ÖZLEM ÖZTEKIN, PhD
EDUCATION
PhD, German Studies – February 2019
McGill University, Montréal, QC
Thesis: „Novalis’ Orient: Eine geistesgeschichtliche und philologische Untersuchung” / “Novalis’s Orient: An Investigation into Intellectual History and Philology“
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Supervisor: Prof. Karin Bauer
MA, German Studies – 2010
McGill University, Montréal, QC
Thesis: „Performanz in der Literatur und im Kino der deutsch-türkischen Migration“/ “Performance in German-Turkish Migrant Literature & Cinema”
Supervisor: Prof. Michael Cowan
BA, Honors in German Studies – 2007
Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Öztekin-Orhan, Özlem. „’Weh mir’: Eine Verbindung zwischen Hölderlins Wie wenn am Feiertage und Hälfte des Lebens.“ / “’Weh mir’: A Connection Between Hölderlin’s Wie wenn am Feiertage and Hälfte des Lebens.“ In: Istanbul Universitesi Alman Dili ve Edebiyati Dergisi: Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur. Istanbul. 2011. Print and Web. http://dergipark.gov.tr/iuaded/issue/1027/11561
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Graduate Excellence Fellowship McGill University ($6000) Winter 2018
Graduate Excellence Fellowship McGill University ($10,000) Summer 2018
Hans Eugenia Jütting Fellowship 2015
Graduate Excellence Fellowship McGill University 2014
Graduate Excellence Fellowship McGill University 2013
Graduate Excellence Fellowship McGill University 2011
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Travel Grant 2010
McGill University Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2009 – 2010
McGill University Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 2009 – 2010
SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Master’s Scholarship ($17,500) 2008 – 2009
Faculty of Arts Recruitment Fellowship: Top Master’s Applicant 2007
INVITED GUEST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
McGill University, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Staff Student Colloquium: „Heinrich von Ofterdingen und Zulima. Der Orient in der deutschen Romantik“ – 2014
AUS Film Series, McGill University: “Gender Issues in The Edge of Heaven” – 2013
Goethe Institute Montréal, German Students Association, Departmental Showcase: “Performance in Turkish-German Film and Literature” – 2013
McGill University, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: “Film in German Language Courses” – 2012
McGill University, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: “Creating Digital Timetable for German Arts of the 16th Century” – 2011
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Yeditepe University, Istanbul
German Language, Beginners Fall 2019
German Language, Intermediate Winter 2020
McGill University, Montréal, QC
German Language, Intermediate Intensive – Summer 2020
German Language, Intermediate – Winter 2019
German Language, Intermediate – Winter 2019
German Language, Intermediate – Winter 2018
German Language, Beginners – Fall 2016
German Language, Intermediate – Fall/Winter 2014-2015
German Language, Beginners – Winter 2014
German Language, Beginners Intensive, Summer 2013
German Language, Beginners – Fall/Winter 2012-2013
German Language, Beginners – Fall/Winter 2011-2012
German Language, Intermediate – Fall 2010
German Language, Beginners – Fall/Winter 2009-2010
German Language, Beginners – Fall/Winter 2008-2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dawson College, Continuing Education, Montréal, QC
German Beginners – Winter 2019
German Beginners – Winter 2018
German Intermediate – Fall 2017
German Beginners – Fall 2017
German Beginners – Winter 2017
German Beginners– Fall 2014
Deutsche Sprachschule Südufer, St. Hubert, QC
Beginners German – Fall/Winter 2013-2014
TEACHER TRAINING
DAAD German Language Teaching Workshop – University of Toronto – 2016
APAQ - (Association des Professeurs d'Allemand du Quebec) Workshops, Montréal – 2011, 2012, 2014
McGill University - LLC Instructor Training Workshops, Montréal – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CATG – (Canadian Association of Teachers of German) Workshops, Montréal – 2016
CAUTG – (The Canadian Association of University Teachers of German) Workshops, Montréal – 2008, 2009, 2014
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND STUDY
Humboldt University of Berlin: CCEAE European Studies Seminar: “Diversity in Berlin”, DAAD – 2010
Free University of Berlin: Exchange student – 2006
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Organizer: LLC-Literature Club, McGill University 2012 – 2013
Organizer: German Literature Club, McGill University 2010 – 2012
Volunteer: German Language week-end organization 2009
LANGUAGES WRITTEN AND SPOKEN
German
Turkish
English
French
REFERENCES
Prof. Karin Bauer
Dr. Michael Cowan
Dr. Sun-Young Kim