Ongoing projects
Chinese Semiotic Studies (CSS), a peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the International Institute of Semiotic Studies of Nanjing Normal University and the Chinese Semiotic Research Center of the Chinese Association of Linguistic Semiotics. Published by De Gruyter Mouton: Associate Editor since November 2016.
Language and Cognitive Science (LCS), published by Xanadu Publishing Ltd., UK, is an international peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University: Associate Editor since 2017.
Major past projects
Copy editor
Contexto Internacional (CINT), Brazil-based journal in International Relations, published three times a year by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Relações Internacionais: Copyeditor from April 2016 until June 2020 (cut short due to pandemic).
Published translations
Hauke Brunkhorst. 2024. The Democratic Disciplinary Subject: An Evolution in Four Phases (translated from German by Catherine Schwerin). In Elena Glockzin & Stephan Stetter (eds), Europe and the Everyday: Subjectivities, Identities and Contestations (Europa – Politik – Gesellschaft series). Wiesbaden: Springer.
Louis Henri Seukwa. 2007. The Ingrained Art of Survival: The Nexus between Competence and Migration as Reflected in Refugee Biographies (Topics in Interdisciplinary African Studies series, Vol. 6). Translated into English by Catherine Schwerin. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Publishers.
Marielle Schwerin (ed.). 2004. Living Tiwi: Tiwi Awuta Yimpanguwi – contemporary Tiwi paintings from Milikapiti, Melville Island. Translated into German by Catherine Schwerin. (Publication produced to coincide with an exhibition of selected Tiwi paintings at the Museum für Völkerkunde [Museum of Enthnography] in Hamburg, Germany.) Winnellie, N.T.: Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association.
Language editor/copy editor
Dinda Gorlee. 2023. From Mimetic Translation to Artistic Transduction: A Semiotic Perspective on Virginia Woolf, Hector Berlioz, and Bertolt Brecht (Anthem symploke Studies in Theory). London & New York: Anthem Press.
Dietrich Jung (ed.). 2023. Islamic Modernities in World Society: The Rise, Spread, and Fragmentation of a Hegemonic Idea (Edinburgh Studies of the Globalised Muslim World). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Ahmed Abou El Zalaf. 2022. The Muslim Brotherhood and State Repression in Egypt: A History of Secrecy and Militancy in an Islamist Organization. London: Bloomsbury.
Thomas Richter & Martin Beck (eds). 2021. Oil and the Political Economy of the Middle East: Post-2014 Adjustment Policies of the Arab Gulf and Beyond. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Martin Beck, Dietrich Jung & Peter Seeberg (eds). 2016. The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics, in the series: The Modern Muslim World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dietrich Jung, Marie Juul Petersen & Sara Lei Sparre. 2014. Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East, in the series: The Modern Muslim World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dietrich Jung (ed.). 2004. The Middle East and Palestine: Global Politics and Regional Conflict. New York: Palgrave.
Stefano Guzzini & Dietrich Jung (eds). 2004. Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research, with Stefano Guzzini. London and New York: Routledge.
Dietrich Jung (ed.). 2003. Shadow Globalization, Ethnic Conflicts, and New Wars: A Political Economy of Intra-State War. London and New York: Routledge.
Dietrich Jung with Wolfango Piccoli. 2001. Turkey at the Crossroads: Ottoman Legacies and a Greater Middle East. London and New York: ZED books.
Own publications
Book chapters
Günter Radden & Catherine Schwerin. 2025. Making Aspect Meaningful. In Minati Panda, Suneeta Mishra & Judit Baranyiné Kóczy (eds), Exploring Interactions Between Linguistic Theories, Language Learning and Pedagogy (Second Language Learning and Teaching). Cham: Springer.
Günter Radden & Catherine Schwerin. 2023. English Aspect. Festschrift für Thomas Berg. Hamburg: Universität Hamburg.
Articles and essays
2010. The Pursuit of Wrongdoing. Essay in the program booklet Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley. Hamburg: The Hamburg Players.
2009. Speaking the Unspeakable – Manifestations of Silence in Gail Jones’ Sorry. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov 2(51), Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies.
Reviews
2009. Venero Armanno: Candle Life. Australian Studies journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien 23: 143–146.
2007/2008. Gail Jones, 2007. Sorry. Australian Studies journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien 21–22: 220–224.
2005. Colin Dyer, 2005. The French Explorers and Aboriginal Australians 1772–1839. Australian Studies journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien 19: 114–117.
2005. James Jupp, 2004. The English in Australia. Australian Studies journal Zeitschrift für Australienstudien 19: 114–117.
Teaching resources
2013. Task Manual for the Guided Independent Study Unit “From English to Englishes”. University of Hamburg.
2007. Essay Writing: Developing Academic Writing Skills in English. University of Hamburg (PriMa).
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