Education
- BA, University of Chicago, 2009
- MA: Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, 2011
- MA: University of Vienna, 2013
- PhD: University of California Berkeley, 2023
Professional Experience & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor, 91²Ö¿â, 2026-present
- Lecturer, History, University of California Berkeley, 2024-2025
- Faculty, Mount Tamalpais College, 2023-2024
- Visiting Scholar, History, University of California Berkeley, 2023-2024
Research Expertise & Interests
- Modern Central European History; film studies; LGBTQ+ history; animal studies; urban history
Publications
“Virtua Witnessing: Weimar Cinema’s pre-Weimar Roots in Anders als die Andern [Different from the others], 1919″ in Weimar’s Queer Visual Cultures, University of Toronto Press, 2026 (book chapter)
“After Weimar, Beyond Hirschfeld? Nostalgia, Hagiography, and What Comes Next,” German History, July 2025 (forum)
“Afterlives of Ander als die Andern and of Weimar,” Central European History, September 2024 (article)
“Universal Language with a German Accent,” German Studies Review, May 2021 (article)
Honors & Awards
2025-2026 Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies Max Kade Postdoctoral Fellowship
2023-2024 Berkeley Connect Senior Fellow, University of California Berkeley
2023 Central European History Society Research Grant
2021-2022 Erasmus+, Freie Universität Berlin
2020-2021 Stipendium der Studienstifitung des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin (Study Foundation of the Berlin House of Representatives)
2020 Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship, University of California Berkeley
2019 Institute for European Studies Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship, University of California Berkeley
2016-2023 Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship for Graduate Study, University of California Berkeley