| since 2009 | Head of Atelier Mondial – Internationals Arts Exchange Program / Arts Development Project Manager Christoph Merian-Foundation, Basel |
| 2006 – 2009 | Professor for Semiotics; and Cultural and Iconic Theory Department of Design; member of the diploma jury (Department of Design) Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) |
| 2005 | Lecture Friedrich Nietzsche and Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey Nietzsche Colloquium, Sils-Maria Member of the diploma jury Institute of Cultural Studies in the Arts Zurich University of the Arts |
| 2003 | Core Researcher DoRE/SNF Research Project ‘Perform Space’ concerning the effects of contemporary artwork in urban space www.perform-space.net Academy of Art and Design, Basel |
| 2000 – 2006 | Professor for Theory of Film and Media, Philosophy and Aesthetics; several lectures and seminars on the theory of documentary film and history and aesthetics of Swiss films Academy of Art and Design, Basel (HGK) |
| 2000 December | Events Program Director Symposium Paintings, Pixels, Bytes and Pores – The End of (New?) Media? University of Basel |
| 2000 – 2002 | Adjunct Teaching Staff German Studies Department University of Zurich |
| 1998 – 2000 | Events Program Director Philosophes cultural café, Basel |
| 1992 June | Events Program Director Symposium Theory, Gender, Fiction University of Basel |
Recent Advanced Training and Professional Awards |
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| 2016 | Training Course 'Faciliator of Shared Reading Classes' The Reader, Liverpool |
| 2012 | Course 'Management Skills for Foundations' Center for Philantropy Studies, University Basel |
| 2011 | Private Course 'Leading and Management' Assessment Center Markus Furrer, Adliswil |
| 2007 | Training and Certificate in 'Cultural Management' Swiss Marketing and Advertising Institute IAA Accredited Institute, Geneva |
| 2007 February | Extension course in presentation techniques [Migros Klubschule, Basel] |
| 2007 January | Pathé Prize (SFr. 10'000) Best Swiss Film Review of the Year Solothurn Film Festival |
| 2003 – 2004 | Professional Foreign Residencies Several trips to Israel and Palestine as journalist |
| 2003 – 2004 | Ivrith language classes Israelitische Gemeinde Basel IGB [Jewish Community of Basel] |
Professional Experience in Arts and Film Journalism |
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| 2007 | Competition Jury Member Swiss short films |
| 2006 | Jury Member Kurzfilmfestival [Short Film Festival] Oberhausen |
| since 2002 | Feuilleton [Arts Section] Editor Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), Zurich [daily newspaper] |
| 1999 – 2002 | Freelance journalist for several newspapers and Swiss radio station DRS |
| 1998 – 1999 | Feuilleton [Arts Section] Editor WochenZeitung (WoZ), Zurich [weekly newspaper] |
| 1997 – 1998 | Freelance journalist for several newspapers and Swiss radio station DRS |
| 1996 – 1997 | Film Reviews Editor Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (bz), Liestal [daily newspaper] |
| 1993 | Editorial Office Internship Basellandschaftlichen Zeitung (bz), Liestal [daily newspaper] |
Other Professional Experience |
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| since 1994 | Organization of different events and panels in the area of Swiss and German Literature |
| since 1994 | Lecturer on film / aesthetics and perception at various institutions, e.g. Schaulager, Basel |
| 1993 | started work as freelance journalist in the areas of film, science and literature |
Education and Degrees |
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| 2002 | PhD summa cum laude in Postmodern Theory Department for German Literature, University of Zurich |
| 1995 | MA summa cum laude in German Literature, Philosophy and Modern History University of Basel |
| 1989 - 1995 | Studies of German Literature, English Literature, Philosophy and Modern History Universities of Basel and FU Berlin |
Stäheli, Alexandra. Materie und Melancholie. Adorno, Lyotard und der pictorial turn. (Dissertation).
Wien: Passagen-Verlag 2004. [doctoral thesis]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Von der Entstehung des Sinns. Basel: Edition 99 1999. [on film and photography]
Stäheli, Alexandra und Florian Vetsch (Hrsg.): Warenmuster, blühend. Sammlung zeitgenössischer
Poesie. Frauenfeld: Verlag im Waldgut 2000. [anthology of contemporary poetry]
Stäheli, Alexandra und Caroline Torra-Mattenklott (Hrsg.): Eine Frage der Disziplin. Zur
Institutionalisierung von Gender Studies. Universelles 3, September 2001. [concerning gender
studies in the university]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Über Derridas Daumen gepeilt. Gegen einen Sinn oder: Eine dekonstruktivistische
Lektüre von David Lynchs Film Blue Velvet. In: Grauzone. Zeitschrift über neue
Literatur. Ausgabe 11, 2 / 1997. [deconstructivist reading of the movie Blue Velvet by David
Lynch]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Viele Realismen und ein kleines bisschen Poesie. Das europäische Kino vor
einem halben Jahrhundert, eine Momentaufnahme. In: Basler Magazin Nr. 32, 9. August
1997. [concerning 50 years of European cinema]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Hypergewalt in New Hollywood. Zum Kino der 90er Jahre. In: Basler Magazin
Nr. 45, 11. November 2000. [concerning violence in postmodern cinema]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Ein Hut aus Filz ist nicht ein Hut aus Filz. Zur Stofflichkeit im Film. In:
Entwürfe Nr. 25/ Januar 2001. [concerning movie and materiality]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Schuldhaftes, Spasmen und Trägheiten. Vom Umgang mit nicht - westlicher
Literatur. In: Samuel Herzog (Hrsg.): Total Global. Umgang mit nicht - westlicher Kunst.
Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag 2000. [concerning postcolonialism]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Besonders schön. Lyotards Re - Lektüren von Kant im Zeichen einer verlorenen
Ästhetik. In: Klaus Müller - Wille, Detlef Roth und Jörg Wiesel (Hrsg.): Wunsch – Maschine –
Wiederholung. Freiburg i. Br.: Rombach 2002. [concerning Jean-François Lyotard’s theory of
postmodernism]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Die Ästhetik des Hyperrealen. Anmerkungen zum Kino der 90er Jahre. In: Pat
Kalt, Jana Ulmann et.al. (Hrsg.): Bilder, Bytes und Buchstaben. Projekt Wahrnehmung.
Norderstedt: Books on Demand 2004. [concerning hyperrealism in postmodern movies]
Stäheli, Alexandra. Grenzüberschreitung oder Heiraten auf Arabisch. In: Figurationen 1 / 05.
[concerning marriage and liminal theory in contemporary Arabian film)
Stäheli, Alexandra. und René Pulfer: ‘A la télévision, ils voient rien’. Zu einigen medialen
Verflechtungen zwischen Kunst und Massenmedien seit den 60er Jahren. In: Kongressband
SchnittStellen, hg. von Georg Christoph Tholen et. al. Basler Beiträge zur
Medienwissenschaft. Basel: Schwabe - Verlag 2006. [concerning performance art and mass
media in the 1960s)