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I completed my Masters and PhD studies at the University of Leeds and carried out fieldwork in relation to my thesis on German pop literature while based at the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz. I have worked as a freelance translator of academic research in the Arts and Humanities and teach on modules at all levels of undergraduate study in º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½.

My research focuses on contemporary German-language literature, especially on authors who rose to prominence after German unification including Rainald Goetz, Christian Kracht, Thomas Meinecke and Andreas Neumeister.

I am very active in the area of employability through module and assessment design, helping language students to articulate the specialist skills and knowledge they acquire from their degree at º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½, and developing good relations with employers in Germany and in the UK. I also work with the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany to convene the annual German Business Student of the Year competition, which involves final-year students ‘pitching’ their business ideas to potential investors in a format similar to that of the BBC series Dragons’ Den.