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A former fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlin) and visiting researcher at the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Centre-Europ茅ennes (Sorbonne-Paris IV), Professor Medin joined the faculty of The American University of Paris in January 2010. He has taught German, English and comparative literature at Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis and the Free University Berlin. His research is principally concerned with contemporary international fiction and the work and global reception of Franz Kafka. He also teaches classes on the history and literature of Central Europe; autobiographical writing; editorial practices (particularly for fiction in translation); and small prose forms. He is a director of the Center for Writers and Translators and one of the editors of its Cahiers Series. Past editorial associations include Astra Magazine, Music & Literature, The White Review, and Schreibheft. He has judged numerous literary prizes, among them the International Booker Prize, the HKW Internationaler Literaturpreis; the Prix Fragonard de litt茅rature 茅trang猫re; the European Union Prize for Literature; the Dublin Literary Award; and the Best Translated Book Award. 聽