Appointments
10/2012–date: Associate Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities, Faculty of Letters
10/2008–9/2012: Junior Professor of Modern German Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies
10/2005–9/2008: Assistant Professor of Modern German Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, chair: Prof Peter-André Alt
10/2002–9/2005: Assistant Professor of Modern German Literature, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, chair: Prof Peter-André Alt
10/2001–9/2002: Junior Lecturer for Modern German Literature, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, chair: Prof Helmut Pfotenhauer
Distinctions
2–3/2022: Senior Visiting Fellow, EXC 2020 “Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective”, Freie Universität Berlin
1–3/2020: Max Kade Visiting Professorship, UC Davis
9–12/2019: Thomas Mann Fellowship, Thomas Mann House Los Angeles
1/2015–12/2019: Einstein Visiting Fellowship, Freie Universität Berlin
2–10/2012: Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship, University of St. Andrews
2005: Outstanding Dissertation Award, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
1994–2003: Study Scholarship and Doctoral Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
1993: Victor von Scheffel Award for Excellence in German Language and Literature, Literarische Gesellschaft Karlsruhe e.V. – Award for Outstanding Abitur Achievement, Heilbronn Chamber of Commerce, branch office Wertheim
Education
1/2012: Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education (Berliner Zertifikat für Hochschullehre), Berlin Centre for Higher Education (Berliner Zentrum für Hochschullehre)
12/2004: PhD in Modern German Literature, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, referees: Prof Peter-André Alt, Prof Helmut Pfotenhauer
9–12/2000: Visiting Research Student, Department of Germanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin, supervisor: Dr Gilbert Carr
12/1999: Final Examination in German Studies with a minor in Social Sciences, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, supervisor: Prof Helmut Pfotenhauer
7/1997: Intermediate Examination in German Studies with a minor in Social Sciences, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
Affiliations
11/2020–date: Affiliated Researcher at Migrations and Aesthetics, UC Davis, Global Migration Center
2020–date: Member, Villa Aurora and Thomas Mann House e.V.
5/2019–date: Member, International Steering Committee, EXC 2020 Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective, Freie Universität Berlin
4/2010–date: Ombudsperson (Vertrauensdozent), German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
4/2012–3/2017: Advisory Board Member, ERC Grant “Solitudes. Withdrawal and Engagement in the Long Seventeenth-Century”, University of Copenhagen
2008–date: Member, Internationale Alfred Döblin-Gesellschaft e.V., First Vice President from 7/2009 to 6/2017
2005–2020: Member, Deutsche Thomas Mann-Gesellschaft e.V.
1999–date: Member, Goethe-Gesellschaft in Weimar e.V.