Mag. Martina MAYER, BA

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• Position
  Senior Lecturer
• At the department since
  01.10.2012
• Main focus of teaching
  Introduction to cultural studies relevant to translation (BA)
  Gender studies in the field of translation (BA)
  Regional Studies/Cultural History of France (BA)
  Regional Studies/Cultural History of Austria (BA)
  Translation Management (MA)
  Translation-related text analysis/text comprehension French (BA)
  French > German translation (BA & MA; specialised translation, literary translation)
• Administrative duties
  Acceptance of final Master's examinations in specialised translation FR-DE
  Acceptance of final Master's examinations in Literary Translation FR-DE/DE-FR
  Supervision of Bachelor's theses (Cultural Studies: Austria, France)
  Overall coordination of the Institute's international relations: consultations outside the departmental assignments (https://www.uibk.ac.at/translation/internationales/destinationen/ueberblick.html), bridging function in communication between the Institute - Faculty / IRO / OeAD / Language Assistance Programme / StV, training and/or support for new Departmental Coordinators, content responsibility for the International Affairs section of the Institute's website, moderation of mobility information evening, planning support for the introduction of internships abroad at the Institute, quality management, crisis communication & special cases
  Contact person for the Multilingualism Unit of DG Translation
  Member of the overall research strategy working group
  Member of the EMT Network working group
• Main areas of research / research interests
  Cultural studies relevant to translation
  Aspects of gender studies in the field of translation
  History of French language & translation
  Translation didactics
  Intralingual translation
  
  Memberships in research associations:
  Association of Austrian Modern Philologists
  Austrian Society for the Study of the 18th Century
  
  At the University of Innsbruck:
  Research Centre Cultures in Contact (KiK)
  Research Platform of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Innsbruck (FP CGI)
  Doctoral Programme Austrian Studies

Research performance

• Ongoing projects
  Dissertation project with the working title"Autriche in der Encyclopédie"
  Innovative teaching project Translational Hydraulics in collaboration with Stefan Achleitner from the Department of Hydraulic Engineering (https://www.uibk.ac.at/rektorenteam/lehre/innovative-lehreprojekte/): Hydraulic Systems translation project under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary France Centre at the University of Innsbruck
  University translation project Translational Urban Water in collaboration with Wolfgang Rauch and Manfred Kleidorfer from the Department of Environmental Engineering; in continuation of the Translational Hydraulics project and under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary France Centre at the University of Innsbruck
  University translation project Schatten und Schmied in cooperation with Innsbruck University Press and under the patronage of the Interdisciplinary French Centre of Excellence at the University of Innsbruck
• Awards and honours
  2014: Nomination for the Teaching Plus Award of the University of Innsbruck
  2012: France Prize of the Interdisciplinary French Focus of the University of Innsbruck for the diploma thesis Language maintenance and language standardisation in France using the example of technical languages from the 16th century to the present, published by Innsbruck University Press in 2013
• Mother tongue
  German
• Language of instruction
  French, German