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", funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 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 |
academic career
| 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) |