Short biography

• 2012 – Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in German philology at the University of Regensburg, Germany; dissertation topic: „Regionalismen in Franz Kafkas Deutsch anhand literarischer Texte“ (supervisors: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule / Prof. Dr. Marek Nekula).
• Since 2009 – DAAD lecturer at the Department of Germanic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Rep.; ERASMUS-coordinator of the department.
• 2008-2009 – lecturer in the field of „Philology of German as a foreign language“ at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
• 2003-2008 – DAAD lecturer in the Foreign Languages Center of the Business University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Leader of the TestDaF exam center, spokesperson of DAAD lecturers in Slovakia, member of the exam commitee of the „Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International“ (PWD) at the Goethe-Institut in Bratislava.
• 2001-2003 – Robert-Bosch-Stiftung lecturer at the Department of German Language and Literature, Masaryk-University in Brno, Czech Rep., regional coordinator of the Bosch lecturer programme for the Czech Rep.
• 2000-2001 – partnership-tutor of the Regensburg University at the Department of German Language and Literature of the Faculty of Education, Masaryk-University in Brno, Czech Rep.
• 1999-2000 – Robert-Bosch-Stiftung lecturer at the Institute of German Philology and the Bussiness Lnaguage Collegium of the Silesian Univerisity of Katowice in Sosnowiec, Poland; teacher of German at the Institute of Culture and Foreign Languages Structura in Katowice, Poland; member of exam committes at the Goethe Institut in Katowice.
• 1998-2001 – completion of the additional study programmes „Deutsch als Fremdsprache“ and „Bohemicum“ in Regensburg, Germany and Brno, Czech Rep.
• 1991-1998 – studies of German Philology, History and Education (for secondary schools), studies of German Philology, History and Musicology (Magister Artium) in Regensburg, Germany and Leicester, UK.

Research Focus

• Franz Kafka, Prague German literature
• German-speaking literature and the collective memory, intercultural literature
• Pluricentrism in German around 1900, variety linguistics/dialectology (focus: Bavarian dialects)
• German town-languages in Central and Eastern Europe
• Political and social history of the Czech Lands / Czechoslovakia / Czech and Slovak Republics in the 20th century
• intercultural communication, national stereotypes

Detailed Biography and List of Publications

• Detailed biography, list of public lectures (PDF, last update: 12/2012)
• List of publications (PDF, last update: 12/2012)