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Ben Gook

PhD candidate at University of Melbourne

Summary

Ben Gook is in the final stages of a PhD that looks at remembrance of the German Democratic Republic in re-unified Germany.

Experience

  • Subject tutor, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne 2006 – 2010

Education

  • The University of Melbourne, Bachleor of Arts (Honours), 2005

Publications

  • Being there is everything!, Memory Studies 2011
  • Really-existing Nostalgia? Remembering East Germany in Film, Traffic 2008

Research Areas

  • Social Theory (160806)
  • Cultural Studies (2002)
  • Psychoanalytic Philosophy (220318)
  • Cinema Studies (190201)
  • Consumption And Everyday Life (200203)
  • Literature In German (200512)
  • European History (Excl. British, Classical Greek And Roman) (210307)

Available for

  • Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration
  • Contract Research
  • Speaking Engagements
  • Expertise Requests
  • Talking With Students
  • Consulting Offers
  • Career Opportunities
  • Media Interviews