Joachim Michael is a full professor for Interamerican Studies and Romance Studies at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, since April 2014; Chair “Émile Durkheim” at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, April 2018; Chair “Cátedra Santander de Estudos Ibero-Latinoamericanos”, Instituto de Estudos Avançados Transdisciplinares (IEAT), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, September 2015;  Visiting Professor at the Texas A&M International University, TAMIU, in Laredo, Texas, USA,  and at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Post-doctorate (Habilitation) in Romance Studies, Institute of Romance Studies, University of Hamburg, “Petrified History: Apocalypse and Literature in Mexico” (“Die steinerne Geschichte: Apokalypse und Literatur in Mexiko”)

Doctorate in Romance Studies, Institute of Romance Studies, University of Freiburg (grade:/honors: magna cum laude), “Television and Cultural Rupture: Telenovelas in Latin America” (“Die Zäsur der Television: Telenovelas in Lateinamerika”)

Joachim Michael is founding member of CALAS and has been members of the stering committee until july 2019. Furthermore, he is co-coordinator of the Laboratory of Knowlodge "Visions of Peace. Transitions between Violence and Peace in Latin America."