Curriculum Vitae
Position
Independent scholar, and author; currently working on a funded project about „German Middle Eastern Studies“
09/01/2008 -08/31/2009
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA)
New Haven, Connecticut
USA
Education
09/04/2006: PhD (»Dr. phil.«)
University of Innsbruck (Austria)
(»Mit Auszeichnung bestanden«, equivalent to summa cum laude or »A«):
»Ein völkischer Beobachter in der BRD. Die Salonfähigkeit neu-rechter Ideologeme am Beispiel Henning Eichberg«
[»A voelkisch observer in the FRG: the new right in mainstream Germany, the case of Henning Eichberg«], 484 pages
(First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anton Pelinka, Innsbruck;
Second Advisor: Prof. Dr. Andrei Markovits, Ann Arbor, USA)
04/27/2006-09/03/2006 PhD Candidate, University of Innsbruck
07/05/2001-04/26/2006 PhD Candidate, Free University Berlin
12/07/1999: Diploma (»Dipl.-Pol.«)
University of Bremen (»Sehr gut«; »Very good«), (First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Quensel):
»Antisemitismus und Deutschland. Die Analye der ›ordinary Germans‹ von Daniel J. Goldhagen und die ›Elemente des Antisemitismus‹ von Max Horkheimer und Theodor W. Adorno im Vergleich oder wie deutsch ist abendländische Vergesellschaftung?«
[»Antisemitism and Germany. A comparison of ›ordinary Germans‹ (Goldhagen) and the elements of antisemitism‹ of Horkheimer/Adorno - Are there specific German characteristics in the development of the western world?«]
10/01/1996-12/06/1999 Studies of Political Science at the University of Bremen
02/22/1991-09/30/1996 Studies of Philosophy, History, Political Science and Cultural Studies at the University of Tuebingen
11/01/1989-01/31/1991 Alternative military service (Zivildienst)
04/25/1989 High School graduation
Fellowships/Grants
09/01/2005-06/30/2006:PhD-Fellowship from the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (Paris, France)
07/01/2002-06/30/2005:PhD-Fellowship Hans Boeckler Foundation (Duesseldorf, Germany)
01/01/2003 – 12/31/2004: (PhD-) Felix Posen Fellow (Hebrew University, The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism – SICSA – , Jerusalem, Israel)
Professional Experience
♦ Expert on »new antisemitism« at Online-Seminar of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung for Freedom, 11/12/2007 – 11/16/2007
♦ Several Lectures on anti-Semitism, e.g. at International Conferences at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Tuebingen
♦ Preparing in 2007 a two year project, including summer schools, conferences and workshops, on »Remembrance of the Shoah« with the Institute of Conflict Research in Vienna, for the European Commission (Marie Curie Program); The peer-reviewed project has been accepted (»An original proposal«; »A very good host with a good training«; »A really good candidate with a good cv«), but not realized because of lack of money (too many applications)
Projects
05/01/2007 – 07/31/2007 Environmental protection, National Socialism and antisemitism: the case of Walther Schoenichen; in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Gert Gröning, University of Arts, Berlin
02/01/2007-04/30/2007 Antisemitism, antiliberalism and antihumanism in the catholic Bund Neudeutschland in Germany 1932-1946, result: manuscript of 56 pages (will be published in Heni 2008 )
05/2001-02/2002 Series of events on the issue of dispossession and antisemitism in Nazi-Germany, including scholarly lectures, literature, and the showing the exhibition »Aktion T3. Deutsche verwerten juedische Nachbarn« in cooperation with the University of Bremen, the Jewish Community Bremen and several local institutions and groups. Project-management and fundraising (10.000 DM, equally 5000€)
Skills and Qualifications
LLanguages:
German: Mother tongue
English: Fluent
French: Good working knowledge
Latin: Basic knowledge
IT Skills: MS Office
Affiliations
♦ Founding Member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East / German Chapter (SPME) in November 2007
♦ Participant of the International Conference of the Global Forum For Combating Antisemitism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem in February 24-25, 2008
♦ Member of the International Association for the Study of Antisemitism (IASA) since 03/26/2008
