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Biography

Nikolai Preuschoff joined UCC's German Department in autumn 2012. After studying German Literature, Philosophy and History of Art in Freiburg, Berlin and Paris, he received a Master's degree in German Literature at Freie University Berlin. For his PhD, he studied in Berlin and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The dissertation on W. G. Sebald and Walter Benjamin is published at Winter Verlag, Heidelberg, 2015.‍

Research Interests

History and Memory, Holocaust Studies, Walter Benjamin and German-Jewish Thought, Modernity, Critical Theory, Literature and Visual Arts, Exile Literature, W.G. Sebald, Travel Writing, New German Cinema. ‍

Publications

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Mit Walter Benjamin. Melancholie, Geschichte und Erzählung bei W.G. Sebald. Nikolai Jan Preuschoff (2015) Mit Walter Benjamin. Melancholie, Geschichte und Erzählung bei W.G. Sebald. Heidelberg: Winter. [Details]

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Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Benjamin's Constellations Nikolai Preuschoff (2016) Ins Romantische zurueck und ins Politische voran: Benjamin read with Sebald . In: Nassima Sahraoui, Caroline Sautner eds. Benjamin's Constellations Cambridge Scholars, [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2011	Alan P. Cottrell Prize	Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Modern Language Association (MLA)	member	/
	German Studies Association (GSA)	member	01-APR-12 /
	German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI)	member	01-NOV-13 /
	American Comperative Literature Association (ACLA)	member	15-JAN-13 /
	International Walter Benjamin Society	member	01-SEP-10 /

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Isolatopien. Cork talks on contemporary German literature, Nikolai Preuschoff (2015) Zeichenwelt: Kartografie und Typophilie bei Judith Schalansky. [Oral Presentation], Isolatopien. Cork talks on contemporary German literature, UCC , 06-MAR-15 - 06-MAR-15. [Details]
	(2014)	Process & Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, Donna Alexander, Bernadette Cronin, Rachel MagShamhráin, Nikolai Preuschoff (2014) Key-Notes: Thomas Leitch (Delaware) and Judith Buchanan (York) John Banville will speak in interview about adaptation in the context of his work. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Process & Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, UCC, Ireland , 03-OCT-14 - 04-OCT-14. [Details]
	(2014)	German Studies Association (GSA). Panel Aura Today, Nikolai Preuschoff (2014) “We’re analogue people, not digital”. Photography as a performative art and the aura reconsidered. [Oral Presentation], German Studies Association (GSA). Panel Aura Today, Kansas City, MO , 17-SEP-14 - 21-SEP-14. [Details]
	(2014)	SCENARIO Forum 1st international Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research, Manfred Schewe/Micha Fleiner/Stefan Kriechbaumer/Niko Preuschoff (University College Cork); Susanne Even (Indiana University, Bloomington) (2014) This conference aims to pave the way towards a new, performative teaching and learning culture. [Conference Organising Committee Member], SCENARIO Forum 1st international Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research, UCC, Ireland , 29-MAY-14 - 01-JUN-14. [Details]
	(2014)	SCENARIO Forum 1st international Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research, 29 May 2014, Nikolai Preuschoff (2014) “We never know the truth by being told it.” Performance as History - History as Performance. [Oral Presentation], SCENARIO Forum 1st international Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research, 29 May 2014, UCC , 29-MAY-14 - 01-JUN-14. [Details]
	(2013)	‘Étant donnés’: Questioning the material and marginal givens of modernisms scholarship, Preuschoff, N. (2013) “These are evidently inventions made at the moment of crashing”. W.G. Sebald’s ambivalent view of modernity. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘Étant donnés’: Questioning the material and marginal givens of modernisms scholarship, UCC, Cork , 12-APR-13 - 13-APR-13. [Details]
	(2013)	“Benjamin’s Constellations”, ACLA 2013, Toronto, Preuschoff, N. (2013) Ins Romantische zurück und ins Politische voran. Benjamin read with Sebald. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], “Benjamin’s Constellations”, ACLA 2013, Toronto, Toronto , 05-APR-13 - 07-APR-13. [Details]
	(2011)	Schrift: Writing & Image-Character in the Work of Walter Benjamin, Nikolai Preuschoff (2011) Written Miniatures – Miniature Writing: The Contraction of the Letter and the Miniaturization of the Thought in Walter Benjamin, Robert Walser and WG Sebald. [Oral Presentation], Schrift: Writing & Image-Character in the Work of Walter Benjamin, Princeton University , 02-NOV-11 - 05-NOV-11. [Details]
	(2009)	Walter Benjamins Treue – True to Walter Benjamin?, Nikolai Preuschoff (2009) Walter Benjamin in der Prosa W. G. Sebalds. [Oral Presentation], Walter Benjamins Treue – True to Walter Benjamin?, University of Antwerp, Belgium , 14-SEP-09 - 17-SEP-09. [Details]
	(2009)	Raumtheorie, Nikolai Preuschoff (2009) Im Zwielicht. Die Zweideutigkeit des Raums bei Walter Benjamin und W. G. Sebald. [Oral Presentation], Raumtheorie, Universität Hamburg , 23-JAN-09 - 24-JAN-09. [Details]
	(2008)	Vivisektionen der Moderne, Nikolai Preuschoff (2008) „Es sind offenbar Erfindungen, die schon im Absturz gemacht werden“. W. G. Sebalds Blick auf die Moderne. [Oral Presentation], Vivisektionen der Moderne, Freie Universität Berlin , 19-DEC-08 - 20-DEC-08. [Details]

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Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	University College Cork	DAAD Lecturer	16-SEP-12 /
	University of Michigan	Teaching Assistant	01-SEP-10 / 31-AUG-11

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Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2011	University of Michigan	MASTER OF ARTS	German Studies
	2005	Freie Universität Berlin	MASTER OF ARTS	German

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	French
	English
	German

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

In the academic year 2015/16 I will teach the courses

• GE 1102 Introduction to German Literature & Culture (lecture and seminar, co-ordinator)
• GE 2113 Novelle und Kurzprosa
• GE 2126 German Literature from 18th to 21st Century (lecture)
• GE 2902 Political and Social Culture Since 1945
• GE 3126 German Film in Focus: A Thematic Approach
• GE 6020 Questions of Adaptation and Adoption

I will also teach the language courses

• GE 1101 Integrated Written and Oral Language Course
• GE 3101 Discussion and Essay Writing

In the past, I also taught the following modules:

• GE 3904 The Double Face of Germany: Representing the Holocaust
• GE 6008 Research Methods
• LL 3102 European Cultural Identities: Cultural Capitals
• AH 6021 Early Modernisms and the Experience of Modernity

 


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Current Postgraduate Students

	Student	Degree Type
	Durnin Marina	Doctoral Degree

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Modules Taught

	Term (ID))	Title	Link	Subject
	2017	Introduction to Literature	GE1102	Introduction to Literature
	2016	Novelle und Kurzprosa	GE2113	Novelle und Kurzprosa