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Dr. Christoph Müller

Literature and Art History

  • Library
  • Management
  • Researchers

Research Interests

  • Digital transformation in libraries
  • Central American, Colombian and Brazilian literature (popular literature, science fiction, comic, zines)

Current Projects

Mecila: Medialities of Conviviality and Information Infrastructure

Third-party funded project, Completed

Duration: 01.01.2020 - 31.03.2026


Publications

Monographs and Editions

Articles and contributions in books

Encyclopedia Articles, Reviews, etc.

  • Sebastianismus, In Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. 14 vols., 11, 996-998, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2005-2011
  • Glauco Vaz Feijó, Jacqueline Fiuza da Silva Regis (Eds.), Festival de Colores: Dialoge über die portugiesischesprachige Welt, mit einem Vorwort von Henry Thorau, Tübingen (Calepinus) 2007 [Studia Miscellanea Lusitana, 1], In Lusorama, 73-74 (2008): 223-227. Frankfurt am Main

Teaching

  • Forschungsdaten und Forschungsdatenmanagement (Research Data and Research Data Management); Hochschule für den öffentlichen Dienst in Bayern, Fachbereich Archiv- und Bibliothekswesen (University of Applied Sciences for the Public Service in Bavaria, Department of Archives and Librarianship), Munich (desde 2025)
  • Einführung in die Digitalisierung (Introduction to digitalization); Bibliotheksakademie Bayern (Library Academy of Bavaria), Munich (2012-2016)
  • 2001 - 2005, Regular courses at the RWTH Aachen University (Hispanophone, Lusophone and Francophone literature, Spanish-German translation, Latin American cultural and area studies, methodological skills)

Reports and Evaluations

  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Center for Advanced Internet Studies, Bochum
  • Grantové agentura České republiky / Czech Science Foundation (since 2011)
  • Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica - FONCyT, Argentina (since 2020)
  • Journal for Art Market Studies, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Technische Universität Berlin (since 2023)

Committees and Professional Associations

Committees

  • Member of the Committee Research Supporting Services of the Association of the German Librarians (Kommission Forschungsnahe Dienste; Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, VDB)
  • Vice-President of the Association of the German Librarians for the Region Berlin-Brandenburg (Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare VDB, Regionalverband Berlin-Brandenburg)
  • Vice-President of REDIAL - European Network of Information and Documentation on Latin America
  • Coopted member of the steering committee of the Association of the German Librarians (Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare VDB) with responsability for internationalization
  • Speaker of the committee Bibliothek & Information International of Bibliothek & Information Deutsch (BID), Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Bibliotheksverbände (Federal Association of German Library Associations)

Professional Associations

  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung - ADLAF (German Association of Latin American Studies)
  • Deutscher Hispanistenverband (German Association of Spanish Studies)
  • Deutscher Lusitanistenverband (German Association of Portuguese Studies)
  • Deutscher Romanistenverband (German Association of Romance Studies)
  • Franko-Romanisten-Verband (Association of French Studies)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für die afrikanischen Staaten portugiesischer Sprache (German Society for the Lusophone States of Africa)
  • Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare (Association of German Librarians)

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 06/2026: Presidente, REDIAL - Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina
  • Since 04/2026: Sub-Project Leader, Mecila: Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (BMBF. Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Since January 2026: Vice-President of the German National Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
  • 04/2025 - 03/2026: German Director of the BMFTR - funded joint project Mecila: Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (www.mecila.net) based at the Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap) in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Since 12/ 2023: Speaker of the committee Bibliothek & Information International (Library & Information International) of Bibliothek & Information Deutsch (BID), Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Bibliotheksverbände (Library & Information Germany, Federal Association of German Library Associations)
  • Since 09/ 2023: member of the steering committee of the Association of the German Librarians (Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare VDB) with responsability for internationalization
  • Since 07/ 2021: Member of the committee Research Supporting Services of the Association of the German Librarians (Kommission Forschungsnahe Dienste; Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, VDB)
  • Since 08/ 2019: Vice-President of the Association of the German Librarians for the Region Berlin-Brandenburg (Verein Deutscher Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare VDB, Regionalverband Berlin-Brandenburg) (until November 2020 as Provisional Vice-President)
  • Since 06/ 2017: Vice-President of REDIAL - European Network of Information and Documentation on Latin America
  • Since 06/ 2017: Principal Investigator, Mecila – Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America (financed by the BMFTR)
  • Since 10/ 2016: Coordinator for Europe for the information system on cientific journals "Latindex"
  • Since 06/ 2014: Member of the Board of REDIAL - European Network of Information and Documentation on Latin America
  • 2014 -2017: Associated Member of the Cluster of Excellence "Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory", Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, funded by the DFG
  • Since 01/ 2013: Deputy Director of the Library of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin
  • Since 04/ 2011: Director of the Digital Library Department and specialist for Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin
  • 12/ 2010 - 03/ 2011: Acting director of the Digital Library Department and specialist for Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin
  • 2007 - 2010: Deputy director of the Library Services Department and specialist for Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin
  • 2005 - 2007: Training program for senior-level library service at both the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut in Berlin (practical course) and the Bayerische Bibliotheksschule (Bavarian Library School) in Munich (theoretical course)
  • 04/ 2007: Received Ph.D. from RWTH University Aachen. Dissertation: "Die Arcádia Lusitana: Gescheitertes Experiment oder nachhaltiger Impuls" ("The Arcádia Lusitana: Failed Experiment or Sustained Impetus?")
  • 2001 - 2005: Member of the academic staff of the Department of Romance Studies at RWTH University Aachen
  • 04/ 2001: Received Magister Atrium (master's degree) from RWTH University Aachen. Thesis: “Deutschland in der 'unabhängigen' Literatur Uruguays” (“Germany in the 'Independent' Literature of Uruguay”)
  • 1996 - 2001: Studied Romance languages and literature and art history at RWTH University Aachen