Curriculum Vitae 

2026 – Research associate at the Digital Humanities Network, University of Potsdam
2025 – PhD student in comparative literature at the University of Potsdam with Prof. Dr. Peer Trilcke
2023 – 2025 Teaching position at the Studium generale at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2022 – 2026 Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in PD Dr. Katja Mellmann's project The Forager Folklore Database 
2021 – 2022 DAAD language assistant program at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Córdoba, Argentina
2019 – 2020 DAAD-funded exchange studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
2019 – 2021 Student assistant at the Institute for General and Comparative Literature at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2018 – 2021 Master of Arts Comparative Literature at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2016 Student assistant at the German Institute of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dagmar von Hoff
2014 – 2018 Bachelor of Arts Comparative Literature/European Literature at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainy

Research interests

• Theory and history of European drama
• Digital literary studies
• Digital editions, TEI/XML
• Myth research/folkloristics

Publications

Papers

Mellmann, Katja/Jokisch, Jan/ Scalise Sugiyama, Michelle (forthcoming): "The Forager Folklore Database (FFDB): Preliminary Report on an Ongoing Project."

Jokisch, Jan (2025): "Towards a Machine-Readable Classification System based on Thompson's Motif-Index. A Case Study on South American Indigenous Narratives." In: Publicaciones de la Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales, 6, e069. https://doi.org/10.24215/27187470e069

Edited volumes

Jokisch, Jan (Ed.) (2023): Identities and Representations/ Reaching One Another: Language as Interface and Performance. Joined Proceedings of the 3rd and 4th International Students’ Conference ICON 2020/21. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. (DOI: 10.25358/OPENSCIENCE-8988)

Jokisch, Jan (Ed.) (2023): The Appeal of Manipulation. Proceedings of the 2nd International Students’ Conference ICON 2019. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. (DOI: 10.25358/OPENSCIENCE-8986)

Poster

Jokisch, Jan (2024): "Enter the <stage>. A Review of the Encoding Practices of Stage Directions within the TEI." Conference: TEI 2024: Texts, languages and communities / Textos, lenguas y comunidades. (DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13939504)

Jokisch, Jan/ Mellmann, Katja/Scalise Sugiyama, Michelle (2023): "Encoding Previously Transcribed Oral Literature: The Forager Folklore Database." Conference: Encoding Cultures: Joint MEC and TEI Conference 2023. (hcommons.org/?get_group_doc=1004260/1695065153-FFDB_Poster_MECTEI.pdf)

Collaborations

Zipfel, Frank/Seiler, Sascha/Kopf, Martina/Heß, Jonas (Hg.) (2022): Lyrik der Welt – Welt der Lyrik: Lyrik und Lyrikforschung aus komparatistischer Perspektive. J.B. Metzler: Berlin. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-63799-9)