About me
CV and Research Interests

Overview
Elisabeth Korn
I am a doctoral candidate in Media Studies at the University of Bonn and a Research Assistant at the Seminar for Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. My current research focuses on Marxist media theory, critical theory, and aesthetic practices of resistance in film and the internet.
CV
Since February 2025
Research Assistant (75%) at the Seminar for Film Studies at Freie Universität Berlin under Prof. Dr. Dennis Göttel.
My duties include:
- independent research
- teaching responsibilities for undergraduate courses (three weekly lecturing hours)
- co-responsible for curriculum planning
- contact person for external lecturers
- organisation of conferences and lecture series
2022-2025
Research Assistant (100%) in the Department for Media Studies at the University for Television and Film Munich under Prof. Dr. Michaela Krützen.
My duties included:
- independent research
- teaching responsibilities for undergraduate and graduate courses (seven weekly lecturing hours)
- responsible for the provision of digital learning resources
- assisting the department's budget planning
- deputising for the Equal Opportunity Officer
Since October 2022
PhD in Media Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Working title of the doctoral project: "The Sensuous Labour of Looking"
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jens Schröter
2021-2022
M.A. Critical Theory at King's College London
- Dissertation title: "An Analysis of Guy Debord's and Roland Barthes' Criticisms of the Film Image Through the Lens of New Media"
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Patrick ffrench; final grade: 82, with distinction
2019-2021
M.A. Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin
- Dissertation title: "Film als Kunstwerk. Der Akt des Filmesehens als Arbeit"
under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dennis Göttel; final grade: 1.0, with distinction
2016-2019
B.A. in English Philology and Film Studies at the Freien Universität Berlin and the Sorbonne Paris III
- Thesis title: "Die Struktur von Pier Paolo Pasolinis I racconti di Canterbury (1972) als Ausdruck einer persönlichen Adaptionsstrategie" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sabine Nessel; final grade: 1.0, with distinction