérature Africaine (APELA): since 2010 Vice-President
Deutsch-Simbabwische Gesellschaft (Vice-President)
Zimbabwe Netzwerk
General Representative for Dambudzo Marechera Trust