Curriculum vitae of Daniel Bunčić
Academic positions held
- Since 2012 Slavic Department of the University of Cologne
- Since 2016 full professor of Slavic linguistics
- 2017 rejected the offer of a chair in Slavic linguistics at the University of Konstanz and accepted the retention offer of the University of Cologne
- 2013—2016 assistant professor (“Juniorprofessor”) of Slavic linguistics
- 2013—2014 additionally visiting professor at the Slavic Department of Basel University
- 2012—2013 temporary professor of Slavic linguistics
- 2007—2013 Slavic Department of Tübingen University
lecturer with Tilman Berger
(in the summer semester 2007 additionally visiting lecturer at Bonn University; 2012–2013 on leave for temporary professorship at Cologne University) - 2001—2007 Slavic Department of Bonn University
research fellow with Helmut Keipert
Education
- 2012 habilitation at the Faculty of Humanities of Tübingen University
Habilitation thesis: Biscriptality in Slavic and non-Slavic languages: A sociolinguistic typology - 2001—2006 graduate studies at the Slavic Department of Bonn University
PhD thesis: Die ruthenische Schriftsprache bei Ivan Uževyč: unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Lexik seines Gesprächsbuchs Rozmova/Besěda
PhD supervisor: Helmut Keipert - 1994—2000 undergraduate studies at the University of Cologne:
- Slavic studies, English studies and political science
degree received: certification as secondary teacher of Russian and English
thesis: Das sprachwissenschaftliche Problem der innerslavischen ›falschen Freunde‹ im Russischen - 1997—1998 year abroad at St. Petersburg State University
- Slavic studies, English studies and political science
- 1993 finished the Heinrich Heine Gymnasium in Bottrop
Appointed and elected positions
- national and international bodies
- President of the German Committee of Slavists and representative of Germany in the International Committee of Slavists (since 2018; from 2013 to 2018 member of the German Committee of Slavists)
- Member of the Commission to the International Committee of Slavists for the Computer-Supported Processing of Slavic Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (since 2008)
- Selection committee member for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (sporadically since 2016, full member since 2017)
- member of the advisory board of the Specialized Information Service for Slavic Studies at the Berlin State Library (since 2017)
- at the University of Cologne
- head of the Modern Languages and Cultures Division of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (since 2019)
- full member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (since 2017)
- full member of the Advisory Board of Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (since 2016)
- member of the board of the Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) (since 2013)
- member of the board of CRC 1252 Prominence in Language
- in the past
- 2015—2019 chair of the Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS)
- 2014—2015 and 2018–2019 chair of the Slavic Department of Cologne University
- 2013—2019 full member of the Committee of Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- 2011—2013 Collegiate of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- 2012 member of the Committee of Studies of the Modern Languages Division of the Faculty of Humanities of Tübingen University
- 2004—2007 full member of the Academic Staff Council of Bonn University
Membership in academic associations
- international associations
- Slavic Linguistics Society (since 2011)
- Association for Written Language and Literacy (since 2012)
- International research network LitCo – Literacies in Contact (since 2014)
- national associations
- German Association of Slavists (since 2007)
- German Linguistic Society (DGfS) (since 2011)
- Circle of Constance (since 2019)
- Young Slavists (since 2009)
- German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (since 2013)
- at the University of Cologne
- Cologne Center of Language Sciences (CCLS) of Cologne University (since 2012; at that time still called Center for Language Diversity and Multilingualism)
- Cologne-Bonn Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (CCCEE) of Cologne University (since 2012; at that time still called Centre for Eastern Europe)
- Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH) of Cologne University (since 2012)
Personal details
- born 3 November 1973 in Bottrop
- married to Barbara Bunčić (secondary school teacher of mathematics and music; choir director)
- two daughters: Lara () and Marie ()
- 1993–1994 alternative civilian service as ambulance driver at the Bottrop Fire Brigade
- 2007–2012 executive board of the consumers’ cooperative Unser Herrlesbergladen eG, running a corner store in Tübingen