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Dr. L.E. (Lara) Mazurski

Amsterdam University College
Amsterdam University College

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  • Science Park 113
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  • Science Park 113
    1098 XG Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    Bio

    Lara Mazurski is a lecturer and course co-ordinator at Amsterdam University College. She has also been a lecturer in the Department of Literary and Cultural Analysis at the UVA. She received her Ph.D. in Cultural Analysis from the UvA in 2014. Her work investigates visual culture focusing on mediums such as theatre, literature, contemporary art, photography, and media with a special focus on the axis of differentiation such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race. Her current research interests are concerned with queer theory, immigration, multiculturalism, Islam and women, gender.

    Teaching Undergraduate Level

    Courses

     Gender and Sexuality

    Cities and Cultures

    Introduction to Visual Methodologies

    The Global Identity Experience

    Advanced Research Writing

    Academic Writing Skills

    Analysis and Interpretation 1

    Public Cultures

    Identities in Popular Culture

    Identities in Visual and Cultural Studies

    Mass Media, Culture, and Identity

    Representing Identity Through Film and Literature

    Reading the City: Cultural Analysis and Representations of the City

    REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

    2017  “Intervening in Hegemonic Imaginings of Women in Islam: The Semiotics of Islam.” with Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture.

    2016 Besieged by Burqas: Intervening in Stereotypes.” Tijdscrift for Gender Studies. 1(19) 2016.

    2016 “Exclusion in the Canadian Context: Full-Face Veils as a Barrier to Citizenship.” The Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research. 9(1): 2016.

    2015  “Stereotypes of Muslim Women in the Post-9/11 Era: An Analysis of the Burqa Avenger.” Studies in Visual Art and Communication- an International Journal. Web.

    2013  “The Scapegoating of Islamic Immigrant Women” IC JOURNAL – Scientific Journal of Information and Communication. Seville, University of Seville. Web.

    PUBLICATIONS EDITED VOLUMES

     “Intervening in Stereotypes of Muslim Women: The Burqa Avenger.” Forthcoming Global TV After 9/11. Ed. Chiara Ferrari. Oxford: Peter Lang.

    2015  “Right-Wing Campaign Strategies in Sweden.” Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States. Eds. Druxman, Helga and Patricia Anne Simpson. 161-176. London: Lexington Books. 2015.  Print.

    2014 “Imagined Violence: Representations of Masculinity and a Culture of Peace.” Communication for Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field. Eds. Julia Hoffmann and Virgil Hawkins. 107-119. New York: Routledge. 2014. Print.

    2014 “Politicizing the (Trans)National” Mapping the Intersections of Politics, Art, and Space, (Collected Volume). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars.

    BOOK REVIEW

    2011 “Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? Journal of Visible Culture. New York: University of Rochester. Print.

    OTHER PUBLICATIONS

    2018 The Blue Collective

    2007  Een Ander Justitie’ Informatie Over Een Ander Justite Vindt, Ministerie Van Justitie Directie Coordinatie Integratiebeleid Minderhede, Den Haag

    Papers Presented: Conference (Selection)

    (2016) Die Antwoord: Is the Answer to Hegemonic Imaginings of Afrikaans Culture. Sex and the Cinema: A Film Studies Journal Conference, University of Kent, December 10-12 2016, UK.

    (2014)The Burqa Avenger: An Analysis of Burqa Clad Avengers on TV, ASCA International Workshop, July 2014, UVA.

    (2013) Mediating Creative Destruction, IAMCR, Dublin, Ireland. 2013.

    (2013) International Conference Media Ethics, Scapegoating of Islamic Immigrant Women, Seville, Spain. 04/04/2013-06/04/2013.

    (2012) ASCA International Conference, Besieged By Burqas: An analysis of Sverigedemokraterna’s 2010 Election Advert,  the 2011 ASCA International Workshop, Amsterdam. Netherlands.

    (2011) Politicizing The National. American Anthropology Association (AAA) International Conference, (November 15-20 2011), Montreal, Canada.

    (2011) Besieged By Burqas: An analysis of Sverigedemokraterna’s 2010 Election Advert  International Annual Conference NCG “Religions and their Despisers: Criticism and Vilification of Religions and Believers” 4-5 November 2011, Amersfoort, Netherlands.

    (2011) Singularity Diffracted Memories in Transnational Literature, Transnational Memories Research, Utrecht University, 23 to 24 June 2011, Utrecht, Netherlands

    (2011) Besieged by Burqas: An Analysis of Sverigedemokraterna 2011 Election Campaign, June 11, 2011, ASCA Mini Conference, UvA.

    (2011) Heroic Victims: An Analysis of Eve Ensler’s, Under The Burqa, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Practicing Theory the 2011 ASCA International Workshop, Amsterdam

    (2010) Subjectivity and the Veiled Women’s Body, FORUM Institute, Leiden

    (2010) On the Borders of My Dreams I Encountered My Double’s `ghost: An Analysis of Jean-Ulrick Deserts, Articulations: 2010 Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis International Workshop, March 22nd-24th, UvA.

    (2009) Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics, 7th European Feminist Research Conference June 4-7 2009, Utrecht, The Netherlands

     

     

  • Publications

    2016

    2015

    • Mazurski, L. (2015). Imagined Violence: Representations of Masculinity and a Culture of Peace. In J. Hoffmann, & V. Hawkins (Eds.), Communication for Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field (pp. 107-119). (Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315773124-9
    • Mazurski, L. E. (2015). Right-Wing Campaign Strategies in Sweden. In Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States (pp. 161-176). Lexington Books.

    2015

    • Mazurski, L. E. (2015). Besieged by burqas: Analyzing representations of the burqa. [Thesis, externally prepared, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
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