Subalternity, post- and decolonial theories, esp. in the Americas
Transculturality of IXX century US society
Academic Curriculum Vitae
since August 2018 Research Associate, since 2020 Senior Researcher and Project Leader at theInstitute for Higher Education Researchat the University Halle–Wittenberg (GER)
October 2022 – April 2023 Visiting Lecturer (History Department) at the University Halle-Wittenberg (GER)
October 2020 – April 2021 Visiting Lecturer (Sociology Department ) at the University Halle-Wittenberg (GER)
May 2018 – August 2018 Teacher for migration and integration classes in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, Germany
October 2017– May 2018 Secondary school teacher (English and German) in Saxony, Germany
2009 MA in American Studies
MA thesis: The Discursive Construction of “Guantánamo” after 9/11
2007 BA in Political Science
BA thesis: Indigene Bewegungen oder Parteien? Vergleich zwischen den mexikanischen Zapatistas und der bolivianischen MAS [Indigenous Movements or Parties? A Comparison between the Mexican Zapatistas and the Bolivian MAS]
2006 BA in British/American Studies
BA thesis: The Clay Feet of Civilization: A Comparison between Herman Melville’s Moby Dick und Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
2001-2009 Undergraduate and graduate studies in British/American Studies, German Studies and Political Science at the University of Rostock (GER), the University College Cork (IRL) and the Universidad de Murcia (ESP)
Teaching Experience
2022 Seminar (BA level): Wissenschaftskommunikation in historischer Perspektive [Forms of Science Communication in a historical perspective], History Department, University Halle-Wittenberg (GER)
2020 Seminar (BA level): Kommunikationsformen der Wissenschaft [Forms of Science and Scholarly Communication], Department of Sociology, University Halle-Wittenberg (GER)
2018 German language classes for migrants, refugees and foreigners in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (GER)
2017-2018 English and German language classes in a secondary school in Saxony (GER)
2017 Seminar (MA level): Schemes and Dreams of Independence and National Aggrandizement: Filibustering in the American Hemisphere, 1806 – 1860; John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free University Berlin (GER)
2016 Seminar (MA level): Narrating Dissent: Contemporary Protest Literature in the US; University of Constance (GER)
2014 Seminar (BA level): Border Fiction and Border Thinking between the US and Mexico; University of Rostock (GER)
2011 Workshop: Kulturkontakte im Film, oder: Können Subalterne Filmstars werden? [Cultural Contacts in Films, or: Can Subalterns Become Film Stars?]; 2nd International Summer School of the University of Rostock (GER)
2010 Seminar (BA level): Incredible Yanquis: Representations and Self-Stylization of U.S. Mercenaries in Central America; University of Rostock (GER)
2007-2018 Freelance work: More than 100 workshops for young adults, pupils, students and apprentices on social topics like global flows of commodities, trade unionism, anti-Racism and democratic participation in the workplace
2003-2009 Freelance work: private English language classes in Germany and Spain
Grants and Stipends
2013 Conference assistance grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)
2010 Three month travel grant by the German Academic Exchange Service for a research stay in Central America
2009-2013 Monthly doctoral stipend by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
