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1966
Born in Überlingen/Bodensee 1989-1996
Studied German Language and Literature, Sociology, Philosophy and History at the University of Freiburg and the FU Berlin 1996
M.A. (University of Freiburg) 1997–2000
Doctoral Scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation 2001
Dr. phil. (University of Duisburg-Essen) 2001–2006
Research Assistant at the University of Dortmund 2007–2008
Research Assistant at the University of Bamberg 2008–2011
Research Assistant at the University of Wuppertal (DFG-funded position) 6.12.2011
Habilitation (University of Wuppertal) Since February 2013
Professorship for Literary Studies at the University of Cologne