Christoph Mayer

Christoph Mayer is a Lecturer for Special Tasks at the Institute of Romance Studies, Humboldt University. He specializes in Romance Didactics, focusing on Intercultural Learning, Popular Culture, and Medieval/Early Modern Literature. His career spans teaching at Dresden, Regensburg, Zwickau, Leipzig, Passau, Lyon, Rennes, and Bologna. He leads academic advising for M.Ed. programs and serves on multiple university councils.

• Education: LMU Munich (PhD 2001), TU Dresden (Habilitation 2012)
• Research Themes: Intersectionality, social shame, university didactics, institutional canonization, and cultural transfer via the Eurovision Song Contest

His publications include monographs on Ronsard and the Académie française, co-edited anthologies on medieval studies, and articles analyzing Edouard Louis, Dante, and Eurovision. He organizes conferences like "Greek, Latin, and Romansh Revisited" (2025) and contributes to editorial projects including the MIRA series. Scientific awards include the Premio Flaiano Italianistica Ausland 2008.

Teaching innovations include Practical Phase Handbooks and immersive language courses. He collaborates with Maria Lieber on migration narratives and cultural identity, with a focus on Italy, France, and their diasporas.