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Academic profile & scientific activity

Academic career

Doctorate (Dr phil.)

University of Hamburg, Faculty of Humanities
04/2014 - 04/2017
Final grade: Magna cum laude

  • Subject: Romance languages and literature / literary studies
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr Silke Segler-Meßner
  • Dissertation:
    "Theatres of violence: Community and performance in the theatre of Koffi Kwahulé"
  • Disputation: 11 December 2014(Magna cum laude)
  • Publication of the dissertation in preparation

Master of Arts (M.A.)

University of Hamburg
Final grade: 1.0

  • Degree programme: Romance Literatures
  • Profile: French (single philology)
  • Master's thesis:
    "Un théâtre d'après la catastrophe: Trauma and performance in Koffi Kwahulé's Jaz and Les Recluses"(grade: 1.0)

🏆 Award:

  • Graduation scholarship from the Karl H. Ditze Foundation (01/2017)

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

University of Hamburg
10/2009 - 09/2013
Final grade: 1.7

  • Major subject: French
  • Minor Subject: German Sign Language
  • Bachelor's thesis:
    "Beyond gender boundaries: The surrealist staging of gender and Claude Cahun's self-representation"(Grade: 1.0)

A-levels

High school Donauwörth
Degree: 06/2008
Grade: 2.4

Lectures

19. March 2019
Crescendo of violence: Negotiating borders in Koffi Kwahulé's Jaz
35. Forum Young Romance Studies: "Borders and Bridges in the Romania"
University of Innsbruck, 18-20 March 2019


15. November 2019
À la recherche d'une langue: dire la violence dans Littoral and Incendies de Wajdi Mouwad
Colloque International: "Langue française, écrivains francophones"
Université de Sousse (Tunisia), 14-16 November 2019

Teaching

Summer term 2026

36122 Ü Traduction I (F-D), Thu 2-4 p.m

36123 Ü Traduction preparation course (F-D), Mon 14-16 hrs

36130 Grammar II exercise, Thu 4-6 p.m

36133 Ü Traduction III (F-D), Mon 10am-12pm (Group 1)

36133 Ü Traduction III (F-D), Wed 14-16 (Group 2)

36135 Ü Traduction IV (state examination preparation), Mon 16-18 (group 1)

36135 Ü Traduction IV (state examination preparation), Wed 8-10 am (group 2)

36136 Grammaire III exercise, Thu 12-14 h

Dr. Lisa Schiffers

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben

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