Marlene Ritter
Cohort 2020
1st supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht, 2nd supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse
Topic of PhD Thesis: Branding Europe. Western European Image Politics in the Post-War Years
Freie Universität Berlin
Doctoral Researcher, RU Borders
Room 333
14195 Berlin
Education
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since 2020: PhD Candidate at Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS)
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09/2016–09/2017: Goldsmiths College, London, M.A. Cultural Policy, Diplomacy, and Relations (with distinction)
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09/2015–01/2016: University of Versailles, St Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, ERASMUS European and International Studies
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10/2012–06/2016: Humboldt University Berlin, B.A. Cultural History and Theory and Business Administration
Fellowships & Awards
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10/23–11/23: Vibeke Sørensen Grant, Historical Archives of the European Union, Florence, Italy
Work Experience
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04/2023–10/2024: Lecturer at John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
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09/2021–03/2022: Research Assistant at Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS)
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11/2017–04/2020: Project Manager and Account Executive at BOROS GmbH, Berlin
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05/2017–06/2017: Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V., Bonn, Federal Congress on Cultural Policy, Freelancer
John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin: BA Seminar “Images of the Marshall Plan and US Influence in Western Europe After World War II“, summer term 2023/summer term 2024
Research Interests
- (Western) European Integration
- Historical Practices of Place Branding, Cultural Diplomacy, and Propaganda
- Visual History
- Cultural Bordering and Politics of Belonging
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Ritter, Marlene. “A Matter of Perception: Understanding the EU’s Image Problem.” SCRIPTS Blog, Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” 75 (July 2024).
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Gienow-Hecht, Jessica, Tobias Klee, Marlene Ritter, and Lesar Yurtsever. “Welcome to the Liberal State! Place Branding as a Historical Practice.” SCRIPTS Working Paper Series, Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” 48 (2024).
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Ritter, Marlene, and Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E. ‘Review of “Cultural Diplomacy in Europe: Between the Domestic and the International”, edited by Caterina Carta and Richard Higgott (London, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)’. Caliban 62 (2020): 407–10.