Jörg Türschmann

Jörg Türschmann

Univ.-Prof. Dr.

20062024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

  • Transnational cinema
  • Serial narratives and film theory
  • French and Spanish literature of the 19th century
  • Francophone literature

Curriculum vitae

  • Romance Studies, Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Göttingen (1983-1988)
  • PhD at the University of Göttingen with the dissertation thesis "Movie-Music-Movies Description. On the Foundation of Film Semiotics in the Perception of Noise and Music" (1994)
  • Researcher (Post-Doc) at the Collaborative Research Center "Internationality of National Literatures" of the University of Göttingen with a research project on language versions of early sound film (1997-2000)
  • Research assistant for French and Spanish Literature and Media Studies at the University of Mannheim, Department of Romance Studies III (2000-2001)
  • Habilitation fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2001-2002)
  • Venia legendi for Romance Literature and Media Studies at the University of Mannheim, with the habilitation thesis "Series and Suspense. The Early French Feature Novel from the Perspective of the Medium of Television" (2002)
  • Research assistant at the University of Freiburg, Department of Romance Studies (2002-2004)
  • Visiting Professor for French and Spanish Literature and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, Department of Romance Studies (2005)
  • Assistant Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Kassel, Department of Romance Studies (2007)
  • University Professor of French and Spanish Literature at the University of Vienna, Department of Romance Studies (since 2007).

Cooperations

  • Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Kommission „Connecting the World: Europe, Africa, and the Americas“
  • Centre for Canadian Studies

Administrative duties

  • Vice-Director of Studies 2009-2010
  • (Deputy) Head of Department 2018-2019, 2022-2024
  • Head of Department 2010-2012, 2016-2018, 2020-2022

 

  • Medalla TECMERIN

    Türschmann, Jörg (Recipient), Berthier, Nancy (Recipient) & Smith, Paul Julian (Recipient), 2 Jul 2019

    Prize: Prize, award or honor