em.o.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Brigitte Scheer-Schäzler
Professor Emerita

Brigitte Scheer-Schäzler

Department of American Studies
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck

Research

Saul Bellow. New York: Frederick Ungar Publ. Co., 1972.
Konstruktion als Gestaltung. Interpretationen zum zeitgenössischen amerikanischen Roman. Salzburger Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2. Wien: W. Braumüller, 1975.
Experimentelle amerikanische Prosa (Hg.). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1977.
Forms of the American Imagination (Mithg.). Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft, Sonderheft 44. Innsbruck, 1979.
Her Own Story. Short Stories by Women from Different Cultures (Hg.). Berlin: Cornelsen, 1991.
Women's Fantastic Adventures. Stories by Contemporary Women Writers (Hg.). Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam Jun., 1992.
Go West, Moses. Aufsätze zur jüdisch-amerikanischen Kultur und Literatur von Sepp L. Tiefenthaler (Hg.). Crossroads. Studies in American Culture 6. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1993.
Immigrant Stories. New Fiction by New Writers (Hg. und Autor des Lehrerhefts). Cornelsen: Berlin, 1996.
Scholarly articles in various journals (American Studies, English Studies, Comparative Literature)
More than 100 reviews in scholarly and library journals

Promotion Dr. phil. University of Vienna (1964)
"Hochschulassistentin" (Assistant Professor), Department of English, Salzburg University (1966-1973)
Research Scholarship, American Council of Learned Societies, Princeton University and Rutgers University (1969-1971)
Habilitation, Salzburg University, for English Literature after Shakespeare and American Studies (1972)
Temporary Professorship for Englische Philologie/Amerikanistik, Regensburg University, BRD
o. Univ. Professor (Full Professor) and Head of Department, Department of American Studies, Innsbruck University (1973-2006)
Dean of Humanities, Innsbruck University (1977-1979)
Founding member, Austrian Association of American Studies (AAAS) (1975)
Faculty, Salzburg Seminar for American Studies at Schloß Leopoldskron (1975, 1982, 1998)
Member and Chairperson (1992/93, 1996/97) of the Austrian American Educational Commission/Fulbright Commission (1985-1997)
Member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission (1978-1983)
Guest professorships and research professorships in the USA and the P.R. of China
Professor Emerita since 2006.

Scheer-Schäzler, Brigitte (2005): Between Hawthorne and Mukherjee: Identity and Community in Chang-rae Lee's Novel A Gesture Life.
In: Kenneally, Michael; Kenneally, Rhona R. (Eds.): From 'English Literature' to 'Literatures in English'. International Perspectives. Festschrift in Honour of Wolfgang Zach. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter (= Anglistische Forschungen, 347)., ISBN 3-8253-5084-3, pp. 279 - 287.

Scheer-Schäzler, Brigitte (2004): East Comes West: America's New Immigrants--New Lives and New Texts.
In: Hölbling, Walter W.; Rieser, Klaus (Eds.): What is American? New Identities in U.S. Culture. Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, Wien, London, Zürich: LIT-Verlag (= American Studies in Austria, 3)., ISBN 3-8258-7734-5, pp. 173 - 190.

Scheer-Schäzler, Brigitte (2002): Loving Insects Can Be Dangerous: Assessing the Cost of Life in Octavia Estelle Butler's Novella 'Bloodchild' (1984).
In: Pastourmatzi, Domna (Eds.): Biotechnological and Medical Themes in Sciene Fiction. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press., ISBN 960-12-1133-0, pp. 314 - 322.