Professional Activity

Workshops in Teacher Education

11/2023

Performative approaches to teaching German (in German). Invited by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Austria Days in Belgrade and Niš, Serbia. 

Going performative in teaching languages: Unlocking student engagement and participation. Maynooth University, Ireland.

04/2023

Performative OeAD lectureship? (in German) Invited Online Workshop for Higher Education German Language Teachers. Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna, Austria.

07/2021

Best Practice in Higher Education German Language Teaching (in German). Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna, Austria (online).

07/2020

Best Practice in Higher Education German Language Teaching (in German). Postgraduate Center of the University of Vienna, Austria (online).

10/2019

Emphasising the performative in language teaching. Invited workshop for the Teaching and Learning Seminars, University College Cork, Ireland.

09/2019

Performing German (in German). Invited 2-day Workshop for German teachers at the Austria Institute. Warsaw, Poland.

03/2019

And a pinch of aesthetics! A plea for aesthetic teaching and learning in language teaching (in German). Austrian Association for German as a Foreign and Second Language Annual Conference 2019, Vienna, Austria.

04/2018

Using (short) films in teaching German (in German). Invited by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Austria Days at University College Cork, Ireland.

03/2017

Using literature in teaching German (in German). Invited by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Austria Days at University College Cork, Ireland.

04/2015

Using films in language teaching (in German). Invited by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Austria Days at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

04/2015

Using literature in teaching German (in German). Invited by Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Austria Days at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Conference Presentations

04/2024

Performative Zugänge zum Fremdsprachenunterricht – Transfer mit und ohne Drama. Transferència dramàtica: Ensenyament-aprenentatge de llengües i literatures - IV Jornada INNOVA-TEA. Universitat de València, Spain.

11/2023

Why the drama? What Austrian Exchange Service Lecturers think about performative teaching and learning. Irish Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Maynooth University, Ireland.

11/2023

Body mapping in teacher cognition research. "Restoring humanity in Language Education Research", University College Cork, Ireland. 

08/2023

Managing the complexity: enhancing accessibility of and engagement with digital language learning materials on Canvas. University College Cork, Ireland. Together with Emma Riordan, Sabine Manhartsberger and Siobhan Mortell.

04/2023

Managing the complexity: enhancing accessibility of and engagement with digital language learning materials. AULC Annual Conference. University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Together with Emma Riordan and Sabine Manhartsberger.

09/2022

Wozu das ganze Theater? Was OeAD-Lektor:innen von performativem Lehren und Lernen halten. Professionstagung 2022, University of Wuppertal, Germany.

06/2022

Teacher or influencer? Reflections on the use of Instagram for teaching and learning. National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in HE Seminar, University College Cork, Ireland.

09/2021

How to become a student influencer? Women in German Studies Online Teaching Development Day (online).

09/2021

Languages Connect – A neoliberal strategy? German Research Day 2019, University College Cork, Cork, Cork, Ireland.

05/2019

A Matter of Principles. 7th Scenario Journal Forum Symposium. Principles and Perspectives in Performative Teaching and Learning, University College Cork, Ireland.

01/2019

Against All Odds: Performative Language Teaching in Neoliberal Times. 20th Association of University Language Annual Conference, King’s College London, UK.

11/2018

Improving the language learning environment through performative language teaching and learning. Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland.

11/2017

‚Native Speaker‘ gesucht?! Reflexion eines ‚Deutsch-Muttersprachlers‘ in einem ‚nicht-deutschen Muttersprachler_innenkontext‘. German Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference. University College Cork, Ireland.

04/2014

Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Eine Begriffsanalyse. ÖDaF annual conference 2014, Vienna, Österreich.

Conference Organisation

since 08/2020

Scenario Forum Online Colloquium Series. University College Cork, Ireland (monthly).

05/2024

3rd International Scenario Forum Conference. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Presence in Performative Teaching, Learning and Research.

08/2023

Managing the complexity of digital language teaching materials to enhance accessibility and student engagement. University College Cork, Ireland.

08/2022

International Conference for German Teachers (IDT) 2022. University of Vienna, Austria. International German Teachers Conference with over 2,800 delegates. Section Head for performative approaches to teaching German.

06/2021

8th Scenario Forum Symposium. University College Cork, Ireland. “Sore Back, Square Eyes? Going Performative in Digital Teaching and Learning Spaces.

04/2019

7th Scenario Forum Symposium. University College Cork, Ireland. Principles and Perspectives in Performative Teaching and Learning.

05/2018

(dis)Covering Discourses. University College Cork, Ireland. Transdisciplinary, 2-day-conference on discourses, together with Dr Barbara Siller, Dr Anne-Marie Devlin, Dr Sara Lis-Ventura. 

03/2018

Austria Days. University College Cork, Ireland. 2-day conference funded by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

11/2017

Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of Ireland, 2017 @ University College Cork, Ireland.

05/2017 

2nd International SCENARIO Forum Conference 2017 @ University College Cork, Ireland. 4-day-conference on performative teaching, learning and research. Performative Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture Education, together with Prof. Manfred Schewe, Prof. Susanne Even, Dr Erika Piazzoli, Dr Eucharia Donnery.

03/2017

Austria Days. University College Cork, Ireland. 2-day conference funded by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

03/2015

Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for German as a Foreign and Second Language (ÖDaF), Vienna, Austria.

03/2014 

Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for German as a Foreign and Second Language (ÖDaF), Vienna, Austria.