Biography
Scientific activities
since 04/18 | Assistant professor, Institute of History, Department of North American History, University of Cologne |
04/14-03/18 | Research assistant, British and North American History, Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel |
06/13-03/14 | Research assistant, America Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
02/06-03/07 | Research assistant, Anglo-American Department, Institute of History, University of Cologne |
Education
02/2012 | Completion of the doctoral procedure with "summa cum laude", Title of the dissertation: „From Cocoa Slavery to Chocolate City: Chocolate as a Racial Signifier in the Constructions of Blackness”, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin |
10/07-12/02 | Ph.D. from the Graduate School for North American Studies, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin |
02/2006 | Magistra; M.A. in American Studies, Anglo-American History and Sociology at the University of Cologne |
Fellowships & Grants (Selection)
03-04/2024 | Fellowship des Deutschen Historischen Instituts, Washington, DC, USA |
2023 | Lehrpreis der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln |
2017 | DFG grant to fund the international conference "Designing Modern Families |
2014 | Thyssen Foundation Fellowship to conduct research at the Social Welfare History Archive in Minneapolis, MN. |
2013 | Postdoctoral HONORS-Fellow of the Dahlem Research School, Freie Universität Berlin |
2012 | Postdoctoral Fellowship from the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC |
2007 | Doctoral Fellowship from the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC |
2004-2005 | ERASMUS scholarship holder at the Université de La Réunion, St. Denis, Ile de La Réunion, France |
2002-2003 | DAAD scholarship holder at the Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA |