Paul Wespenklatsche, Ph.D.

: Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL
Name: Paul Wespenklatsche
Birthday: 31.01.1979
Birth place: Katowice (PL)
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Family status: Unmarried

Personal Address: Via Regia 153b

6216 BW Maastricht
The Netherlands
Email: wespenklatsche@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Ph.D., German Studies,
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2009

M.A., Comparative Literature and German Studies,

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany 2005

EXPERIENCE
Postdoc, Department of Literature and Arts, 2014 – 2016
Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Postdoc, Department of German Studies, 2012 – 2014

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Freelancer 2009 – 2012

Ph.D. candidate, Department of German Studies, 2005 – 2009

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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PUBLICATIONS

2015

 ‘The Use of Jargon in Snow Crash’, blind peer review, in: Proceedings of SONU
2015.
 ‘Exploring the body in the works of Oscar Wilde‘, blind peer review, in “Performance
and Performativity in Literature,” edited by Johnny Biko and Sandy F. Borg,
Informative Journal of Culture, no. 63.

2014

 ‘Science Fiction: Ship Communication’, Wespenklatsche (ed.), SF CON Book 2014,

Magic Mountain Publications.

2013

 ‘Metaphysical Poetry im Liverollenspiel’, Etwas and Pierogski (eds.), Homo poeticus.

Poetics in Games, George M.M. Roberts Publications.
 ‘Simulating the Stimulation: Is Live Action Role Play just a game?’, Zackarias (ed.),
mega/game/cultures. Simulation as Art or Subculture, trzychleby Publications.
 ‘Das Rollenspiel-Genre’, Migl and Ropa (eds.), Playing with Players. Theories and
Meta-Theories of Game Studies, NL.

2012

 ‘Why Do They Read? Motivations for Reading SF in Germany’, in: Crossbow and
Van Edge (eds.), Ultra Con Companion 2012.
 ‘SF Bücher als Akteure’, in: Gretel and Trebuchet (eds.), Plan und Karte Magazin,
University of Siegen.

BROADER PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Conference Organizer, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany 2012 – 2014

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
English – fluent
German – fluent
Polish – fluent
Dutch – conversation
French – reading
Latin – reading

HOBBIES
Improvisation Theatre
Amateur Travel Journalism