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Research interests
Dr.in Katharina Wiedlack is Assitant Professor for Anglophone Cultural Studies at the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna. She has a diploma in German Literature and Gender Studies and a doctoral degree in English and American Studies from the University of Vienna. She was visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, writer in residence at the Jordan Center for the advanced study of Russia at NYU, Gues Professor at Johns Hopkins University and at SUNY Stony Brook. She has taught Gender, German and Disability Studies at Lomonossow University Moscow, State Technical University Novosibirsk, Charles University Prague, St. Petersburg State University, Herzen University, Stony Brook University and the University of Vienna. She was projectcoordinator at the Gender Research Office at the University of Vienna from 2008 to 2015.
Her research fields are queer and feminist theory, popular culture, post-socialist, decolonial and disability studies to name but a few. Currently, she works on a research project on the construction of Russia’s most vulnerable citizens within Western media. Additional to her scholarly work, she is active in the queer-feminist d.i.y. community of Vienna.
Examination committee activities
Scientific Reviewer for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Scholarship Committee, 2016, Referat Genderforschung
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Non-residential visiting scholar, New York University, Jordan Center
1 Sept 2024 → 30 Aug 2025
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Post-Soviet Queerness, Archiving, and the Art of Resistance
1/03/20 → 31/03/24
Project: Research funding
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A Remote Corner of Russia? Anglophone Media, Anti-Queer Violence “Elsewhere”, and Its Western Signifiers
Wiedlack, M. K. & Zabolotny, I., 2025, Non/Normative Faith: Queering Religious Scripts, Politics, Practices, and Institutions. Oxford: Peter Lang, Vol. 11. p. 215-243Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
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Non/Normative Faith: Queering Religious Scripts, Politics, Practices, and Institutions
Wiedlack, M. K. (ed.), Birey, T. (ed.) & de Vries, P. (ed.), 10 Mar 2025, Oxford - Berlin - Bruxelles - Chennai - Lausanne - New York: Peter Lang. 359 p. (Queering Paradigms, Vol. 11).Publications: Book › Collection › Peer Reviewed
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Comment on the ongoing Democratic Party Convention and Election Campaign
Wiedlack, M. K. & Wuttke, G., 21 Aug 2024Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show
Open Access
Prizes
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Käthe Leichter-Preis 2023 der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank
Wiedlack, Maria Katharina (Recipient), 20 Nov 2023
Prize: Prize, award or honor
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Looking Eastward: US-Identity, Western Values, and Vulnerable Russian Bodies
Wiedlack, Maria Katharina (Recipient), 1 Oct 2015
Prize: Fellowship
Activities
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Nancy Prince: A Black American Working-Class Woman among the Russian Nobility
Maria Katharina Wiedlack (Speaker) & Anne Lounsbery (Selected presenter)
7 May 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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Under Western Eyes: Minorities, Russia, and the New Cold War
Maria Katharina Wiedlack (Speaker)
14 Apr 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Book presentation › Science to Science
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Alaska in the Anthropocene and Feminist Storytelling
Maria Katharina Wiedlack (Speaker)
11 Apr 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Press/Media
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Konflikte & Kriege: Wie viel Einfluss hat die USA?
6/11/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Im Kleinen das Große verstehen: Science Day der Jungen Akademie
Maria Katharina Wiedlack, Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt & Marcus Ossiander
30/10/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Semmelweisklinik: Schau zeigt queere Kunst
Maria Katharina Wiedlack, Anna Tzini & Tatiana Zabolotnaya
13/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment