Katrin Gengenbach
Associate Director
Academic Management/Coordination
Hittorfstr. 18
Room 110
14195 Berlin
Office hours
| 2024- | Team Gender*Equality, Deputy of the Central Equality Officer, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2013 - | GEAS Associate Director, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2012 - 2013 | EAJS Office Representative (Council Assistant), Research Associate, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2011 | PhD in Japanese Studies, Leipzig University (magna cum laude | opus laudabile) |
| 2009 - 2011 | Lecturer, Leipzig University, Japanese Studies |
| 2009 - 2010 | Lecturer, Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden), East Asian Center |
| 2009 | Visiting Researcher, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Humanities |
| 2008 | Junior Research Fellow, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ Tokyo) |
| 2006 - 2007 | Visiting Researcher, Tokyo University, Interfaculty Initiative for Socioinformation Studies (DAAD fellowship) |
| 1999 - 2005 | MA (Magistra Artium) Japanese Studies/Spanish Studies, Leipzig University |
Advanced Training and Staff Mobility (selection)
| 2024-26 | FUTURA - Professional Training for Gender Equity Professionals |
| 2023.11. | Moderating Teams, FU Berlin Advanced Training |
| 2022.11 | TICKET - Staff Week (Roundtable @Freie Universität Berlin, interculturalticket.eu) |
| 2022.05 |
TICKET - Staff Week @ Bologna University (interculturalticket.eu) Erasmus+ Staff Mobility |
| 2022.03-06 | Diversity Management in International Context, Advanced Training, FUB-ContinuED |
| 2021.05-06 | TICKET - Virtual Staff Week | Module Testing (interculturalticket.eu) |
| 2019.07 |
Office of International Affairs (Job Shadowing), National Chengchi University Taipei, Erasmus+ Staff Mobility |
| 2018-2019 | Mentor, Mentoringplus Program (for PhD), University of Konstanz |
| 2018 | Career Advice for Junior Researchers (PhD and Postdoc), Advanced Training, ZWM Speyer |
| 2015 | Academic Management, Advanced Training Certificate, DFG and ZWM Speyer |
Professional Service
| 2023- | Department of History and Cultural Studies, Council Member |
| 2019- | Fire Safety Support |
| 2013- | Member of Joint Commission of Departments for GEAS (Gemeinsame Kommission der Fachbereiche) |
| 2013- | Advisory Member of GEAS Selection Committee (and other selection committees) |
| 2022-2023 | Working Group "MA Global East Asia" (MAGEA) |
| 2017-2023 | Member of Selection Committee for the Advancement of Women*'s Funding (History and Cultural Studies) (*paused between 2020-2023) |
| 2020-2021 | Working Group "Promotion (PhD)" for FUB Teaching and Education in "2030 Strategy Process" |
| 2020 | Working Group "GEAS Regulations Update" of Joint Commission of Departments for GEAS |
| 2019 | Working Group "Gender Equity Plan Update (2020/22)" (History and Cultural Studies) |
Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6917-145
2022. (Dorothea Mladenova, Felix Jawinski and Katrin Gengenbach, ed.). Die Aufgabe der Japanologie. Beiträge zur kritischen Japanforschung. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
2022. (Dorothea Mladenova, Felix Jawinski and Katrin Gengenbach): "Die Aufgabe der Japanologie. Eine Einleitung". Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag: 5-28.
2013. (w/ Dorothea Mladenova and Felix Jawinski) "Politik, Energie und Kultur in Wechselwirkung: Wie sich Atomkraft in Japan durchsetzte". [The interdependence of politics, energy and culture: How nuclear energy was accepted in Japan]. In: Gebhardt, Lisette/Richter, Steffi (ed.): Lesebuch Fukushima [Fukushima Reader]. Berlin, EBV: 32-53.
2013. Between Extremes of Poverty and Luxury: Sociocultural Dynamics of Consumption in Early Postwar Japan (1945-1959). Dissertation. Leipzig/Dresden, Qucosa electronic publication.
2012. (w/ Maria Trunk) "Vor und nach "Fukushima" - soziale Bewegungen in Japan nach der Jahrtausendwende." [Before and after Fukushima - social movements in Japan after the turn of the century]. In: Chiavacci, David/Wieczorek, Iris (ed.): Japan-Jahrbuch 2012, München, iudicium.
2012. "Luxuskonsum in Japan. Herausforderung und Katalysator von Nationalisierung in der frühen Nachkriegszeit." [Consuming luxury in Japan. Challenges of nationalisation in early postwar Japan]. In: Kühschelm, Oliver/Siegrist, Hannes/Eder, Franz.X. (ed.): Konsum und Nation [Consumerism and the Nation]. Bielefeld, transcript.
2010. "Iwabuchi Kôichi". In: Middell, Matthias/ Engel, Ulf (ed.): Theoretiker der Globalisierung [Theorists on globalisation]. Leipzig: Universitätsverlag: 232-287
Panels, Discussions and Event Contributions
11.11.2023 Organizer and Chair, GEAS Alumni Meeting, Freie Universität Berlin.
9.-10.11.2023 Administrative Organization and Fundraising, GEAS 10-year Anniversary Conference. Freie Universität Berlin, 9-10 November 2023.
12.05.2023 Co-Organizer and Discussant, UZH-FU (GEAS) Joint Dissertation Workshop, Universität Zürich, 11-12 May 2023.
11.11.2022. Panellist, TICKET Multiplier Event, International Conference „Facilitating International Collaboration“, Freie Universität Berlin, 11 November 2022.
11.12.2021. Co-Organizer, UZH-FU (GEAS) Joint Dissertation and Publication Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin, 11-12 November 2021.
01.27.2020. Co-Organizer and Discussant, UZH-FU (GEAS) Joint Dissertation and Publication Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin, January 26-27, 2020.
07.17.2019. Panellist, Research in Germany Science Lunch, International Convention of Asian Studies (ICAS 11), Leiden University, the Netherlands, July 15-19, 2019.
03.19-20.2018. Conference Co-Organizer and Panel Chair, 4th Annual Network of EXcellent Doctoral Training in Germany (NEXT), Freie Universität Berlin, March 19-20, 2018.
09.22.2017. Panel Chair/Discussant, Urban Futurologies. Cultural Typhoon in Europe Conference 2017, Nürnberg, September 21-23, 2017.
03.06.2017. Panellist, "labournet.tv, Cinéma Klassenkampf" Opening Film Screening, Moviemiento, Berlin.
08.28.2016. Co-organizer and Discussant, UFSP-GEAS Publication Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin, October 27-28, 2016.
12.15.2015. Discussant, GEAS-UFSP Publication Workshop, University of Zurich, Switzerland, December 14-15, 2015.
06.16.2015. Panellist, "Love Hotel" Film Screening, NaTo, Cinemathèque Leipzig e.V., Leipzig.
Summer School Organizations
GEAS Summer School Japan 2024 (w/ Verena Belchinger-Talcott/Julia Gerster; in planning).
NCCU-FUB Winter School Greater China 2023 (Local Organization Berlin, Program Organization: Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla and NCCU partners).
IKS/GEAS Joint Summer School "The Contentious Koreans" 2021 (Accompanying Local Program Organization Berlin, Program Organization: Hendrik Johannemann).
GEAS Summer School Japan 2018 (Local organization Japan; Program Organization: Verena Blechinger-Talcott).
GEAS Summer School Shanghai, China, 2016 (Administrative Support China; Program Organization: Bettina Gransow, Elena Meyer-Clement, Zhang Junhua (SJTU Shanghai)).