Maximilian Kathan M. A.
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Research Assistant
Chair of the History of the Jewish People
Contact person for Sexual Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination
Chair of the History of the Jewish People
Contact person for Sexual Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination
Maximilian Kathan
Dissertation project and research focus
Dissertation project
Language, literature and national identities in Central Europe. The work and influence of Karl Emil Franzos and Nathan Birnbaum in the context of the late Habsburg Monarchy
Main research areas and interests
- Cultural and literary history
- History of transformation in the 19th and early 20th century
- Jewish history of Central Europe
Curriculum vitae
| Since 10/2025 | Research assistant at the Chair of History of the Jewish People, Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies |
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| 08/2024-09/2025 | Research assistant at the Chair of Jewish Literatures, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg |
| 2019-2022 | Master's program "Jewish Civilizations" (MA) - joint program of the HfJS Heidelberg and Paideia (Stockholm) |
| 2014-2019 | Bachelor's degree in History (BA) and Teaching German, History, Social Studies & Political Education (BEd), University of Vienna |
| 2013 | Matura/Abitur at the Akademisches Gymnasium Vienna |
| Awards and scholarships | |
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| Since 06/2023 | Funding of the doctoral project through a state graduate scholarship (LGF) |
| 2020-2022 | Scholarship from the Löwenstein/Losten Foundation and funding from the BMBF's Deutschlandstipendium |
| 2022/23 | Award from the Friends of the HfJS for the best Master's thesis |