Maxine Broich
Maxine Broich M.A.
Research Assistant / PhD Candidate
Postal Address
Universitätsallee 1
85072 Eichstätt
Office hours
Please make an appointment via email

Research Interests

  • Astroculture
  • Postcolonial studies
  • Posthuman studies
  • Memory, Trauma, and Archive studies
  • Myth and National Imaginaries

Teaching

CV

04/2025-03/2026: Student Assistant in the American Studies Department and tutor for “Introduction to American Literature”, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

10/2023-12/2025: Master of Arts: Comparative Studies in English and American Language, Literature, and Culture – Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

→ Thesis: “You know this of course, but in space you see it”: Orbital Politics and the Overview Effect in Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and Duncan Jones’ Moon

08/2023-03/2025: Social Media Management, Deutsche Hochschule für Gesundheit und Sport, Cologne.

10/2022-02/2023: Introductory tutor for first semester students, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

10/2021-02/2022: Introductory tutor for first semester students, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

06/2017-11/2022: Game tester (Quality Assurance), astragon Entertainment, Düsseldorf.

06/2021-07/2021: Student Partner, University of Reading, Reading.

10/2017-09/2023: Bachelor of Arts: Major: English and American Studies; Minor: Communication and Media Science – Heine-Heine-University, Düsseldorf. 

 

Talks and Events

04/2025: “A Infinitely Dark Legacy: The Fascists Roots of Modern Space Exploration.” Panel Discussion and Exhibition Vernissage, Haus der Universität Düsseldorf.

For more information go to: https://www.hdu.hhu.de/programm/einzeltermin/vernissage-ein-unendlich-dunkles-erbe-die-faschistischen-wurzeln-der-modernen-weltraumforschung

Scholarships and Awards

10/2025-03/2026: Deutschlandstipendium, issued by the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

08/2024: University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning, issued by the University of Reading, Reading.

01/2022: Rheinländisches Verbundzertifikatsprogramm zur hochschuldidaktischen Qualifizierung von Tutor*innen (didactic training for tutors), issued by the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

09/2020- 06/2021: Erasmus+ Grant for two semesters abroad at the University of Reading, Great Britain, issued by the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

Additional Qualifications

08/2022: Teaching German as a Foreign Language (DaF), Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.