Consultation hours: Thursday 11 – 12
| Year | Stations |
|---|---|
| 2014 – 2018 | Vice President for International Relations at the University of Passau |
| 2014 | Offer of the Chair of Romance Languages at the University of Paderborn (declined) |
| 2011 | Offer of the Chair of Translation Studies/French at the University of Heidelberg (declined) |
| since 2009 | Chair of Romance Languages and Cultures at the University of Passau |
| 2007 – 2008 | Chair of French Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2007 | Second doctorate (Habilitation) with a thesis on Language and Taboo and venia legendi in Romance Philology at the University of Augsburg |
| 2004 | Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Linguistics of Romance Languages/French with a thesis on Language and Identity at the University of Augsburg |
| 2001 – 2009 | Assistant Professor at the Chair of Linguistics of Romance Languages at the University of Augsburg |
| 2000 – 2001 | Postgraduate studies at the Université Paris IV – Sorbonne |
| 2000 | Master of Arts (Magister Artium) at the University of Bamberg in Italian, Hispanic and English Studies |
| 1999 | Internship at the German Embassy in Quito (Ecuador) |
| 1998 | Internship at the Goethe Institute in Chennai (India) |
| 1996 – 2000 | Interpreter at international trade fairs |
| 1994 | Au pair work in Destin, Florida (USA) |
| 1994 | A-levels (Abitur) at the secondary school Richard-Wagner-Gymnasium in Bayreuth |
| Year | Function |
|---|---|
| since 2023 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Handbuch Europäische Sprachkritik Online (HESO) |
| 2023 – 2025 | Member of the Standing Doctoral Committee of the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Passau |
| 2021 | Senator and Member of the University Council of the University of Passau |
| 2020 – 2021 | President of the Rotary Club Passau-Dreiflüssestadt |
| since 2018 | Trusted person of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) |
| since 2018 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Bavarian University Centre for Latin America (BAYLAT) |
| 2018 – 2022 | Speaker of the Department of Cultural and Media Studies at the University of Passau |
| 2014 – 2022 | Director of the Language Centre of the University of Passau |
| 2014 – 2020 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Passau Latin America Talks (Passauer Lateinamerikagespräche – PLA) |
| 2014 – 2018 | Member of the Commission for the Selection of International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) of the Max Planck Society (MPG) |
| since 2011 | Patronage for AIESEC Passau |
| 2012 – 2022 | Director of the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies (GSICS) |
| 2012 – 2014 | Member of the Council of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Passau |
| 2010 – 2024 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart |
| 2010 – 2020 | Scientific Director of the Institute for Intercultural Communication (ink.up) of the University of Passau |
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Admission to the Order of St. George |
| 2023 | Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria |
| 2021 | Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International |
| 2018 | Honorary doctorate from the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires |
| 2006 | Prix Germaine de Staël of the French Ambassador in Berlin in agreement with the German Association of French studies (FRV) |
| 2005 | Elise-Richter-Prize of the German Association of Romance Studies (DRV) |
| 1994 | Outstanding Achievement Award of the Italian Ambassador in Berlin |
| Year | Organisation |
|---|---|
| since 2023 | Europäische Sprachkritik Online (ESO) |
| since 2018 | Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) |
| 2014 – 2018 | Max Planck Society (MPG) |
| since 2009 | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Avh) |
| since 2009 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| since 2009 | Franco-German University (DFH/UFH) |
| 2009 – 2024 | Romanistik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG) |
| Year | Scholarship |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Grant from the Government of Canada under the Faculty Enrichment Program (FEP) for Quebec (Canada) |
| 2002 | Grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for field studies in Guadeloupe and Martinique |
| 2001 | Grant from the Rotary Foundation for studies in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) |
| 1996 | Studies at the University of the South in Sewanee/Tennessee (USA) |
| 1994 – 2000 | Bavarian state scholarship for highly gifted students |
Speech behaviour is shaped by culture and society, rather than merely reflecting individual speaker caracteristics. Our research focusses on cultural comparison and is inherently interdisciplinary and interculturally sensitive.
Ursula Reutner has published several books and numerous articles. The complete set of publications is also available for download.
