Dr. Christof Heinz

Dr. Christof Heinz

Research Fellow

Westslawische Sprachwissenschaft (JP)
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 5404
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37465

Abstract

Since 2019 senior lecturer at Leipzig university, department of Slavic languages, field of western slavic linguistics.

Lectures on topics of western slavic linguistics and translation studies. Study advicer for study programmes in western slavistics, especially for the international double degree programme "Czech-German intercultural communication and translation" in cooperation with Charles University.

Previously, head of the information center of the German academic exchange service (DAAD) in Prague and lecturer for translation into German at the department of translation studies at Charles University, research assistent at the Vienna School for Economics and Business Administration and at the universities of Regensburg and Passau.

Research interests: multilingualism, mutual comprehension in slavic languages, acquisition of third and additional languages, language contact, translation studies, languages for special purpuses, business communication.

Professional career

  • 04/2000 - 05/2001
    Research assistent at Regensburg university, department of Slavic studies
  • 06/2001 - 05/2009
    Research assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business administration (WU Wien), department of slavic languages (Austria)
  • 10/2002 - 02/2010
    guest lecturer at Passau university, department for slavic culture and literature
  • 10/2009 - 03/2013
    Assistant lecturer at Regensburg university, department of Slavic studies
  • 09/2013 - 09/2014
    Teacher for Czech language at the foreign language academy at the European vocational school in Weiden (Germany)
  • 10/2014 - 02/2019
    Lecturer for Czech-German translation at the department of translation studies at Charles university Prague (Czech republic)
  • 10/2014 - 02/2019
    Head of information center of the German academic exchange service (DAAD) in Prague (Czech republic)
  • since 03/2019
    Senior lecturer at Leipzig university, department of slavic studies

Education

  • 03/1998 - 07/2001
    Ph.D. studies in slavic linguistics at Regensburg university, supported by a scholarship