Professor 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, focusing particularly on urban space, migration, and gender. Ziethen is the author of 'Géo/Graphies postcoloniales. La Poétique de l’espace dans le roman mauricien et sénégalais' (2013) and co-editor of several volumes including 'Postmodern: Space Place Early 21st Century' (2015) and 'Afrika-Raum-Literatur / Africa-Space-Literature' (2014). Her recent work explores themes in Black Mediterranean studies, speculative fiction, and geographic metafiction, with ongoing research on novels from the African continent viewed through the lens of transatlantic migration. Her teaching and research interests encompass African Literatures, Francophone Literatures, Speculative Fiction, Postcolonial Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Gender Studies.

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