BETTINA
MATHES
is a cultural critic and associate professor at
Pennsylvania State
University
where she teaches german studies, gender studies,
and history of science & technology
her latest book
Verschleierte Wirklichkeit. Die Frau, der Islam und
der Westen
(Veiled Reality: women, islam and the west)
co-written with Christina von Braun
has been awarded the prize
Best Book in the Humanities 2008
by the Austrian Ministry for Science
