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. 

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]

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]

Honours and Awards

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

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 /

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]

Employment

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

Education

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

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
French
English
German

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
 


Current Postgraduate Students

  Student Degree Type
Durnin Marina Doctoral Degree

Modules Taught

  Term (ID)) Title Link Subject
2017 Introduction to Literature GE1102Introduction to Literature
2016 Novelle und Kurzprosa GE2113Novelle und Kurzprosa