Jiré Emine Gözen

Jiré Emine Gözen is Professor of Media and Cultural Theory at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences at the Hamburg Campus. After several years of curatorial and academic work at art institutions in Japan (Mori Art Museum, 3331 Arts Chiyoda), her research is devoted to discourses and speculations on futurity, posthumanism, and singularity in literature, art, and film; the construction of masculinity (with a special focus on Playboy); mimicry in popular culture, politics, and science; and artistic practices of cultural memory. Her monograph »Cyberpunk Science Fiction. Literary Fictions and Media Theory« was published by Transcript Verlag in 2012. Recent edits and publications include »X|No Situation Report« (2022), »Of Jake Angeli, QAnon, and the Wild Guys. The Game of Mimicry«(2021) and »Identity Politics by Other Means. Whose Freedom Should Be Protected?« (2021). Since September 2021, she has been 1st chair of the Society for Media Studies.