Dr Frank Mattern

DAAD Lektor

Tel: +44 (0)24 765 73159
Email:

Faculty of Arts Building, University Road
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL

About

Frank joined German at Warwick as a DAAD Lektor in 2026. Previously, he taught English and German language, literature and culture at the universities of Jena and Gießen and at Trinity College Dublin.

He is happy to be contacted about studying in Germany and DAAD funding. Information on upcoming opportunities and application deadlines may be found hereLink opens in a new window.

Professional interests

Academic skills development, including academic writing, contrastive rhetoric (English–German) and the impact of AI on epistemic writing practices in the humanities; literacy and orality in advanced language learning; grammar pedagogy; materials and curriculum development.

Teaching and supervision

GE1013: Modern German Language I Oral

GE1014: Modern German Language I Writing

GE2012: Modern German Language II Essay

GE2013: Modern German Language II Conversation

GE2016: Modern German Language II Language in Practice

GE4013: Modern German Language III Oral

GE339: Exploring Zeitgeist

Publications

2012 “Thelma & Louise.” In Teaching Contemporary Literature and Culture, vol. 3, ed. Susanne Peters, Klaus Stierstorfer and Laurenz Volkmann. Trier: WVT, pp. 633–655.

2009 Milton and Christian Hebraism: Rabbinic Exegesis in Paradise Lost. Heidelberg: Winter.

Qualifications

PhD English (Cambridge)

MSc Digital Education (Edinburgh)

PgDip Jewish Studies (Oxford)

PgCert Teaching German as a Foreign Language (Kassel / Goethe-Institut)

PgCert Schreibberatung (PH Freiburg)

German, English and Art History (Heidelberg)