Leon Christopher Thiel

Leon Christopher Thiel

Research Fellow

Neuere deutsche Literatur und Literaturtheorie
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15
04107 Leipzig

Professional career

  • 09/2021 - 02/2023
    Research Assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow, Leipzig
  • 04/2023 - 02/2024
    Project Member at the 'Kultur- und Begegnungszentrum Ariowitsch-Haus e.V. – Zentrum jüdischer Kultur', Leipzig
  • since 08/2024
    Research fellow at the German-Israeli Graduate Program DFG IRTG 2899/1 'Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Europe and Beyond' (University of Leipzig, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow)"

Education

  • 10/2016 - 07/2020
    Bachelor's degree in Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig and Tallinn University, Estonia (ERASMUS)
  • 10/2020 - 03/2023
    Master's degree in Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (ERASMUS)

> German-Jewish History

> European-Jewish History

> History of Israel

> Material Culture Studies

> Migration Studies

> Transfer of Culture/Knowledge

  • Introduction to Comparative Cultural and Social History, TA (Summer 2022)

  • Introduction to Comparative Cultural and Social History, TA (Summer 2021)