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Research Interests
Cultural Studies of the aged and of dementia
Cultural history of mental illness
Cultural Theory
Popular Literature
Education
03/2015: Teaching Certificate for German as a Foreign Language (LMU München/Goethe-Institut/Studienkolleg Mittelhessen)
02/2014: Dr. phil. at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich, supervised by Prof. Dr. Harm-Peer Zimmermann (ISEK) and Prof. Dr. Franziska Frei Gerlach (Deutsches Seminar). Further information (German)
05/2008: MA: main subjects European Ethnology/Cultural Studies and German Language and Literature at Philipps-Universität Marburg
2000: Abitur at Gymnasium Sarstedt/Deutschland
Work Experience
From 08/2015: Postdoctoral Researcher in the project Dementia as a Societal Challenge. Funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Further information (German)
2010–2013: PhD scholarship from the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
2010–2012: Lecturer at Philipps-Universität Marburg
2003–2010: Freelancer and author for different local newspapers
