Philipp Kneis Editor & Author

Philipp Kneis received his M.A. in American Studies and History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; and his PhD from Potsdam University. Previous publications include The Emancipation of the Soul. Memes of Destiny in American Mythological Television (Peter Lang, 2010), and two volumes co-edited with Antje Dallmann and Reinhard Isensee, namely Envisioning American Utopias. Fictions of Science and Politics in Literature and Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2011) and Picturing America. Trauma, Realism, Politics and Identity in American Visual Culture (Peter Lang, 2007). An overview of further publications can be found on pjkx.com. He currently works at Oregon State University.