Person Bernadette Wegenstein
Description
EDUCATION
1994-1997 // Doctoral studies in Romance Philology at the University of Vienna with emphasis on linguistics, media studies and medical anthropology (Committee: Prof. Michele Metzeltin, Romance Languages; Prof. Ludwig Nagl, Philosophy). Topic of doctoral thesis: "The Representation of AIDS in the Media. A Semio-linguistic Analysis and Interpretation." Graduation Ph.D. 1997 with distinction.
1992-1993 // Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Philosophy) with honors in Romance Philology, University of Vienna. Topic: "Semiotics of Advertising: an Inter-cultural Case Study of Italian Pasta Advertisement."
1990-1992 // Study of Semiotics and Communication Sciences under the instruction of Prof. Umberto Eco and Prof. Roberto Grandi at the University of Bologna, Italy.
1987-1990 // Study of Romance Philology under the instruction of Prof. Michele Metzeltin and General Linguistics under the instruction of Prof. Ulrich Dressler at the University of Vienna, Austria; Study of Russian language.
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Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
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| 2006-2007 | Independent investments of $40,000 for documentary production "Made Over in America" |
| 2005-2006 | Julian Park Publication Fund for publication of "Getting Under the Skin: The Body and Media Theory" |
| 2004-2005 | Senior Fellow at McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Toronto |
| 2003 | Faculty Educational Technology Grant together with Caroline Koebel for web platform "GAPE — a critical complement to teaching resources" |
| 2002 | Faculty Educational Technology Grant for course website development "Bodyworks: Body, Medicine, and Technology at the Turn of the Millennium" |
| 2001 | Faculty Educational Technology Grant for course website "Introduction to Film Analysis: Reality and Cinema" |
| 1999-2001 | Two year research grant "Charlotte Bühler" from the Austrian government's Fonds zur Förderung wissenschaftlicher Forschung, to fund the research and writing of the habilitation book, "Getting Under the Skin: Corporeal Configurations at the Turn of the Millennium" |
External resources
- GND 118121618
Objects
(Archival material, Publications)
| 2006 | I look and I choose. Die Portraits von Gabi Trinkaus/ portraits by Gabi Trinkaus (Text) |
Exhibitions / events
| 2008 | Vortrag: Bernadette Wegenstein. Die Arbeit am Körper, Literarische Gesellschaft St. Pölten, Sankt Pölten |