Personal profile
Biographical Details
Cecilia White (she/sie/lei/elle) is an artist, poet, and lecturer, course coordinator, and supervisor in undergraduate and postgraduate Modern Languages (German) at the University of New England (UNE), Australia. Cecilia’s PhD* from the Faculty of Art and Design, University of NSW (2017) examined the intersection of anxiety, wonder, poetics and the endangered sense of self through site specific performance art and cross-cultural philosophies and applied interpretations of breathing. She also holds a Master of Education (Hons), Bachelor of Arts (German and English) and Graduate Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Arts (German Studies) (Vice-Chancellor’s Scholar) and Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Hons) from UNE.*Performance Art and Irigarayan Renaissance: Anxiety, Wonder, and a Poetics of Breath.
Teaching
German Language and Culture
German Language Teaching and Learning Theory and Practice
German Contemporary Literature
Twentieth Century German Visual Arts
Creative Practice Methodologies for Translation and Interpreting
Performance Art Theory and Practice
Education/Academic qualification
Masters, German Studies
Honours, Psychology
Doctorate, University of New South Wales
Masters, Education (Honours), University of Sydney
Bachelor, University of Sydney
Research Interests
- history and social expression of emotion
- identity and social transformation in German literature
- film and art since 1945
- cultural, inter-textual and practical issues between translation, interpretation and visual art
- German language acquisition
- inclusive and accessible teaching methods
Approved to Supervise
- Approved PhD/HDR supervisor