Biographical note

Nicole Falkenhayner (PhD), born 1976, teaches English Literature and Culture at Freiburg University. An alumna of the Cluster of Excellence »Cultural Foundations of Social Integration« at the University of Konstanz, she has published on the representation of British Muslims and entanglements of media, structures of feeling and surveillance. Her research currently focuses on heroes and heroization in popular culture. Andreas Langenohl (Prof. Dr.) is professor of sociology at Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany. Johannes Scheu (M.A.) has been a research associate at the Center of Excellence »Cultural Foundations of Social Integration«, University of Konstanz, Germany. Doris Schweitzer (PhD) is a research associate at the Center of Excellence »Cultural Foundations of Social Integration«, University of Konstanz, Germany. Kacper Szulecki (PhD) is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.