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Curiculum Vitae

Employment

  • 2022- Chair of English Literature and Culture (W3), University of Passau
  • 2022 Offer of Chair of English Literature and Culture (W3), FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (declined)
  • 2021-2022 Full Professor of English Literature (W3), Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2010-2021 Assistant Professor of English, University of Regensburg

Education

  • 2010-2018 Habilitation, English Literature and Culture, University of Regensburg
  • 2006-2010 PhD, English Literature, King’s College London
  • 2005-2006 MA, European and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury
  • 2003-08/2005 Undergraduate Studies, English Literature and German Literature, University of Freiburg

Visiting Positions

  • Academic Visitor, Linacre College, University of Oxford, 2025-
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge (2024-25)
  • Visiting Scholar, Jesus College, University of Cambridge (2024-25)
  • Elected Research Associate, Darwin College, University of Cambridge
    (2016-17, 6 months)
  • Junior Fellowship, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) (2013-14)
  • Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, English Department, Rutgers (2012-13)

Fellowships and Prizes

  • Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (2025)
  • Habilitation Award, Universität Regensburg (2019)
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, Fakultät für Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Universität Regensburg (2015)
  • Elected Junior Fellow of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften & Elected Member of the Junges Kolleg (2014)
  • Elected Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe (2014)
  • Elected Member of the International Association of University Professors of English (2014)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, Volkswagen Stiftung (2012-13)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, DAAD (2012-13, declined)
  • PhD Scholarship, Gerda Henkel Foundation (2007-2009)
  • Robert's Grant, King's College London (2009)
  • Student-led Initiative Award, British Arts and Humanities Research Council (2008-2009)
  • Postgraduate Scholarship, School of European Languages and Cultures, University of Kent (2005-2006)
  • Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) (2003-2007)

Professional Service

  • Elected Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Professors of English (2018-)
  • Elected Chair of the Junges Kolleg, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2017-19)
  • Referee for Cambridge University Press; Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Victorian Review, Nineteenth Century Studies, Victorian Periodicals Review, Textus, Entertext, Gaskell Journal, Victorian Network
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