Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
- Ecocriticism
- Medical Humanities
- Film Studies
- Trauma Film
- Mountain Studies
- Science Fiction Studies
- Weimar Cinema
- German Bergfilm
Biography
Johannes Vith joined the University of Limerick as OeAD Austrian Lector in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics (German Section) in September 2023. In addition to his teaching at UL, he is also a PhD student in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at UL.
Prior to his position at UL, he was a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio (2019-2020) and a university assistant at the University of Innsbruck (2020-2023).
His research interests are film studies, trauma cinema, ecocriticism, and science fiction. In his PhD thesis, tentatively titled 'Cinematic Landcapes in Space', he explores the changing conception of extraterrestrial landscapes in (science fiction) film. He has published on trauma cinema and the cinematic reception of the Columbine High School shooting.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
University Assistent, University of Innsbruck, Department of American Studies
18 May 2020 → …
Foreign Language Teaching Assistent, Ohio State University
1 Aug 2019 → …
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Landscapes and Nonhuman Witnessing: Sexual Violence and Trauma in Baran bo Odar's Das letzte Schweigen (2010)
Vith, J., 2024, In: Germanistik in Ireland:Yearbook of the German Studies Association of Ireland. 18, p. 45-57 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Violent Landscapes: James Benning's Landscape Suicide (1986)
Vith, J., 18 Jun 2024, In: JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies. 5, 2, p. 204–19 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trauma at the Movies: Cinematic Memories of Columbine
Vith, J., 31 Aug 2023, In: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies. 24, 1, p. 90-106 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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After Coal: Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales. By Tom Hansell (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2018)
Vith, J., 2021, Appalachian Journal, 48, 3-4, p. 294-297 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Remaking Columbine
Vith, J., 29 Dec 2020, In: JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies. 2, 1, p. 47-64 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 3 Membership of network
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German Studies Association of Ireland (formerly ATLTGI), (External organisation)
Vith, J. (Member)
8 Dec 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Austria's Young Americanists (AYA) (External organisation)
Vith, J. (Board Member)
22 Nov 2019 → 9 Sep 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Austrian Association of American Studies (AAAS) (External organisation)
Vith, J. (Member)
22 Nov 2019Activity: Membership › Membership of network