Historian · Author · Cultural scholar

Academic CV

Selected stages of an academic career spanning doctoral and postdoctoral research, university teaching and institutional leadership.

Since 11/2024

Deputy Director

German Historical Institute Warsaw

Leadership role and academic work at GHI Warsaw.

2018–2024

Associate Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Based in the Department of History and connected with the European Studies Center.

2007–2018

Assistant Professor in Eastern European History

European University Viadrina · University of Texas at Austin

Teaching at Viadrina and service as Visiting Assistant Professor in Austin.

2006–2007

Desk Officer

German Federal Foreign Office · Berlin

A year and a half in government service before returning to academia.

2003–2006

Doctoral fellow

ZEIT Foundation · European University Viadrina

Graduate programme ‘The Germans and Their Eastern Neighbours’.

Studies

Cultural studies and history

Frankfurt (Oder) · Toruń · Brno

Studies at Viadrina and universities in Poland and the Czech Republic.

2008

Scientific Award of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland

The dissertation on Stettin / Szczecin received the Scientific Award of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Berlin in 2008.

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