Aissatou Bouba
Studies in German Language, Literature and Country Studies at the Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (University of Yaoundé, Cameroon), at the ?cole Normale Supérieure de Yaoundé (1977-1981) and at the University of Saarland (1981-1982).
Licence in German (1981); Ma?trise in German and Dipl?me de l'Enseignement Secondaire Général (1982); Dr. phil (German) at the University of Bremen (1997); Early-Modern Research Fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel (July-August 2011 and September 2013).
High School Teacher of German in Yaoundé (1982-1985); Teaching positions in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Bremen in the following areas: FB 10/German (1998-2006), Romance Studies (2002-2017) and FB9/IfeK (since 2013).
Lecturer for Special Tasks in the Department of Romance Studies - French Language Practice since 2017; Freelance Researcher at the ?berseemuseum Bremen since 1998.
a) Analysis of fictional and non-fictional text types (historical periodicals, including ethnographic and ethnological orientation; travel literature; novels; theoretical writings) of historical and modern origin from the German and Francophone language areas using various approaches in literary and cultural studies (e.g. methods of text analysis such as close reading; methods of discourse analysis; theories of knowledge and culture transfer; methods and concepts of postcolonial theories; decolonial and decolonization perspectives).
b) Cultural history of travel / travel cultures; German and French colonialism; history of the concept of race; racial theories and racism; women's stories / women's movements in Africa and Europe using various approaches.