CV

education and academic qualifications

2006	Habilitation, University of Mannheim postdoctoral dissertation: "Soziale Gruppen in der Stadt – das Beispiel der Zünfte in Straßburg"
1996	PhD, University of Konstanz dissertation: "Der observante Dominikaner Johannes Mulberg († 1414) und der Basler Beginenstreit"
1991	Master of Arts ("Magister) and teacher's first state examiniation ("1. Staatsexamen") studies in German, Politics and History, University of Konstanz and Università degli Studi dell' Aquila, Italy

since 2022	member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Constance
since 2021	member of the faculty council (Engere Fakultät) / Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Cologne
2021	research stay at Università di Bologna, Italy (5 weeks)
2017	W. John Bennett Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Pontifical Institute and Center for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, CA
2014	Fellow, Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies, Universität zu Köln
since 2011	Chair of Medieval History (W3), University of Cologne
2010	Senior Fellow, Zukunftkolleg, University of Konstanz as part of the Excellence Initiative
2007	(temporary) Academic Councillor, University of Mannheim
2007	research grant provided by the German Historical Institute Paris
2002-2004	Gerda Henkel research grant for the project "Die Zünfte in Straßburg"
since 1998	lecturer at the universities of Konstanz, Luzern (Switzerland), Stuttgart and Mannheim
1997	Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, USA (funded by the German Research Foundation)