IMAGES (II) - Images of the Poor

Veronika Bernard (PhD) is an Associate Professor (Privatdozentin) with the Depart ment of German Language and Literature at the University of Inns bruck, Austria, and a member of the research platform CEnT (Cultural En counters and Transfer) and the research focus KiK (Kulturen im Kontakt / Cultures in Contact). Her research interests are: cultural encounters in movies and literature, migrant li te ra ture (German-Tur kish authors), European views and stereotyping of the Ori ent, and the city in literature.
Serhan Oksay (PhD) is a Professor of Development Economics and has been an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Ka dir Has Univer si ty, Istanbul/ Turkey. His research interests are: sustainable development and po verty re duc tion, international political economy, environmental problems and po li tics.