Research Interests
- Esotericism, new religious movements focusing on witches and matriarchy
- Historical images with a focus on Arthuriana, prehistoric fiction and historical novels
- Human-animal Studies
Education
- 2004–2010: PhD project supervised by Prof. Dr. I. Tomkowiak: The speech of matriarchy. The historical use of arguments
More information - 2004–2006: Postgraduate studies in Information and Documentation at the Fachhochschule Chur
- 1996–2003: Studies in Volkskunde/Folklore, European Popular Literature and German Studies at the University of Zurich. (Master’s thesis supervised by Ingrid Tomkowiak: Female Figures in Contemporary Arthuriana)
- 1996: Baccalaureate, Kantonsschule Riesbach, Zürich
Work Experience
- From 04/2012: Head of the library of Popular Culture Studies
- 2009–2012: Senior Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Popular Culture Studies
- 2004–2009: Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Popular Literature and Media (formerly European Popular Literature)
- From 2000: Employee of the Library Männedorf
- Feb. 2000: Internship at the Schweizerischen Jugendbuch Institut, today the Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien (SIKJM)
Memberships
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Volkskunde (SGV)
- Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung
- FemWiss, Verein feministische Wissenschaft Schweiz
- Verein Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv
- Interessengruppe wissenschaftliche BibliothekarInnen der Schweiz [Interest Group of Academic Librarians in Switzerland]
- Arbeitsgruppe Informationskompetenz [Working Group on Information Literacy]
Publications and teaching experience
See CV in German