Annika Orich
Assistant Professor
Member Of:
- School of Modern Languages
Office Phone: 404-894-7327
Office Location: Swann 231
Related Links:
Email Address: aorich@gatech.edu
Overview
Annika Orich received her PhD in German with a Designated Emphasis in Film from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2017. Her research and teaching interests encompass 20th- and 21st-century German literature, film, and culture; film and media studies; and medical humanities.
Education:
- PhD in German & Designated Emphasis in Film Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2017
- MA in German & English, University of Calgary, 2008
- Diplom in Kulturwissenschaften, Europa-Universität Viadrina, 2006
Interests
Teaching Interests:
German Culture and Language
Film and Media Studies
Film and Media Studies
Research Interests:
German Studies
Film and Media Studies
Medical Humanities
Film and Media Studies
Medical Humanities
Research Fields:
- German
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Europe (North)
Courses
- GMC-6001: Global Media & Cultures
- GRMN-1001: Elementary German I
- GRMN-2001: Intermediate German I
- GRMN-2002: Intermediate German II
- GRMN-3011: Germany Today
- GRMN-3026: Stylistics
- GRMN-3071: Intro-Business German I
- GRMN-3695: Structure,Commun&Corr
- GRMN-4061: Adv Business German I
- GRMN-4310: S&T In German Culture
- GRMN-4693: Ind Transf Grmn Soc/Econ
- GRMN-4695: German Internship
- GRMN-4699: Undergraduate Research
- GRMN-6252: DOM Internship Germ
- GRMN-6310: S&T In German Culture
- GRMN-6510: Language Practicum
- GRMN-8803: Special Topics
- ML-2500: Intro Cross-Cult Studies
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- “Streaming Multilinguality: Language, Authenticity, and Technology in 1899 and The Swarm”
In: Seminar. A Journal of Germanic Studies 61.4 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2025
- "Staying Local, Going Global: Sustaining German Culture in Dark Times"
In: German Politics and Society 39.4 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- “Archival Resistance. Reading the New Right”
In: German Politics and Society 38.2. 1-34. [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2020
Chapters
- ‘Wir wollen nicht ins Comedy-KZ’: Serdar Somuncu, Oliver Polak, Ethno-Komik und deutsche Zugehörigkeits- und Erinnerungskultur.
In: Komik der Integration. Ed. by Özkan Ezli, Deniz Göktürk, and Uwe Wirth
Date: 2019
Internet Publications
- Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Times of COVID-19.
In: History | Sexuality | Law
Date: July 2020
All Publications
Journal Articles
- “Streaming Multilinguality: Language, Authenticity, and Technology in 1899 and The Swarm”
In: Seminar. A Journal of Germanic Studies 61.4 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2025
- "Staying Local, Going Global: Sustaining German Culture in Dark Times"
In: German Politics and Society 39.4 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2021
- “Archival Resistance. Reading the New Right”
In: German Politics and Society 38.2. 1-34. [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2020
Chapters
- ‘Wir wollen nicht ins Comedy-KZ’: Serdar Somuncu, Oliver Polak, Ethno-Komik und deutsche Zugehörigkeits- und Erinnerungskultur.
In: Komik der Integration. Ed. by Özkan Ezli, Deniz Göktürk, and Uwe Wirth
Date: 2019
- Framing the Past: Visual Musealizations of the Nazi Past in Harlan – Im Schatten von Jud Süß and Jud Süß – Film ohne Gewissen. Co-authored with Florentine Strzelczyk.
In: Exhibiting the German Past: Museums, Film, and Musealization. Ed. by Peter M. McIsaac and Gabriele Mueller
Date: 2015
- ‘Steppende Nazis mit Bildungsauftrag:’ Marketing Hitler Humor in Post-Unification Germany. Co-authored with Florentine Strzelczyk
In: Strategies of Humor in Post-Unification German Literature, Film, and Other Media. Ed. by Jill Twark
Date: 2011
Internet Publications
- Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Times of COVID-19.
In: History | Sexuality | Law
Date: July 2020
Updated: Feb 12th, 2026 at 11:40 AM