Curriculum Vitae
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Education
| 09/2008 | Master of Arts in German Studies (emphasis on film and media) at Universität Karlsruhe (TH). Title of the master thesis: “Zeitmaschine und Kinoapparatur” (on the discourse of time travel and its connection to the history of visual media and modernity) |
| 09/2006 | Bachelor of Arts in German Studies and Multimedia at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) |
Academic career
| 03/2010 | Research stay at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Travel scholarship provided by the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists |
| 02/2010 | Short-term teaching assignment at the Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic), funded by the ERASMUS Teaching Staff Mobility Programme |
| Since 08/2009 | Associate in the workgroup Technological Nostalgia and Retro Technology within the KIT Focus Human & Technology |
| Since 11/2008 | Research associate at the Institute of Literature, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (formerly Universität Karlsruhe). Courses on media and cultural theory |
| 07/2007 – 10/2008 | Teaching assistant at the Institute for Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies of Universität Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 01/2007 – 02/2007 | Graduate assistant at the Institute for Sociology, Media and Cultural Studies, Universität Karlsruhe (TH). Joint research project with the Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food |
| 02/2004 – 03/2008 | Student assistant at the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Department for Scientific Documentation |
| 09/2003 – 01/2004 | Student apprentice at the International Office of Universität Karlsruhe (TH). Administration of a project team |
Affiliations
Research interests
‘Media nostalgia’ (dissertation project); media and cultural theory; film philosophy; intermediality; media aesthetics; animation studies; the fantastic in the arts; Science Fiction studies; paradoxical time structures in film; remakes and intertextuality; sampling and remix culture
