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Dr. Henriette J. Runte

Henriette Runte

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Fachverantwortliche Moderne Fremdsprachen des Sprachenzentrums, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Englisch/Französisch/Spanisch

Anschrift

Universität Hamburg
Von-Melle-Park 5
20146 Hamburg

Büro

Raum: 3037

Sprechzeiten

  • Donnerstag, 11:00 - 12:00 Uhr (über Zoom)

Kontakt

Tel.: +49 40 42838-6757

Schwerpunkte

  • Lehre Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch
  • Didaktische und fachliche Verantwortliche für den Bereich Moderne Fremdsprachen

Qualifications and Education

  • Ph. D. - University of Kansas - 1995-2002
  • Dissertation: “The Papes and Sous-Papes of the Avignon Festival: a Sociocultural and Literary Analysis of Contemporary French Theater”
  • M. A. in French Literature - University of Kansas - 1993-1995
  • Bryn Mawr College Exchange Program at the Insitut d’études françaises d’Avignon - 1993
  • B. A. French - University of Kansas - 1990-1993
  • B. A. Human Biology - University of Kansas - 1990-1993
  • Pre-med - University of Kansas - 1990-1993


Languages:

  • native fluency in English, French and Hungarian
  • near-native fluency in German
  • C1 in Spanish
  • B2 in Romanian
  • basic knowledge of Russian

Academic Career

2008-present Head of the Center for Modern Languages (Sprachenzentrum) of Universität Hamburg
2004-2007 Coordinator and Senior Lecturer for English and Cultural Studies for Business Psychology minors at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
2002-2004 Lecturer at Helmut-Schmidt-Universität in Hamburg

1999-2001
and 1993-1997

 Graduate Teaching Assistant for French at the University of Kansas
1997-1998 Lecturer at the Université de Franche-Comté in Besançon, France
1995-2000 Extracurricular tutor for French at Hillcrest, Deerfield, and Wakarusa Valley
Elementary Schools in Douglas County, Kansas
1992 Lecturer for English as a Second Language at the University of Kansas

Teaching

  • Cross Cultural Studies
  • Intercultural Communications
  • English through theater
  • French and French Literature
  • Business and Medical Ethics
  • Presenting in English
  • Classes for Medical Students ranging from vocabulary training or taking an anamnesis to English preparatory courses for the USMLE

Projects and Further Interests

At Universität Hamburg:

Co-organizer and contributor

  • Sprach & Kultur Messe- Language & Culture Fair
  • Die Welt der angewandten Sprachen - a conference about teaching and learning applied languages
  • Märchenstunde - Fairytales in English
  • Englische Weihnachtslieder zum Mitsingen - Christmas Caroling

 

Speaker

at conferences at Universidade de Évora (Portugal), Intercollege (Cyprus), Central European University (Hungary), Università Degli Studi Di Messina (Italy), University at Buffalo (USA)

 
At the University of Kansas:

Director of Summer Exchange Programs to Paris, Strasbourg and Brussels

 

At Leuphana Universität Lüneburg:

Coordinator for university exchange programs to Judson College, Michigan State University, IILM in India, Turku Polytechnik in Finnland, Middle East Technical University in Turkey, London Metropolitan University in London, England, Intercollege in Cyprus and Columbia University in Paris