Autor: Annika Roux

Vanessa Agnew is a Professor in the Cultural Studies Faculty at Technische Universität Dortmund and is an Honorary Professor in the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University. She did a Ph D in European studies at the University of Wales, and was tenured in German studies at the University of Michigan. She is Associate Director of Academy in Exile, which supports scholars and cultural producers who have been forced to flee their home countries by authoritarian governments. Her research deals with forced migration, genocide, memory and commemoration, historical reenactment, music history, and ecology.