Academic Experience

since 2/2019: Deputy Chairwoman of the Scientific Commission of the German Council of Science and Humanities
since 2/2017: Member of the German Council of Science and Humanities
since 7/2017: Deputy Spokeswoman of the CRC 1285 "Invectivity. Constellations and Dynamics of disparagement"
since 2010: Following guest professorships at HU Berlin and the University of Zurich, Chair at TU Dresden
2007: Habilitation at HU Berlin
1997: Doctorate at HU Berlin
1984 – 1994: Freelance work as literary critic and translator
1978 – 1984: German Studies, Studies of Philosophy and Theater Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt/M.

since 7/2017: "Sacredness and sacrilege. The disparagement of the sacred within the interconfessional dispute of the 16^th century" (Sub-project E of CRC 1285)
7/2011 - 7/2014: "The Ethos of Friendship. The Spirit of Community in Medieval Discourses and Narrations" (Sub-project S of CRC 804)

since 05/2022: Member of the Project Committee "Münchener Texte und Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters" of the
Bavarian Academy of Sciences
since 2/2020: Member of the Steering Committee of the Early Modern High German Dictionary of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
since 2/2017: Member of the German Council of Science and Humanities
since 4/2014: Member of the Commission for Art History, Literature and Musicology of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
since 4/2012: Member of the Commission of the Medieval Center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science and Humanities
since 10/2011: Liaison Officer of the German Association of German Studies at TU Dresden

6/2020: Fellowship of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation for the year 2021/22
5/2019: Supervisor Award of the TU Dresden Graduate Academy for excellence in doctoral supervision: Promotionsbetreuung AUSGEZEICHNET
11/2017: Marsilius Medal of the Marsilius Kolleg at Heidelberg University
10/2016: Teaching Award of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden for the FLiK module "Risk Communication and Risk Narratives"
2001 - 2003: Award for excellent teaching of the Faculty of Philosophy II of Humboldt University in the 2001 summer semester, the 2002 academic year, and the 2003 academic year

since 2019: Member of TU Dresden's Extended Senate
since 2017: Advisory Board Excellence Strategy/University of Excellence of TU Dresden
since 2013: Doctoral Committee of the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies and Chairperson of the TU Dresden Graduate Academy
since 2010: Senate Commission for Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management and
Selection Committee for the Maria Reiche program to promote Habilitations by women

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