Modern German Literary Studies and Comparative Literature (with a focus on Transatlantic Literary History).

Academic Education
2002 - 2007	Studied Modern German Literature and Media Studies, Mediaeval Studies and Philosophy at the University of Kiel
Work Experience
2023	Visiting Fellow at the University of Washington
2022	Liaison lecturer of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
2020	Appointment as Professor of Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature (with a focus on Transatlantic Literary History) at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster
2010 - 2020	Research assistant at the Seminar for German Philology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (Chair Heinrich Detering)
2016 - 2019	Chair substitutions at the Universities of Jena and Göttingen
2018	Venia legendi for the subjects Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Göttingen
2016	Awarding of the Fritz Behrens Foundation Science Prize
2015 - 2016	Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Chicago
2011	Freelancer in the feuilleton of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
2007 - 2010	Doctoral Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Was war noch einmal der Westen? Zur Einführung Sina, Kai; Pabst, Philipp (2024) In: Donahue, William Collins; Mein, Georg; Parr, Rolf (eds.), andererseits. Yearbook of Transatlantic German Studies. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution)
Den Westen neu denken. Transatlantische Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Münster Sina, Kai (2024) In: Donahue, William Collins; Mein, Georg; Parr, Rolf (eds.), andererseits. Yearbook of Transatlantic German Studies. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. Type of Publication: Review article (book contribution)
Stephan Hermlin: Auch ich bin Amerika. Lyrik Schwarzer Dichterinnen und Dichter Sina, Kai; Kraaz, Eva Tanita (eds.) (2024) Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection)
Auch ich bin Amerika. Lyrik schwarzer Dichterinnen und Dichter Kraaz, Eva Tanita; Sina, Kai (eds.) (2024) Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection)
100 Jahre Zauberberg Sina, Kai; Lektor*innen des S. Fischer Verlags (eds.) (2024) In: Neue Rundschau, 2024(3) Type of Publication: Special issue of a journal

Schwarze deutschsprachige Autor*innen im Austausch: Ein Polyphonie-Abend Duration: 28/05/2025 - 28/05/2025 Funded by: Universitätsgesellschaft Münster e.V. Type of project: Scientific Event
Kulturen des Kompromisses (Kompromisskulturen) Duration: 01/11/2021 - 28/02/2025 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects