Dr. Antje Ziethen

Biography

Antje Ziethen is an Associate Professor in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in African literatures and francophone literatures, with a particular focus on urban space, migration, and gender dynamics. Ziethen is the author of "Géo/Graphies postcoloniales. La Poétique de l’espace dans le roman mauricien et sénégalais" and has co-edited works such as "Postmodern: Space Place Early 21st Century" and "Afrika-Raum-Literatur / Africa-Space-Literature." Her research explores themes of speculative fiction, geographic metafiction, and the Black Mediterranean, emphasizing the narratives of transatlantic migration in contemporary African literature. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, contributing to the discourse on the intersection of literature, space, and identity.

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