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
- "Memes in minority languages – language attitudes towards Basque and Ladin in social media", 29. LIPP-Symposium: Small Languages on the Big Stage: Linguistic Diversity in Research, Revitalisation, and Policies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 07.-10.12.2023.
- "Memes in minority languages – language attitudes towards Ladin in social media", 38. Romanistentag: Präsenz und Virtualität. Sektion 1 Sprachliche Variation in den romanischen Kleinsprachen zwischen realen und virtuellen Räumen, University of Leipzig, 24.-27.09.2023.