Hi, I'm Laura. 

10/2017 – 09/2023 » UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER, GERMANY
National and Transnational Studies: Language, Literature and Culture, Master of Arts (1,3)
MA Thesis: Sense8 – Re-Imagining the Found Family in Science Fiction

08/2016 – 05/2017 » SAARLAND UNIVERSITY, SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY
Gender Studies Certificate from the Department of Philosophy

09/2015 – 12/2015 » BROCK UNIVERSITY, ST. CATHARINES, CANADA
Semester abroad in English Literature, Intercultural Studies, Women and Gender Studies

10/2013 – 09/2017 » SAARLAND UNIVERSITY, SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY
Comparative Linguistics, Literary Studies and Translation (in English, French and German), Bachelor of Arts (1,7)
BA Thesis: Luxemburg als multilinguales Zentrum – Eine Linguistic Landscape

Since 02/2024 » GLEICHSTELLUNGSBÜRO, UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK, GERMANY
Consultant

• Committee work

• Event organization

• Counselling

• Administrative assistance

10/2022 – 03/2023 » ENGLISH SEMINAR, UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER
Lecturer at the Chair of American Studies

• Academic Skills (Foundations of Linguistics, Literary and Cultural Studies I)

• Theory and Literature: Reading Science Fiction

06/2019 – 06/2020 » IUNCTUS, MÜNSTER, GERMANY
Student Assistant

• Research 

• Content writing

• Administrative assistance

• Event organization

11/2018 – 09/2019 » UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER, GERMANY
Student Tutor for 1st Year BA Students at the English Seminar for the lecture and seminar series "Literary and Cultural Studies I&II"

07/2018 – 10/2018 » ASTA MÜNSTER'S HOMEPAGE, MÜNSTER, GERMANY
Translating the website’s content from German to English

08/2016 – 07/2017 » KIST EUROPE, SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY
Student Assistant

• Administrative assistance

• Communication with international clients

• Translating and proofreading documents

09/2014 & 09/2017 » SAARLAND UNIVERSITY, SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY
Supervisor for Saarland University's Intensive German Course

• Supervising 80 international students

• Organizing accomodation and activities

04/2013 – 07/2013 » HARTING, ESPELKAMP, GERMANY
Production Assistant

08/2012 – 02/2013 » RUGELEY, STAFFORDSHIRE, UK
Au Pair

Journal articles
Penning, Anne Laura. #wegmit219a: Governmental Restrictions and the Importance of Online Hashtags in Feminist Movements. Satura, 2, 70–78, 2020. https://doi.org/10.17879/satura-2019-3094   

Book chapters
Forthcoming: “Sense8 – Transgressing Minds and Borders.” Conference Proceedings of Fantastic Geographies, edited by XX. Cambridge Public Scholars, 2025, pp XX.

Conference presentations
Penning, Anne Laura. “Sense8 – Transgressing Minds and Borders”. 13th Annual Conference of the Association for Research in the Fantastic (GfF). TU Dortmund University, Germany. September 22-24, 2022. https://fantastikforschung.de/jahrestagung/jahrestagung-dortmund-2022/

Penning, Anne Laura. “’One More Good Day’ – Queering Pocket Utopias in ‘The Last of Us.’” Joint Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) and the German Association for Research in the Fantastic (GfF). TU Dresden, Germany. August 15-19, 2023. https://disruptiveimaginations.com/ 

Book reviews
Penning, Anne Laura. “Netflix Recommends: Algorithms, Film Choice, and the History of Taste, by Mattias Frey.” Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 24, 2022, pp. 202–05. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.24.18