Profile

Sebastian Müller works as a research assistant in the field of Romance Studies at the University of Trier.

He studied Romance Languages, Literatures and Media (Spanish and Italian, and to a lesser extent French) at the University of Mannheim from 2018 to 2023 and spent a year abroad at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá from 2021 to 2022. During his studies, he worked for two years as a student assistant in the Department of Romance Languages and Media Studies at the University of Mannheim. He also taught the compulsory tutorial 'Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies' as a tutor. After graduating, he continued his work at the University of Mannheim from August 2023 to January 2024 as a research assistant for a colleague on parental leave and continues to work there as a lecturer. Since October 2023, he has been studying a Master's degree in Romance Studies: Language, Literature, Culture (Spanish & Italian) at the University of Trier.

 

Academic activities

Teaching

Summer semester 2024

  • Proseminar/seminar "Italian linguistic landscapes worldwide: migration, language contact and culture" (It, University of Trier)
  • Proseminar "Italian outside Italy: Migration, Variation, Media and Identity" (It, University of Mannheim)

Winter semester 2023/2024

  • Compulsory tutorial "Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies" (Sp, University of Mannheim)
  • Proseminar "European Language Policy" (Fr-It-Sp, University of Mannheim)
  • Proseminar/seminar "Language policy and multilingualism in Italy - yesterday and today" (It, University of Trier)

Summer semester 2023

  •  Compulsory tutorial "Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies" (Sp, University of Mannheim)

Winter semester 2022/2023

  • Compulsory tutorial "Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies" (Sp, University of Mannheim)

Summer semester 2021

  • Compulsory tutorial "Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies" (Sp, University of Mannheim)

Winter semester 2020/2021

  • Compulsory tutorial "Introduction to Spanish Linguistics and Media Studies" (Sp, University of Mannheim)

Research interests

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Multimodal media linguistics
  • Language (en)politics
  • Language use on social media
  • (Romance) regional and minority languages
  • Language contact
  • Creole languages

Talks