Curriculum Vitae: Prof. Dr. Karsten Fitz

Jahr	Stationen im Lebenslauf
Since 2024	Member of the Board of the Bavarian American Academy (BAA)
2021-2025	Member of the Board of the European Association for American Studies (EAAS)
2020-2023	Chairman of the Senate of the University of Passau
2017-2020	Vice-President of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS)
2017-2019	Dean of the School for the Arts and Humanities
Seit Okt. 2007	Professor of American Studies/Culture and Media Studies at the University of Passau
Sommersemester 2007	Interim professor and chair (Lehrstuhlvertretung) of American Studies/Intercultural Anglophone Studies at the University of Bayreuth
Dez. 2006	Habilitation at the University of Regensburg; venia legendi: American Studies
2000 - 2007	Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Regensburg
2002/2003	Fulbright American Studies Fellowship of the German-American Fulbright Commission; research stay at Harvard University and at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA
Feb. 2000	Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University of Hanover
1998 - 2000	Instructor at the University of Regensburg, American Studies
1996 - 1998	Doctoral Fellowship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst
Juni - Aug. 1997	Travel grant by the Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst: 3-months research stay at the American Indian Studies Center of the University of California, Los Angeles
Juni - Sept. 1995	Travel grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): 3-month research stay at the American Indian Studies Center of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley; internship (three weeks) on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana
Wintersemester 1994/95	Instructor at the University of Hanover, English Department
1990/91	Student at the University of Washington, Seattle: English and Political Sciences (Honors Program in English)
1991 - 1997	Free lance language trainer for English and German at the Continental Reifen AG Hannover; instructor of English at the Volkshochschule Langenhagen
1987 - 1994	University of Hanover; M.A. in English/American Studies and Political Sciences