Verena Kurz

Research Associate

verena.kurz.1uni-potsdam.de

Since 07/2024: Research Associate in the international publication project “(Hi)stories of the German-Jewish Diaspora”, Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies, Potsdam

2017–2022: Archivist at the Historical Archive of the Pestalozzi School, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Processing of collections on German-speaking Jewish migration and memory history

2016–2022: Liaison Officer for the University of Potsdam, Buenos Aires Office;
Coordination of academic collaborations with Argentine partner institutions

2016: Substitute Teacher of German as a Foreign Language, Pestalozzi School, Buenos Aires

2011–2015: Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin; PROMOS scholarship (DAAD) for field research in Bolivia

2010–2013: Student Assistant in Communications and Editing, German Cultural Council (Deutscher Kulturrat e.V.), Berlin, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Berlin

2006–2011: Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies and Spanish Philology, University of Potsdam; Erasmus scholarship at the University of Granada, Spain, and PROMOS scholarship (DAAD) for field research in Argentina