The Department

Head of the Department
Bernhard Pöll 
Deputy: Christopher F. Laferl, Agustín Corti

Faculty Council
Chair of Council: Bernhard Pöll 
Members: Christopher F. Laferl, Matthias Heinz, Katharina Dziuk Lameira, Iris Nagl-Buratto, Johannes Hofer-Bindeus, Silvia Reichstaler, three student representatives, one representative AKG, one representative each of Works Council I and II

Speaker of the Curia of Professors: Christopher F. Laferl, Sara Izzo (Deputies)
Speaker of the Curia of the non professional teaching staff: Sophia Simon, Markus Ebenhoch (Deputies)
Speaker of the administrative office: Silvia Reichstaler, Daniela Baehr und Iveta Reegen (Deputies)

Curricular Commission (constituent meeting on 15.12.2025)
Chair: Christopher F. Laferl
Deputies: Agustín Corti, Sara Izzo
Members: Veronica Böhm, Matthias Heinz, Monika Neuhofer, three student representatives
CK administrative office: Silvia Reichstaler, Christoph Laimböck

Curricular Commission Sprache – Wirtschaft – Kultur (SWK) (constituent meeting on 10.12.2025)
Chair: Christopher F. Laferl
Deputies: Agustín Corti, Peter Deutschmann (Slawistik), Claudia Wöhle (Betriebswirtschaftslehre)
Members: Elisabeth Steinhauser (BWL), Patrik Valouch (Slawistik), drei studentische Vertreter:innen.
CK-Sekretariat: Silvia Reichstaler, Christoph Laimböck; Gertraud Hatheyer (Slawistik)

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Study Groups
The study groups assume tasks in the area of the organisation of teaching and admiistration on behalf of the head of the department, the Curricular Commission or independently. Specisif tasks of the study groups: coordination of courses offered, formulation of course content, definition of language levels, organisation of the written BA and subjet examinations, development of placement and orientation tests.
Administration:
Study Group Literary Studies/Literaturwissenschaft: Kathrin Ackermann
Study Group Linguistics/Sprachwissenschaft: Julia Verónica Böhm, Sophia Simon (library agendas)
Study Group Subject specific Didactics/Fachdidaktik: Katharina Dziuk Lameira
Study Group Language instruction French/Sprachbeherrschung Französisch: Petra Brandstötter
Study Group Language instruction Italian/Sprachbeherrschung Italienisch: Enrica Rigamonti
Study Group Language instruction Portuguese/Sprachbeherrschung Portugiesisch: Eloide Kilp
Study Group Language instruction Spanish/Sprachbeherrschung Spanisch: Susanna Diesbacher-González