Laura Dierksmeier
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2002 - 2007 | Bachelors: Spanish, Stonehill College (USA) |
| 2010 - 2012 | Master: Spanish, Simmons College (USA) |
| 2012 - 2016 | Ph.D.: Early Modern History, Universität Tübingen (Germany) |
Academic Positions
| Sep. 2010 - Oct. 2011 | Simmons College, Center for Community Service, Boston, MA, USA Staff Writer, Archival Researcher, Program Coordinator |
| Nov. 2012 - March 2016 | Universität Tübingen, Early Modern History Department Research Assistant |
| April 2016 - March 2017 | Universität Tübingen (Germany), German Research Foundation (DFG) Project Religiöses Wissen im vormodernen Europa: Transfers und Transformationen (Interdisciplinary Research Group: Religious Knowledge in Premodern Europe: Transfers and Transformations) Postdoc |
Academic Affiliations
| AHA | American History Association, 2011 - present |
| LASA | Latin American Studies Association, 2011 - present |
| ASPHA | Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, 2011 - present |
| HAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review, 2012 - present |
| AHILA | Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas Europeos, 2012 - present |
| CONF | Confraternitas, University of Toronto, 2013 - present |
Awards
| 2006 | Community Service Leadership Award |
| 2006 | President, Spanish Honors Society |
| 2011 | Distinguished Graduate Student for Civic Engagement Award |
| 2014 | Academy of American Franciscan History Fellowship |
| 2015 | Latin American Studies Association Travel Grant |
Teaching Experience
| WS 2014/15 | Universität Tübingen – Hauptseminar (BA/MA Seminar), co-taught with Prof. Dr. Renate Dürr Geschichte der spanischen Inquisition in Spanien und Spanischamerika (History of the Spanish Inquisition in Spain and Latin America) |
| WS 2015/16 | Universität Tübingen – Tutorium (Teaching Assistant) Geschichte Spanishamerikas in der Frühen Neuzeit (History of Early Modern Spanish America) |
| SS 2016 | Universität Tübingen- Tutorium (Teaching Assistant) Mikroskop und Fernglas - Wissenschaftsrevolutionen und Forschungsalltag in der Frühen Neuzeit (Microscope and Telescope - Scientific Revolution and the Early Modern Research Landscape) |
Additional Professional Experience (Selection)
| Sep. 2005 - Dec. 2007 | Law Offices of Peter T. Clark, Mansfield, MA, USA Legal Assistant |
| Jan. 2007 - May 2007 | Defensa Legal, Madrid, Spain Internship: Translator and Interpreter / Paralegal |
| May 2007 - May 2009 | Pappas and Lenzo Attorneys at Law, Boston, MA, USA Immigration Paralegal / Translator |
| July 2009 - Aug. 2009 | Villar Arregui, Abogados, Madrid, Spain Internship: Legal Research Assistant / Translator |
Community Service (Selection)
| 2010 - 2012 | Amnesty International, Boston, MA: Club Advisor, Regional Coordinator |
| 2010 - 2011 | Americorps, Boston, MA, USA (U.S. Government Community Service Program) |
| 2009 - 2012 | Kids in Need of Defence (KIND), Boston, MA: Volunteer, Interpreter |
| 2008 - 2011 | Refugee Immigration Ministry, Malden, MA: Trauma Counselor and Resettlement Volunteer |
| 2005 - 2006 | Latin American Health Care Institute, MA: Volunteer, Interpreter |
| 2002 - 2004 | American Red Cross, Brockton, MA: Volunteer |