NELK

Sandra Börngen

    Sandra Börngen is Ph.D. Candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt. She studied Culture Studies and Communication and Media Studies in Leipzig and Stellenbosch and graduated from Leipzig University with a M.A. thesis on South African artists in 2006. Her thesis focuses on the South African art field in the beginning of the 20th century, applying Bourdieu’s Habitus-Field-Theory.
       
Education      
Since 01/2013     PhD student New English Literatures and Cultures (NELK), Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main.
10/2007-12/2012     Doctoral Program, International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus-Liebig-University
Giessen.
10/2005-05/2006     Master of Arts, Department of Culture Studies, Communication- and Media Science, University Leipzig. Master's thesis: “Investigating the South African Artist in the 20th century”.
01/2004-10/2004     Student Exchange Program, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
10/2000-08/2006     Master-Program Culture Studies as well as Communication- and Media Studies, University Leipzig.
       
Dissertation     “Kunstmarkt und Künstlerhabitus in Südafrika zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Schulze-Engler).
       
Publications    
  • Study the Indian Ocean – an approach for the visual arts in South Africa? In: artsouthafrica, December 2013.
  • Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, Begr. v. Meißner, Günter, Hrsg. v. Beyer, Andreas / Savoy, Bénédicte / Tegethoff, Wolf, De Gruyter, Paragraphes on  André Laubscher, Freida Lock, Laduma Madela, Ernest Mancoba amongst other South African artists.
  • Schizophrenic – The Individual in a Brutalized Society. Negotiating Memory, Violence, Witness and Guilt in the Art Works of South African Artist William Kentridge. In: Tracks and Traces of Violence. (upcoming)
  • Auf den Spuren eines Erfolgsrezepts. William Kentridge-Ausstellung in Wien in: SADOCC - Southern Africa Documentation and Cooperation Centre (Hg.), Indaba Nr. 68 / January 2011, S. 20-25.
       
Research Interests     Cultural, transcultural and historical studies; material studies (particularly African art and ceramics), Indian Ocean studies.
       
Membership    
  • SAVAH
  • ACASA

Contact: sandra.boerngen@gmail.com