in 2002-03, podgorny was awarded the fellowship of the humboldt foundation with friedrich kittler and then worked as a visiting scholar in berlin in 1998 (and again in 2009-11), paris in 1999, and new york city in 2010. podgorny has been a visiting professor in rio de janeiro from 2000–01, paris in 2008, at ehess in 2010, and held the lewis p. jones professorship at wofford college in south carolina in 2012.