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Victor A. Ferretti, Prof. Dr.
Professor of Iberian Romance Studies 
University of Augsburg
Faculty of Philology and History
Universitätsstr. 10
D-86159 Augsburg

Phone +49 (0)821 598-5654
Email victor.ferretti@uni-a.de

Scientific Education

2015
Habilitation, Kiel University

2006
Doctorate, Kiel University

2003
Magister Artium, LMU Munich

Scientific Positions & Qualification

Since 2024
Board Member of the IDK International Doctorate Program (Bavarian Elite Network) “Rethinking Environment”, University of Augsburg & LMU Munich

Since 2023
Board Member of the ZLbiB Center for Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Educational Research, University of Augsburg;
Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Master Program Ibero-Romance Cultural Studies (IRK), University of Augsburg

Since 2021
Speaker of the Transatlantic Research Network “Cultures of Resilience” (together with Prof. Dr. Marcela Crespo Buiturón, CONICET/USAL, Buenos Aires)

Since 2020
Board Member of the IEK Institute of European Cultural History, University of Augsburg;
Co-Editor of the Studia Augustana (De Gruyter) publication series

Since 2019

Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Master Program Interdisciplinary European Studies (IES), University of Augsburg

Since 2018     
Professor of Iberian Romance Studies, Faculty of Philology and History;
Director of the ISLA Institute of Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of Augsburg;
Coordinator of the international Urban Cultures (URC) Working Group

2017–2018
Co-Investigator & Proponent of Subcluster 4: ‘Urban ROOTS’ / Cluster of Excellence “ROOTS – Connectivity of Social, Environmental, and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies”, Kiel University

2017
Interim Professor, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Since 2016
Member of the DFG Scientific Network “Stimmungen, Konflikte, Welten”

2015–2018
Associate Professor (Privatdozent), Institute of Romance Studies;
Deputy Speaker of the Societas Philologica et Aesthetica / Collegium Philosophicum, Kiel University;
Project Manager, Strategic Partnership (Erasmus+) “Urban Dynamics” (U Kiel/GER with U El Salvador/ARG, U Paris 8/FRA, FU Pernambuco/BRA, & U Santiago de Compostela/ES)

2015
Venia Legendi (Romance Philology), Kiel University

2012–2018
Manager of the CERES Research Unit for Spanish Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, Kiel University

2006–2015
Research Assistant, Institute of Romance Studies, Kiel University

2003–2006
Member of the DFG Research Training Group ‘Imaginatio borealis’, Kiel University