Lecturer at DAAD
Rastatter Str. 7
76532 Baden-Baden
(by mail)
Thorsten.Kaesler@gmx.net WhatsApp +996555980749
Born: 02.06.1986
Nationality: German
Marital status Unmarried
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since 09/2024
Lecturer at DAAD, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language at the Kyrgyz
National Technical University named after Rassakov.
● German language lessons, student counselling, professional development for local teachers.
● Organization of scientific conferences (“German and Technology”) ● Organization and administration of German language tests (TestDaF, Onset)
● Support from the DAAD in the selection process for potential scholarship recipients (university summer courses, master's degree programs)
● Representation of the German higher education system at events (speeches and greetings, information seminars)
● Curriculum development Technical German
● Extracurricular activities (conversation club, film
11/2022- 08/2024
Study Manager, HVF Ludwigsburg
Strategic and operational study management of the Master's degree programs
"Public Management" and "European Administrative Management" ● Internal quality management of the study program, conducting meetings of the study commission, responsible for matters relating to reaccreditation.
● Lecturer coordination
● Planning and support of the student application process as well as participation in selection interviews
● Conducting seminars and workshops (methodology seminars, optimization of scientific work I and II)
● Marketing, representing the study programs at trade fairs ● Organization of international activities (exchange with South Bohemian University Budweis / Centre for Public Law Research of the Republic of Uzbekistan e.V.)
● Student counseling
DAAD Lecturer, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language at the Kazakh National Al-Farabi University and the Technological University of Almaty. ● German language courses, student counselling, professional development for local teachers
● Organization of international summer schools (DAAD's Sur-Place program)
● Co-organization of scientific conferences (East-West Dialogue program)
● Administration of German language tests (OnSet test format) ● Support from the DAAD in the selection process for potential scholarship recipients (university summer courses, master's degree programs)
● Representation of the German higher education system at events
09/2017 – 06/2022
DAAD Lecturer, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language at the Kazakh National Al-Farabi University and the Technological University of Almaty. ● German language courses, student counselling, professional development for local teachers
● Organization of international summer schools (DAAD's Sur-Place program)
● Co-organization of scientific conferences (East-West Dialogue program)
● Administration of German language tests (OnSet test format) ● Support from the DAAD in the selection process for potential scholarship recipients (university summer courses, master's degree programs)
● Representation of the German higher education system at events (speeches and greetings, information seminars)
● Extracurricular activities (conversation club, film nights)
09/2016 – 07/2017
Lecturer at the Robert Bosch Foundation, Yakutsk, Russia
Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language at the Far Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk
● German lessons, student counselling
● Implementation of smaller projects (regional studies theme days, film club)
● Participation in training courses offered by the Robert Bosch Foundation (including project management and team development)
12/2012 – 07/2016
Working student, Celesio AG, Stuttgart Support for Corporate Responsibility
● Creating presentations
● Management of the company archive
12/2010 – 11/2012
Student trainee, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart Support for Historical Communication
● Research into the company's history
● Assistance at events (e.g. Long Night of Museums)
● archival activities (cataloging, transcriptions)
EDUCATION
03/2021 – 06/2022 FernUniversität Hagen
Distance learning course "Business Administrator (IWW)", grade 1.6
04/2014 – 08/2016
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Master's degree in History, grade 1.3
● Focus on Eastern European History
● Student assistant at the Institute for East European History and Regional Studies,
including mentor for the lectures of Prof. Dr. Klaus Gestwa
09/2013 - 03/2014
Lomonosov University Moscow
Study abroad semester, attending language courses
10/2010 – 07/2013
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Studies in History and Slavic Studies (B.A.), grade 1.3
09/2007 – 08/2010
State Archives of Baden-Württemberg
Training as a certified archivist (FH), grade 1.7
● Practical training at the Stuttgart State Archives
● Theoretical training at the Marburg Archives School (archival science) and the Ludwigsburg University of Applied Sciences
(Administrative Science)
09/1996 – 06/2006
Margrave Ludwig Gymnasium, Baden-Baden
School education up to high school graduation, grade 2.4
MISCELLANEOUS
Publications
Occasional publications in newspapers or academic journals Magazines, e.g.
● German General Newspaper for Kazakhstan
daz.asia/blog/um-die-welt-in-nur-vier-tagen-die-bolschaja krugoswetka-bei-almaty/
● PSCA Political Science Applied, Heft 11, 03/2021, S.22
(Conflicts stemming from the legacy of the Soviet
Union),www.psca.eu/
Memberships and involvement
● Mitost e. V. (promotion of cultural and civil society activities with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe, since 2017)
● Pfullingen Cave Research Group (search, surveying and exploration of caves, protection of caves as sensitive ecosystems, since 2014) ● Association for the Promotion of History at the University of Tübingen (since 2014)
● Württemberg Historical and Antiquarian Society (since 2010)
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
Foreign languages
English C1, Russian B2, Latinum
Software
Proficient use of common office applications, video communication (Zoom, Signal, Webex), various learning platforms (Moodle, Citavi, Ilias), Presentation software (Prezi).
