Kelly Kawar, Ph.D.
Lecturer ('Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin')
Institutional mailing address
Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie
Nordamerikastudienprogramm
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Regina-Pacis-Weg 5
53113 Bonn
Office phone & email
kkawar[at]uni-bonn.de
Office hours
Genscherallee 3, Room 3.063
Please note:
Dr. Kawar is currently on maternity leave.
Research interests
19th and 20th Century American literature; Biopolitics; Ethics; Theories of Life; Testimony and Life Writing
Doctoral research project (completed)
From Tragedy to Testimony: Bare Life and the Hermeneutics of Suffering
Education and grants
- June 2012–Present, PhD Candidate, English Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
- September 2013–June 2014, Central Fellowship Award, UCSB
- December 2011, Master of Arts, English Literature, UCSB
- September 2009–June 2010, Central Fellowship Award, UCSB
- May 2007, Master of Arts, English Literature, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (LMU)
- August 2005–May 2007, Teaching Fellowship Award, LMU
- September 1997–June 2002, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Professional experience
- October 2012–February 2015, Teaching Associate (Lehrbeauftragte), Department of English, University of Cologne
- April 2012–June 2012, Graduate Fellow and Research Assistant, American Cultures and Global Contexts Center, Department of English, UCSB
- January 2012–March 2012, Teaching Associate, Department of English, UCSB
- September 2010–December 2011, Teaching Assistant, Department of English, UCSB
- September 2007–June 2009, Instructor, Department of English, Campbell Hall, North Hollywood, CA
- August 2005–June 2007, Teaching Fellow (English Literature and Composition Instructor), Department of English, LMU
- August 2002–June 2005, Instructor, Department of English, Holy Family High School, Glendale, CA