Curriculum Vitae
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Academic professional practice
since 1.4.2011: W2-Professorship "Modern German Literature" at the University of Kassel
WiSe 2009/10: Substitution W3-Professorship "German Literature" at the TU Darmstadt
SoSe 2008: Substitute W3-Professorship "German Literature of the 17th-19th Century" at Leibniz Universität Hannover
Jan. 2002 - March 2011: research assistant at the Institute of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the TU Darmstadt
Oct. 2001 - Feb. 2002: Lecturer at the Institute for German Language and Literature at the University of Cologne
May 1998 - April 2001: Research assistant at the Institute for German Language and Literature at the University of Kassel
Oct. 1998 - Dec. 2001: Teaching 'German as a Foreign Language' at the RAA (Regional Office for the Promotion of the Integration of Foreign Children) in Aachen
Jan. 1997 - April 1998: research assistant at the German Department II of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (Gellert-Edition)
1990 - 1998: Publishing experience: Internships (dtv, Erich Schmidt-Verlag), proofreading work (dtv, Bergmoser & Höller Verlag)
Major third-party funded project management
1.10.2011 - 30.9.2016: Spokesperson of the DFG Research Training Group 1599 of the Universities of Göttingen and Kassel "Dynamics of Space and Gender"
2009 - 2012: Head of the DFG project World and Knowledge on Stage. The Theatrum Literature of the Early Modern Period (Partner: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel)
University administrative and committee work
Since April 2016: Spokesperson of the Italy Network of the University of Kassel (with Prof. Dr. Angela Schrott)
April 2016 - March 2018: Women's and Equal Opportunity Officer of the Department 2 'Humanities and Cultural Studies' of the University of Kassel
since July 2014: Founding member of the newly constituted Italy Network of the University of Kassel
since 2014: Ombudsperson of the University of Kassel
1.4.2013 - 30.09.2014: Management of the Institute for German Studies at the University of Kassel
since 2013: Member of the DFG Network of the University of Kassel (Department for Strategic Research Funding and Promotion of Young Scientists)
2009 - 2010: Member of the Faculty Council 02 of the TU Darmstadt
Reviewer, advisory board, mentor activities
since 2013: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Otto-Braun-Fonds of the Braun-Melsungen AG company (scholarship support for doctoral students)
since 2013: Reviewer for the STIBET program (scholarship and mentoring program for foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students) of the DAAD at the University of Kassel
2012-present: Member of the editorial board of the Peter Lang book series "Lingue e culture - Languages and Cultures - Langues et Cultures" (Marisa Verna/Giovanni Gobber)
2012-2016: Mentor in the program "Mentoring for female PhD students" of the University of Paderborn
since 2011: Reviewer for the DFG
since 2010: Reviewer for the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
2007 - 2014: Member of the Selection Committee of the German National Academic Foundation
University education
13.7.2005: Habilitation; Venia Legendi for Modern German Literature at the TU Darmstadt
1995 - 1997: Doctorate in Modern German Literature at RWTH Aachen University
Sept. 1993 - May 1994: Foreign language assistant at two high schools in Amiens (with scholarship of the Pedagogical Exchange Service for France)
1989 - 1995: Studied German and French (teaching profession for secondary levels I and II) at RWTH Aachen and LMU Munich (with scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation)