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Dr. Cheryl Dueck

Pronouns: She/her

Positions

Professor, German

Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures

Contact information

Email

cdueck@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Orcid

Bluesky

LinkedIn

Google Scholar

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-5984

Location

Office: CHC210

Background

Educational Background

Ph.D. German Studies, McGill University, 1999

M.A. German Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1991

B.A. French and German, University of Saskatchewan, 1988

Biography

Cheryl Dueck's areas of interest and publication include East German and post-unification literature and film, transnational cinema of Central Europe after state socialism; representation of surveillance; cultural memory; cultural politics and gender; international education and global learning. She also teaches a broad range of courses in German and transnational cinemas, German culture and language.  Dueck’s current project focuses on German and Central European cinema, specifically on the ways film construct the cultural memory of state socialism and represent local and regional stories in a transnational production and distribution environment.

From 2018 to 2023, she served as Senior Academic Director International at University of Calgary. In this role, she worked closely with the Vice-Provost international, and was responsible for enhancing the strategic co-ordination of the university’s efforts in international activities, providing academic oversight and enriching the breadth and depth of the university’s international programming.

Before joining the University of Calgary in 2012, Dueck held faculty appointments at University of Manitoba (2004-2012) and University of New Brunswick (2000-2004). Her administrative experience includes six years as department head in Manitoba. In addition to the term as Senior Academic Director (International), she has held at University of Calgary the positions of graduate program director, division chair in SLLLC, and Associate Dean, Scholarships and International, in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Research

Areas of Research

German and European cinema, international education, global learning, cultural memory, cultural politics.

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
GERM 200 Made in Germany Fall 2024 / 2025
GERM 331 Continuing German I Fall 2024 / 2025
GERM 333 Continuing German II Winter 2025
GERM 357 Recent German Film and Television Winter 2025

Projects

Alberta International Education Toolkit

Project lead, Alberta International Education Toolkit: leading a project supported by Alberta Advanced Education for the preparation of an International Education Toolkit for post-secondary institutions across Alberta. This project supports a key pillar of Alberta's Alberta’s International Education Strategy, International Skills Needed to Succeed in the Global Economy. A CFREB-approved project, the Toolkit includes surveys of post-secondary international staff and Alberta employers, and the preparation of a set of training, promotional and awareness-building resources for staff, students, families and employers, with input from an advisory group from across the province.

National Pasts, Contested Transnational Present

National Pasts, Contested Transnational Present is a co-authored book project with Dr. Balázs Varga, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (2024-2026 fellow of the Wirth Institute, University of Alberta). The book examines how postsocialist films of Central Europe navigate storytelling in a transnational production and distribution environment. Focusing on Czechia, Germany, Hungary, and Poland, the book addresses the challenges of representing the contested history of state socialism and the region's shifting cultural identities for both local and global audiences.

Publications