Prof. Dr. Kai Sina

Current affiliations

Professorship for Modern German Literature (Prof. Sina)
Schlossplatz 34, Raum: VSH 135, 48143 Münster
T: +49 251 83-25660 (Büro) | E-Mail

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

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

Academic Education
2005 - 2007	Stipendiat der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
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)

Publications

München leuchtet nicht mehr [zum München Enzensbergers, Habermas' und Kluges]. Sina, Kai (2026) In: Die ZEIT, 09.04.2026(16). Non-scientific contribution (journal) \| Published
Thomas Paine und Christian Wilhelm Dohm: Eine Sache der ganzen Menschheit. Sina, Kai; Stiening, Gideon (eds.) (2026) Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. Book (edited collection) \| Published
Goethe in America. Eine transatlantische Faszinationsgeschichte. Sina, Kai; Lepper, Marcel; Wellbery, David E. (eds.) (2025) In: Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie, 25. Special issue of a journal \| Published
Thomas Mann: Zur Verteidigung der Demokratie. Politische Schriften. Sina, Kai; Löwe, Matthias (eds.) (2025) Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. Book (edited collection) \| Published
Precarious Advocacy: Thomas Mann and Zionism. Sina, Kai (2025) In: Studia Philosophica, 84, 48-58. Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

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: Uni Münster-internal funding schemes, MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects