Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Monika Rathert, Full professor (W2), *12.07.1972
Education:
- 2004 PhD in Linguistics in Tübingen (summa cum laude). Title of dissertation: Textures of Time. The Interplay of the Perfect, Durative Adverbs, and Extended-Now-Adverbs in German and English.
- 1999 M.A. in English and General Linguistics in Tübingen (1,0; mit Auszeichnung / with disctinction)
- 1992-1999 Undergraduate Studies in Tübingen (German, English, General linguistics, Rhetoric, Biochemics) and Homburg (Human Medicine)
- 1992 Abitur / A-levels / (1,0)
Academic positions:
- As of 2009: University professor (W2) at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal (German Linguistics)
- 2007-2009: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M.
- 2004-2006: Assistant Professor for German Linguistics, Universität des Saarlandes
- 1999-2004: Research Assistant at the Colloborative Research Centre 441 "Linguistic Data Structures", Universität Tübingen
Visiting academic positions:
- 2010: Visiting professor at the Università degli studi di Verona
- 2008/9: Visiting professor at the University Vienna
- 2007: Visiting lecturer at the Ben-Gurion-University of the Negev
- 2007: Visiting lecturer at the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) in Dublin (Trinity College)
- 2003: Visiting lecturer at the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) in Vienna (Technische Universität Wien)
Academic functions:
- As of 2014: Editorial board member of the International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law (Equinox)
- As of 2013: Official cooperation partner of the Tübingen Graduate School 1808 Ambiguity - production and reception
- As of 2012: Appointed member of the DAAD-Fachgutachterausschuss für Langzeit- u. Kurzzeitdozenturen
- As of 2010: Director of the Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Sprachforschung (ZefiS) at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, founder of the ZefiS in 2010
- 2009: Founder of the award Der Bergische Grimm (award for the best student thesis in German Philology in Wuppertal), member of the commission (2009-12)
- As of 2009: Faculty member of the Osnabrück Summer School on Law, Language and Culture
- As of 2008: Editorial Board member of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (Springer)
- 2008: Program committee member of the 31st annual DGfS-conference in Osnabrück
- 2007/8: Replacement Professor (W3) for English Linguistics at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M.
- 2007: Prize committee member of the Cognitive Science Society for the best student contribution at ESSLLI
- As of 2005: Program committee member of many international conferences: LSA, WECOL, International Congress of Linguists, Sinn und Bedeutung etc.
- 2004: Postdoc at the Graduate School "Sentence Types", Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M.
- As of 2003: Comissioner at the selecting commitees of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Awards and Scholarships:
- 2009: Teaching award of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- 1995-1999: Scholarship from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- 1992: Book award from Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
Reviewing:
for scientific journals:
- Journal of Linguistics
- Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik (ZDL),
- Journal of Semantics,
- Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (NLLT),
- Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics,
- Linguistische Berichte (LB),
- International Journal for the Semiotics of Law,
- Linguistik Online
for publishing houses:
- Oxford University Press,
- Mouton de Gruyter,
- Akademieverlag
for research funding institutions:
- DFG
- ANR (French National Research Agency, L'Agence Nationale de la Recherche)
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF),
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Research Council K.U. Leuven
- DAAD (Fachgutachterausschuss für Langzeit- u. Kurzzeitdozenturen and Sommerschulen in Deutschland/ im Ausland)
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- Cognitive Science Society