Profession:
Teaching and Research at Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media - Indology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, since 2000 ("Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin" since 10/2000; "Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben" since 12/2014).
Functions:
- Students counseling for Indology ("Fachstudienberatung", 2008 - 2023)
- "Stellvertretende Gleichstellungsbeauftragte" of FB 05/ JGU (since 4/2008)
- Member of "Ausschuss für Haushalts-, Struktur- und Kapazitätsfragen" of FB 05 / JGU (5/2010-12/2017)
Research:
- South Asian Literature
- Sinhalese and Hindi Literature of the 20th and 21st century
- South Asian Cultural studies
- Book studies with a focus on Sri Lanka and India
Teaching:
- Comparative Literature with a focus on South Asian Literature
- Book Studies in a South Asian Context
- Language Teaching: Hindi, Sanskrit, (Sinhalese)
- (Hinduism)
Projects:
- "SUHiTa - Singhalesisch, Urdu, Hindi im Tandem" funded 3/2013 - 2/2014 by Gutenberg-Lehrkolleg (GLK) of Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz.
- Momoyo Okura Memorial Symposium Series (since 2019)
Education:
Dr. phil. (PhD), Indology at Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany (2007). Doctoral thesis: „Die zeitgenössische singhalesische Kurzgeschichte“ (Contemporary Singhalese Short Story), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2010).
Magistra Artium (MA), Indology, Linguistics, Philosophy, at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany (1994). Magister thesis: “Die Kapitel 1, 15 und 18 der tibetischen Vetālapañcavimśati” (Chapters 1, 15 and 18 of the Tibetan Vetālapañcavimśati).
Membership:
- DGA Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde
Arbeitskreis Neuzeitliches Südasien
- DMG Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft
Sektion Indologie
- European Association for South Asian Studies
- Literaturforum Indien e. V.
- Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft in Mainz e. V.