deniz göktürk

• akademisyen olani icin uc berkeley'in sitesinden:
  
  deniz gokturk was born in istanbul, studied in konstanz, norwich(gb), and berlin, where she received her ph.d. in 1995. she joined the german department at berkeley in fall 2001. her publications include a book on literary and cinematic imaginations of america in early twentieth-century german culture as well as numerous articles on migration, culture and cinema. as a translator from turkish into german she has translated novels and co-edited an anthology of contemporary turkish literature. she is co-editor of the german cinema book (2002, published by the british film institute, co-edited with tim bergfelder and erica carter). she has been collaborating on an interdisciplinary research project on "axial writing: transnational imagination and cultural policy" (funded by the economic and social sciences research council "transnational communities" program). she is currently working on a book on "disguise in diaspora: transnational perspectives on comedy and community." she teaches courses on "transnational cinemas", "comedy & community", "world cinema/global cities", "nation & representation".