Department of History
Chair for Modern and Contemporary History/North American History

Kirsten Becker, M. A.
Research Associate

Ms. Becker is currently writing a dissertation with the working title "Symbolic Communication of Colonial and State Legislatures, c. 1760-1820".
Please refer to the website of the Münster Doctoral School of History (PGM) for a description of the dissertation project.

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Münster University
Department of History
Fürstenberghaus, room 219 a (3rd floor)
Domplatz 20-22
48143 Münster

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Training

2019 - 2022	Master of Education (secondary teacher education in History, English, Educational Sciences), WWU Münster Master of Arts in History, WWU Münster
2016 - 2019	Bachelor of Arts in History and English Studies, WWU Münster
09/2018-01/2019	Erasmus semester at Swansea University, Wales, UK
2014	Abitur (Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Münster)

Work Experience

since 12/2022	Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of History, Chair for North American History, WWU Münster
02/2019 - 11/2022	Student Assistant, Department of History, Chair for North American History, WWU Münster
05/2018 - 08/2018; 02/2019 - 06/2019	Student Assistant at the “Sonderforschungsbereich“ (Collaborative Research Center, SFB) 1150 „Kulturen des Entscheidens/Cultures of Decision-Making“

Scholarships

Erasmus, Swansea University (Winter Term 2018/19)
Deutschlandstipendium, ProTalent, WWU Münster (04/2018 – 09/2020)
GHI-GSP Fellowship at the Horner Library, Philadelphia – German Historical Institute (Washington), German Society of Pennsylvania, USA (06-07/2024)

Presentations/Talks

"The early British Prime Ministers in Public Perception, c. 1742–1754" (Workshop "The Public Sphere and Early Modernity" at CEU in Vienna, August 2022)
“Symbolic Communication of Colonial and State Legislatures, c. 1760-1820”. Presentation of Dissertation Project at event organized by the German Society of Pennsylvania, USA (20 June 2024)