Professional Activities
| 02/2004 | Appointment as Professor of German Linguistics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| 11/2003 | Call to Technische Universität Darmstadt (2010: Rejection of two offers to become W3 professor (TU Chemnitz and University of Trier)) |
| 2002-2003 | Chair of German Linguistics at Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg and University Duisburg-Essen |
| 04/2000 | DAAD Short-Term Lecturer at Åbo Akademi University, Abo/Turku (Finland) |
| 1997-2004 | Research Assistant at the Department of German Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule) at the University of Regensburg |
| 1993-1997 | Research Associate at the Department of German Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule) at the University of Regensburg |
| Since 1997 | Various Guest Lectureships (via Erasmus Lecturer Mobility or University Partnerships): 2018 University of Aarhus (DK), 2012, 2001 & 1999 University of Ljubljana (SI), 2007 Pannonian University Veszprém (HU), 2004 University of Helsinki (FIN), 2001 Åbo Akademi University (FIN), 2000 Comenius University Bratislava (SLO), 1999 Catholic University of Nijmegen (NL), 1997 University of Łódź (PL) |
Qualification
| 2003 | Habilitation at the University of Regensburg |
| 1997 |
Doctoral degree at the University of Regensburg (German, Modern and Contemporary History, Philosophy) Supervisor dissertation: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Greule |
| 1993 | Magister Artium at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (German Studies, Middle and Modern History, Journalism) |
| 1989-1993 | Studies at the Universities of Marburg and Mainz |
Awards
| 2020 | „Athene-Award for Good Teaching“, together with Prof. Dr. Torsten Schäfer (Hochschule Darmstadt) for a joined seminar on the topic of scientific communication(Fachbereichspreis) (awarded by the Carlo and Karin Giersch-Foundation) |
| 2014 |
“Professor of the Year – Career Pioneer” (awarded by the Unicum Foundation): 3rd rank in the category Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 2005 | “Autonomiepreis 2005” of the Technische Universität Darmstadt, in recognition of the “efforts for the development of a cross-curricular Bachelor's and Master's program” |
| 2001 | “Preis für gute Lehre 2000” (Prize for Good Teaching) of the Bavarian Ministry of Science, as a member of the initiative LehreLernen at the University of Regensburg |
