Erol M. Boran

Erol M. Boran: “Faces of Contemporary Turkish-German Kabarett – Probing the New Millennium.” In: Text & Presentation: Journal of the Comparative Drama Conference, Vol. 25, April 2005: 172-186.

• „This course on vampires is so popular, it might just be immortal“ (Cynthia Macdonald for A&S News, University of Toronto Website, 7 Jan. 2025)
• „Ein Interview mit Erol M. Boran, dem Autor der Studie Die Geschichte des türkisch-deutschen Theaters und Kabaretts – Vier Jahrzehnte Migrantenbühne in der Bundesrepublik (1961-2004)“ (Plateforme, 14 Apr. 2023)
• “‘Every word counts’ say scholars turned children’s book authors” (University of Toronto Website, 22 Sep. 2021)
• ”On Stage with German-Speaking Dracula” (“So German” Blog, German Embassy Ottawa, 5 Apr. 2018)
• ”Our Vampires, Ourselves – German Studies Course Looks at Vampires as Mirror of Society” (University of Toronto Website, 11 Jan. 2012)
• “Hoca’nin Avrupali Torunlari” [“The Hoca’s European Grandchildren”] (European edition of Hürriyet, 22 Aug. 2009: p/ 1, 6-7)

• Ruth Mandel: Cosmopolitan Anxieties – Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany (2008). Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, Vol. 47-5, 2011: p. 691-92.
• Hans Georg Wehlin (ed.): Türkei. Politik-Gesellschaft-Wirtschaft (2002). Journal of European Area Studies, 10/2, 2002.

• From Provocateur to Personality: Serdar Somuncu’s “Arrival” in the Discourse on German National Memory (GSA Conference at Washington DC, 2015)
• Turkish Migrations into the German Past (Post-Wall (Trans)National Conference at Memorial University St. Johns, May 2013 / GSA Conference at Milwaukee, 2012)
• Charwoman, Bond Girl, Prostitute: Nursel Köse and the Challenge of Ethnic Boundaries (German Studies Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 2010)
• Enter the Turk: Establishing Germany’s First Migrant Theater (German Studies Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 2008)
• Identität-Ethnizität-Authentizität: Selbstdarstellung im türkisch-deutschen Kabarett (Invited Lecture at Waterloo Centre of German Studies, University of Waterloo, 2008)
• Theatralischer Fremdsprachenunterricht: Die Deutschland-Seifenoper (CATG Annual Meeting, Saint Mary’s University at Halifax, 2007)

• GER194 “Our Vampires, Ourselves”
  This course explores the cultural significance of the vampire. The first part focuses on the Stoker-paradigm, the second part allows students to reflect on contemporary images.
• GER220 “Monsters, Murderers and Magic”
  This course focuses on ominous aspects of German literature from the nightmares of the Romantic psyche to its evil offspring during the postmodern era.
• GER334 “Turkish-German Intersections”
  This course investigates contemporary German culture by paying attention to its ‘other’ voices. Topics vary, e.g., Turkish-German Stage Productions, Minor(ity) Perspectives, Turkish Migrations into German Pasts.
• GER340 “German Theatre Production”
  This course addresses students who enjoy engaging with language creatively. It takes them through all the stages of a theatre production (reading, interpreting, contextualizing, rehearsing a German play) and culminates in public performances.
• GER354 “A Tale of More Than Two Cities – Berlin between East and West”
  This course, taught in Berlin during the summer term, focuses on fictionalizations of the divided and reunited city and offers an exploration of walls, borders and boundaries in the physical, mental and symbolic realm.