| Position | Professor |
|---|---|
| Faculty | German Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | German Language and Literature |
| Department | German Language and Literature |
Career
| October 2001: | Junior Lecturer for Modern German Literature, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, chair: Prof Helmut Pfotenhauer |
| October 2002: | Assistant Professor of Modern German Literature, ibid, chair: Prof Peter-André Alt |
| October 2005: | Assistant Professor of Modern German Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, chair: Prof Peter-André Alt |
| October 2008: | Junior Professor of Modern German Literature, ibid. |
| September 2012: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Area
Modern German Literature
1) Goethe Studies
Goethe’s works, esp. his novels, Goethe and world literature
2) Exile Literature
Works of Alfred Döblin, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Writing about and for Hollywood, Housing and living styles in exile
3) Identity
Individual and collective identity as modelled and questioned in literature
4) Intermedia Studies
Writing about and for film, Cinematic styles in literary writing, Adaptation
