Yıldız Aşar, M.A.

Herausgeberschaften

“‘Girl Who Comes Out Fighting’: Indigenous Girlhood in Eco-Crisis in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Sixth World” in Reconnections: The Humanities in a Time of Climate Change, ed. Thomas Mantzaris(in Arbeit).

Aufsätze in Fachzeitschriften

in Vorbereitung

Rezensionen

Rezension, Emily Ashton, Anthropocene Childhoods: Speculative Fiction, Racialization, and Climate Crisis (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024), in Amerikastudien/American Studies (in Arbeit).

Miszellen

"Big Girl." Liedbeitrag in While My Uke Gently Smiles: Ukulele Portraits, ed. Klaus Heymach, h’onga Verlag Frankfurt, 2023.
“Geschlechtersensible Forschung: Ecological Feminism (or Ecofeminism).” Interview in kUNIgunde... | der Blog der Frauenbeauftragten. April 2023.
"in a small town."(4.8 MB) Gedichtbeitrag in Just Write: Change, ed. Touhid Chowdhury, 3rd edition, 2022, pp. 3-4.

Vorträge, Konferenzbeiträge, Gastvorträge

(forthcoming) 01/2026: “'Young Angry Women': Ecofeminism, Climate Crisis, and Girlhood in Contemporary American Speculative YA Novels." Gastvortrag im Seminar "Oh no, did I forget about gender? Mind the gap! About Ecofeminism" (Dr. Elena Köstner, Universität Bayreuth).
(forthcoming) 11/2025: “'Fever be in the water, the air. In me': Ecological Crisis, Black Girlhood, and Embodied Resilience in Sherri L. Smith’s Orleans." Vortrag im Rahmen des Postgraduate Forum (PGF) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA), Universität Leipzig.
10/2025: “Ecologies of Girlhood and Girlhoods of Ecology at the End of the World? Reading Orleans with Ecogirlhood.” Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops “Posthuman Ecofeminism in Art, Literature, and Aesthetics”, Universität Bonn.
11/2024: "'Can’t You Envision This Possibility?': Latinx Girlhood, Eco/Political Disillusionment and Toward Egalitarian Kinship in Lilliam Rivera’s Dealing in Dreams." Vortrag im Rahmen der CUNY Comparative Literature Annual Graduate Conference “Illusion/Disillusion”, Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY, USA.
11/2024: "Live-Report from Boston, USA." Beitrag zur Veranstaltung "Amerikanische Wahlnacht 2024", Universität Bamberg.
10/2024: "Fostering Ethical Pedagogics in American Studies: The Transformative Impact of Critically Engaging with The Myths That Made America. Gemeinsamer Vortrag mit Dr. Nicole K. Konopka zum internationalen Workshop "Teaching American Studies" anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums der Erstausgabe von Heike Paul's The Myths That Made America, FAU Erlangen.
07/2024: "'We are the daughters of Mega City': Latinxfuturism, Girlhood and Environment in Lilliam Rivera's Dealing in Dreams." Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops "Local Practices – Transatlantic Conversations, An Ecocritical Workshop Series: 'Gender and Environment in Speculative Fiction'", Universität zu Köln.
02/2024: "'Girl Who Comes Out Fighting': Indigenous Girlhood and Ecological Crisis in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning and Storm of Locusts." Vortrag im Rahmen des Workshops "Indigenous Futurisms Workshop with Chelsea Vowel", Universität Wien, Österreich.
09/2023: “Buffalo Gals, Green Girls, and Somewhere In-Between: Twenty-First Century Eco-Girlhoods in American Speculative YA Literature.” Vortrag im Rahmen des österreichisch-bayerischen Postgraduierten-Workshops "American Studies: History, Methods, Prospects", Universität Salzburg, Österreich.
06/2023: “Buffalo Gals, Green Girls, and Somewhere In-Between: Twenty-First Century Eco-Girlhoods in American Speculative YA Literature.” Vortrag im Rahmen des Doktorandenseminars “LIT606 Ecocritical Theory: Literature, Culture and Environment”, Universität Agder, Kristiansand, Norwegen.
10/2022: “'The White Whale in the Minds of the Superstitiously Inclined': Animals and Superstition in Moby-Dick." Vortrag im Rahmen der 49. Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien "Narrative, Environment, Social Justice", Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Österreich.