Katerina Papadopoulou

Not available in summer semester 2023 and winter semester 2023/24. In urgent cases, please contact Jana Katharina Junge.

Multimodality & Language Use

• Dynamics of Language Use

• Meaning and Embodiement

• Multimodal and multimedial Meaning-Making in
• Face-to-Face Communication
• Audiovisual Media

• Multimodal and audiovisual Metaphors

• Co-Speech Gestures

• Affectivity and Expressive Movements

EDUCATION

10/2022-present
Doctoral Student within the International PhD Study Programme in Social and Cultural Sciences of the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Doing Justice - media aesthetic and linguistic analysis of mediatised trials (working title), supervised by: Prof. Cornelia Müller (EUV), Prof. Sarah Greifenstein (EUV)

03/2021
M.A. Language, Communication und Cultures in Europe (Linguistic Research Track), EUV Frankfurt (Oder)
Modules: Multimodality, Discouse, Media & Multilingualism and Interaction
Master Thesis: Understanding Aliens? Cinematic Metaphor in Denis Villeneuve's ARRIVAL (2016)

2017-2018
Mentee of the Viadrina Mentoring Program, EUV Frankfurt (Oder)
Participation in the program for further qualification Viadrina Center for Graduate Studies (VCGS), EUV Frankfurt (Oder)

03/2015
B.A. Greek Philology & Language, Literature, Culture, LMU München
Bachelor Thesis: Apologia of Helena in Euripides

2010-2011
B.A. Political Sciences, Hamburg University

09-12/2010
Stay Abroad at King's College, University of Cambridge & Canterbury, UK

POSITIONS

04/2022-present
Academic Research Assistant at the Chair for Language Use and Multimodal Communication (Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller, EUV Frankfurt (Oder))

02/2020-03/2022
Academic Research Assistant within the DFG-Project BEETHOVEN Classic 3 of the Polish-German Funding Initiative "Multimodal Stancetaking: Expressive Movement and Affective Stance. Political Debates in the German Bundestag and the Polish Sejm", directors: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller (EUV), Prof. Dr. Maciej Karpinski (AMU, Posen)

10/2019-03/2020
Tutor for the Cultural and Social Sciences Introduction (BA) at Chair for Language Use and Multimodal Communication (Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller, EUV Frankfurt (Oder))

07-12/2019
Student Assistant (Dr. Silva Ladewig, EUV Frankfurt (Oder))

10/2018-08/2019
Tutor for the Linguistics Introduction (BA) at Chair for Language Use and Multimodal Communication (Dr. Silva Ladewig, EUV Frankfurt (Oder))

10/2016-06/2017
Student Assistant in a programme supporting young researchers, EUV Frankfurt (Oder), Viadrina Mentoring for students (MA & BA) and PhD students

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2020-present
Participation at the DFG-Projekt BEETHOVEN Classic 3 of the Polish-German Funding Initiative "Multimodal Stancetaking: Expressive Movement and Affective Stance. Political Debates in the German Bundestag and the Polish Sejm", directors: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller (EUV, Frankfurt Oder), Prof. Dr. Maciej Karpinski (AMU, Poznań)

11-12/2022
Organisation and Execution of the International Research Colloquium Multimodality - Discourse - Media (with Clara Kindler)

12/2021
Organisation of Incoming Activities for PhD students within the DAAD Ostpartnerschaften (East-Partnerships) between EUV, Frankfurt (Oder) and AMU, Poznań

06/2021
Development and Organisation of an online workshop: Expressive Movements - Theoretical Background, Descriptive Example Analyses, Case Study (with Clara Kindler)

2021-present
Introduction and Administration of the digital Newsletter "Multimodality & Language Use" (in-house)

2020-present
Maintenance and support of international exchange within the DAAD Ostpartnerschaften (East-Partnerships) between EUV, Frankfurt (Oder) and AMU, Posen

Overview of current courses on ViaCampus and in the Teaching section.