Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

Profile

My PhD project examines the perception of the Spanish transition to democracy (1975-82) in Germany, France and Great Britain. The aim of this research is to find out which national, political and/or historical frames were applied to understanding and evaluating the Spanish transition in British, German and French mass media. This approach will be complemented by an analysis of the production of the respective news coverage by the foreign correspondents in Spain.

My academic interests are mainly centred on contemporary European history, memory cultures, the history of media and communication, national identity, museum studies, comparative and transnational history. Before coming to Portsmouth I studied Modern History, Political Science and Sociology at the Free University of Berlin, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the Complutense University of Madrid. After receiving my degree in 2008, I worked for the German Historical Museum and the Museum of Film and Television in Berlin.

Qualifications

Magister Artium in Modern History, Political Science and Sociology (Free University Berlin)

Research Clusters

• Transnational Europe
• Memory Cultures

Discipline Areas

• History
• International Relations
• Cultural Studies
• Area Studies

Research CV

Current research: PhD project ‘The perception of the Spanish transition in Germany, France and Great Britain’

Conference Reports

• Sixth History of European Integration Research Society (HEIRS) Colloquium:  European Integration and the Cold War 1945-1989, 04/15/2010-04/16/2010, University of Reading, in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 07/27/2010. http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=3170
• Papers given and poster presentations
• Poster presentation at the 48th German Historikerktag, Berlin 2010.
• ‘Initial findings on the perception of the Spanish transition to democracy in Great Britain’, paper given at the PhD workshop of the German Association for the Study of British History and Politics, Berlin 2010.
• ‘Democracy in the museum: The Museo Adolfo Suárez y de la transición in Spain’, paper given at the annual conference of the Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, Roehampton University 2010. (with Jurek Sehrt)
• ‘The media coverage of the Spanish transition: initial findings from Germany and Great Britain’, paper given at PhD workshop on historical Iberian studies, Kochel 2010.
• ‘Conceptual ideas on the role of foreign correspondents as transnational cultural brokers during the Spanish transition to democracy’, paper given at the 8th Nordic Summer school in Contemporary History: Transformation, Transfer, Transdisciplinarity. Doing history beyond the Nation-State in the 21st Century, Aarhus 2010.

Other Publications

• Der Konstitutionalismus in Deutschland, In Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Im Namen der Freiheit! Verfassung und Verfassungswirklichkeit in Deutschland. 1894 – 1919 – 1949 – 1989, Berlin 2008, pp. 36-37.
• Die Weimarer Reichsverfassung, Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Im Namen der Freiheit! Verfassung und Verfassungswirklichkeit in Deutschland. 1894 – 1919 – 1949 – 1989, Berlin 2008, pp. 38-39.
• Verfassungswirklichkeit in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, In Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Im Namen der Freiheit! Verfassung und Verfassungswirklichkeit in Deutschland. 1894 – 1919 – 1949 – 1989, Berlin 2008, pp. 46-48.
• Bürgerliche Lebenswelten, In Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Gründerzeit. 1848 – 1871. Industrie & Lebensträume zwischen Vormärz und Kaiserreich, Berlin 2008, pp. 30-31.
• Arbeiter in der Industrialisierung, In Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Gründerzeit. 1848 – 1871. Industrie & Lebensträume zwischen Vormärz und Kaiserreich, Berlin 2008, pp. 42-45.
• Bergbau und Metallindustrie, In Deutsches Historisches Museum (ed.), Gründerzeit. 1848 – 1871. Industrie & Lebensträume zwischen Vormärz und Kaiserreich, Berlin 2008, pp. 46-48.

Memberships

• UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies): www.uaces.org
• HEIRS (History of European Integration Research Society, member of the steering committee): www.heirs-eu.org
• ACIS (Association for Contemporary Iberian): www.iberianstudies.net
• GHS (German History Society):  www.germanhistorysociety.org

Grants Received

• 2009-2012    Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR), University of Portsmouth: PhD bursary
• September 2010    Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies: Postgraduate bursary for the attendance of the annual conference
• September 2010    German History Society: Travel grant for the attendance of various conferences in Germany
• July 2010    German Academic Exchange Service: Funding for a French language course at the Sorbonne University
• July – September 2006     German Academic Exchange Service: Travel grant
• September 2003 – June 2004    Erasmus Scholarship: Erasmus University Rotterdam/ Netherlands