Professional Experience
Research Scientist in Cultural Theory - "Law and Culture"
University of Luxembourg (tenured)
Program Director: Reconfigurations symboliques - droit et culture à l’ère algorithmique
College International de Philosophie, Paris
Senior Fellow at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Research Group Trust in Distributed Environments
Scientific Researcher (PhD)
University of Luxembourg
Semans Scholar - Visiting Instructor
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Translator
Translating Pierre Legendre's Desir Politique de Dieu into German for the German Edition of Legendre's Works, edited by Prof. Georg Mein at University of Luxembourg
Trilingual Translator (English, French, German)
Endros-Baum-Associes, law firm, Paris
Full-time employment from 10/2010
Freelance Editor
Delta international cits GmbH, Service provider for translation
Education
Habilitation Project
Technology and Institution: The Subject and the Question of Autonomy in the Age of Blockchain and Generative Artificial Intelligence
Supervisor: Prof. Rainer Maria Kiesow, Centre Georg Simmel, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
Autorisation a Diriger des Recherches
University of Luxembourg
Authorisation to supervise PhD candidates
Ph.D. in Cultural Theory: Law and Literature
University of Luxembourg and University of Paris IV-Sorbonne
Dissertation: Zwischen Norm und Chaos: Die literarische Stimme des Rechts. Legendre, Kafka, Hoffmann
Supervisors: Prof. Georg Mein (Luxembourg), Prof. Gerard Raulet (Paris-Sorbonne)
Summa cum laude with distinction
Nominated for the Rolf-Tarrach-Preis (best-thesis-award) (Uni.Lu)
Maitrise & Master of Arts in German & Romance Studies
University Paris IV-Sorbonne
Special focus on French and German History of Ideas
- Master's thesis II: Mimesis. Ein anthropologisches politisches neues Paradigma (Prof. Gerard Raulet)
- Master's thesis I: Le "mecanisme du bouc emissaire" dans la societe humaine: Comparaison des theories de Sigmund Freud & Rene Girard (Prof. Alexandre Dupeyrix)
Bachelor of Arts / Licence: German and Romance Studies
French-German Studies: Binational excellence program at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn and University Paris IV-Sorbonne
Scholarship funded by the French-German University
Law Studies
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn (Semester 5-10)
Special focus on legal philosophy; 2005-2007: student assistance at Institute of Legal Philosophy, Prof. Rainer Zaczyk
University of Trier (Semester 1-4)
Additional qualification: Specialized Foreign Language Training in Anglo-American Law (completed in August 2002)
Institutional Responsibilities
Program Director: Reconfigurations symboliques - droit et culture à l’ère algorithmique
College International de Philosophie, Paris
Deputy Director of the Trinational Masters program
Literature, Culture, and Language History of the German-Speaking World
Universities of Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Metz
Director: Prof. Oliver Kohns
Erasmus Coordinator for outgoing students
Responsible for the creation of "Learning Agreements", course selection, ECTS point recognition, general advising
Responsible for Doctoral School at the Institute for German Studies
Organization of master classes, workshops, colloquia
Teaching Experience
- Cultural History and Theory of Modernity
- Media Theory and Analysis
- Intercultural Communication
- Blockchain technology and its impact on law and culture
- Philosophy of Law
Extra-Academic Professional Activities
Translation of Pierre Legendre's Desir Politique de Dieu
German edition edited by Prof. Georg Mein at the University of Luxembourg
Trilingual Translator (English, French, German)
Endros-Baum-Associes, German-French law firm for product liability law, Paris
Full time from 10/2010
Freelance Editor
Delta international cits GmbH, service company for technical translation
Scholarships and Awards
Senior Research Fellow Scholarship
Research Fellow Scholarship
Institut d'Etudes Avancees, Nantes, France
Best Doctoral Thesis Award Nomination
Nomination as representative candidate of the Faculty of Humanities for the Prix Rolf Tarrach
PhD Scholarship
Funded by the AFR-Program of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Mobility Scholarship
Funded by the Franco-German University (DFH) for the third year of the BA program, as part of the binational BA program of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn and the Sorbonne, Paris IV
Memberships
Active Member at Critical Data Lab, Humboldt University Berlin
Led by Anna-Verena Nosthoff and Felix Maschewski
Active Member of the research group “Foundations of the philosophy of digitality”
Led by Dr. Christoph Durt (TMU Munich). Monthly online meetings and discussions of foundational texts concerning AI and digitality.
Editorial Board Member at Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art 2022
Curated by Kader Attia
Associate Member at Centre Georg Simmel, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Associate Member at Research Focus "KulturNorm", University of Landau
Internal Fellow at Robert Schuman Institute of European Affairs, University of Luxembourg
Interdisciplinary center, funded by the EU Commission as a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
Active Member at Research group on Weimar Culture, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France
Volunteer Experience
Voluntary Social Year
Camphill Sheiling, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK
Living and working with young people with special needs