PD Dr. Christoph Oliver Mayer

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PD Dr. Christoph Mayer

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Institute of Romance Studies

Institute of Romance Studies

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W48, Raum 412 Wiener Straße 48

01219 Dresden

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Since 1.10.2018 at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. See here.

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Consultation hours currently only after prior registration via e-mail. The office hours take place in Wiener Strasse room 412 (ReLa).

Vita

• Baccalaureate 1993, M.A. 1998, doctorate 2001, habilitation 2012
• 1993-1998 Studies of Romance Philology (French Literature), Modern and Contemporary History and Political Science at the LMU Munich; Master thesis "Schlußbildung in der französischen Frühaufklärung", supervisor: Priv-Doz. Dr. Hermann Lindner / Prof. Dr. Michael Rössner (LMU Munich)
• 1998-2001 Doctoral studies in Romance Philology (French and Spanish Literature), Early Modern and Modern History and Political Science at the LMU Munich; dissertation "Pierre de Ronsard und die Herausbildung des premier champ littéraire", supervisors: Priv-Doz. Dr. Hermann Lindner, Prof. Horst Weich (LMU Munich)
• 2001-2008 Research Associate for Italian Cultural History (Prof. Dr. Barbara Marx), TU Dresden and in the Collaborative Research Center 537, Project E ("Schriftkanon und sozialer Kanon in Renaissance und Barock")
• 2008-2010 Research Associate for French and Italian Literary Studies at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Leeker, TU Dresden
• 2010-2011 Deputy Head of Chair for Romance didactics at the TU Dresden
• 2011-2013 Project manager of the degree program for in-service training to become a French teacher at TU Dresden (third-party funded project)
• 2011-2012 Deputy Head of Chair for Didactics of Romance Languages at the University of Regensburg
• 23.1.2012 Completion of the habilitation process, Venia legendi for French and Italian cultural and literary studies
• 2012-2013 Deputy Head of Chair of French Studies and Francophonie at the TU Dresden
• 2013-2014 Deputy Head of Chair of Romance Languages with a focus on Business French (French, Italian) at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
• 2015-2016 Freelance lecturer for Latin American regional studies and didactics at the Institute of Romance Studies at TU Dresden and honorary lecturer at the Institute of Education (Prof. Dr. Martin D. Hartmann)
• 2016-2018 Research Associate in the TUD-Sylber project, sub-project "Teaching Videos" and freelance lecturer at the University of Leipzig
• since October 2018 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Romance Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for Romance didactics
• since October 2022 Teaching fellow at the Institute of Romance Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for Romance didactics

Research and teaching

Core research areas and projects

• Middle Ages and Renaissance in the Romania: doctorate, MIRA network and publication series, project Handbook Middle Ages and Renaissance in the Romania
• Canon research and literary sociology: habilitation on the academies of the 17th/18th century, autobiographies of the present in Romania, literary ontology
• Cities in Romance literature (didactics): The example of Lyon, Rouen and Seville, publication project "Cities on Stage", Immersive Learning
• Popular culture and contemporary cultural theory: stage spectacles (Cirque du Soleil, Eurovision Song Contest), cultural studies theory formation, diversity
• Subject didactics: music in foreign language teaching, interculturality, practical school exercises, videography and reflection skills, intersectionality
• Cultural transfer in France, Italy and Latin America: migration, flight, stereotyping, Romance-Slavic relations

Courses at the TU Dresden since 2016