Elena Siemens is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta. Her research focuses on Visual Culture, Performance (Spaces of Performance in particular), Fashion Studies (Fashion photography), Multilingual Art and Writing, Critical Theory, Creative Nonfiction. Her most recent publications include 'Gift Me a Dream:' Retail Windows from London to Vancouver (2021), Je Suis en Transit: Adventures in Google Translate (2020), and Remembering Paris 1968: Fashion Theatre of Protest (2019).