Lara Rössig
lararoessig.bsky.social
Lara Rössig
@lararoessig.bsky.social
Postdoc in North American Studies @ @unierfurt.bsky.social | SFB "Structural Change of Property @sfb294.bsky.social
👓 Food×Fashion | Popular Culture | Black History | Canadian Studies | Intersectionality
Haven't we all asked us this lately? Very poignant poster at the Poster Biennale in #Warsaw. #quovadis
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Interested in cowboys, comics, and cultural narratives? 🤠🐎💥 Then my latest article is for you, hot of the press and open access in the American Studies Journal:
amst.winter-verlag.de/article/AMST...

#ComicStudies #WildWest
“Go West, Young Duck”—Renegotiating the Myth of the American Fro
<p>Billionaire, Scotsman, immigrant, cowboy: Scrooge McDuck is all this and more, as Don Rosa’s comic book "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" reveals. In this paper, close readings of the comic
amst.winter-verlag.de
June 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Today I was invited to speak at a conference...as in...they found me, not the other way around 🤩 it's no keynote (yet), but cool! #conferencespeaker #academicvisibility
May 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Spring vibes @unierfurt.bsky.social last week. I genuinely work better with sun, but what else is new ;) First colloquium of the @sfb294.bsky.social coming up tomorrow, excited to share some first findings from my digital research. #smithshiveryfamily #nypl
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Added a family tree to the real trees outside the train window, bathed in the last sunshine. Enjoying my #trainoffice for the evening. 📚🌞#productiveprocrastination
April 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Lara Rössig
Shout out to Rome for having a long decline that was almost imperceptible moment to moment. What a dream.
April 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I joined Bluesky >2 weeks ago and have been contemplating ever since, what I can post about academia in the current climate. Considering my research will take me to the US twice this year, the 'want' and the 'should' seem to be at odds with each other, does anyone else feel this way too?
April 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM