[1] Born in East Berlin, Thomas Mohnike grew up in Magdeburg where he completed his high school education with the Abitur.

In 2001, he completed his master's degree at the Nordeuropa-Institut of the Humboldt University in Berlin, with a thesis Leerstellen barocker Repräsentation.

Der Paratext in den Ausgaben von Georg Stiernhielms Hercules und sein Einfluss auf die Interpretation.

Eléments pour une théorie des formes narratives de savoir social en circulation culturelle.

He is co-editor (together with Thomas Beaufils) of the journal Deshima : Revue d'histoire globale des Pays du Nord (since 2009),[2] the publication series Globalizing Fiction (together with Charlotte Krauss and Urs Urban) at Lit Verlag (since 2012)[3] and (together with Michael Rießler and Joshua Wilbur) of the publication series Samica at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (since 2014).