Since April 2010 | Reinhart Koselleck Project “Global Theatre Histories (1860-1990) Ludwig Maximilians- University Munich · Scientific Coordinator and PostDoc www.global-theatre-histories.org |
July 2008/ January 2009- February 2010 | Cluster of Excellence “Asia & Europe in a Global Context”, Heidelberg University (www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de) · Coordinator and Lecturer of the Graduate Program for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) · PostDoctoral Researcher, Research Project Difference, Danger, and New Urban Imaginaries of the Publics in Asia and Europe (B11) (http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/b-public-spheres/b11.html) |
March – December 2008 | Heidelberg University, SfB Ritualdynamik (i.e. Collaborative Research Center Dynamics of Rituals, funded by the DFG) · deputyship |
Sept - December 2007 | Columbia University & Barnard College, New York, German Dept. · Guest Lecturer (Gastdozentin) (co-funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD))
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October 2006-February 2008 | University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn", Leipzig · Research Associate
and Assistant Lecturer |
April 2006
| Barnard College, New York City
· Assistant Lecturer German Dept. |
Jan 2006 until present | · Freelance writer (focus on columns on sport, fitness, lifestyle, ‘wellness’; online and print (magazines and newspapers) since 2009 regular column in the Triathlon Magazin (www.trimag.de)) |
2001 - 2005
| University of Mainz, International PhD Program ‘Performance and Media Studies’ · Doctorate PhD-thesis on: Pictorial Dramaturgy. Theatre and visual culture in 19th century Germany (1869-1899)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme |
January to April 2005 | Goethe-Institute New York · internship with the Program Department (Dr. Dieta Sixt & Juliane Wanckel) |
2004 | Dept. of Theatre Studies, University of Mainz · Assistant Lecturer |
2002-2003 | University of Mainz, International PhD Program (IPP) ‘Performance and Media Studies’
· Assistant coordinator of the IPP |
2000-2002 | Hochschule für Musik Köln/ Academy of Music, Cologne, Dept. of Dance + SfB Kulturelle Inszenierungen von Fremdheit im 19. Jahrhundert (Collaborative Research Center Representations of ,Otherness' in the 19th Century) (funded by the DFG) · Research Associate with Prof. Dr. Claudia Jeschke |
1999-2002 | University of Mainz, Theatre Dept. research project: Polynesian Performance Culture (funded by the DFG)
· Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme |
2000 | · Final exam (M.A., University of Mainz) title of the dissertation: Stereography and Theatre |
1995-2000 | 1997-2000: University of Mainz 1995-1997: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Study · Theatre Studies and audiovisual Media · German Philology · Art History · Musicology |
Grants | · DAAD (2004, 2007) · German American Fulbright Commission (2003) · Stipend of the University of Mainz (2000) · Travel Stipends by the (DFG) |
Affiliations/ Memberships | · International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR/FIRT) · Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft (GTW) · American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) · Fulbright-Alumni
· Cluster of Excellence Asia & Europe in a Global Context · Gesellschaft für Urbanisierungsforschung · Dramaturgy Working Group of the GTW |