Vita

Degrees:

• PhD in German Linguistics
  
• Magister German/French, University of Leipzig (Germany)
• Erstes Staatsexamen für das höhere Lehramt an Gymnasien (teacher qualification for secondary school teaching), German and French

Work experience:

• October 2010 - now : Lecturer in German Linguistics & Head of Department's Assistent at the German Department, University of Leipzig
  
• 2007 - 2010 Lecturer in German Linguistics at the German Department, University of Leipzig
  
• DAAD – Lektorin (Lecturer in German) at the University of Kent
• DAAD Language Assistant at Manchester Metropolitan University
• Centre Officer at the Centre des études de la France et de la Francophonie (part of the Centre for Advanced Study, University of Leipzig)
• Robert Bosch Foundation DeutschMobil Fellowship, France

Projects:

• Organisation of two popular lectures "Vernäht und zugeflixt" (November 2008)
• German Film Festival in Canterbury (October 2006)
• Mini Football World Cup on Campus at the University of Kent (March 2006)
• Study Trip to Germany with British students (Manchester/Canterbury, December 2005)
• Aim Higher Project, Greater Manchester: Making Modern Languages an Option. Make Grammar Fun, (February/March 2005)
• II. Leipziger Frankreichtage (France Festival in Leipzig, June 2004)
• XII. Französische Sommeruniversität (French Summer School, September 2004)