Curriculum Vitae
Education
Studies of English, German and Sports at the universities of Münster and Ghent/Belgium
1980-1981 Assistant teacher in Stirling, Scotland
1984 State exam, University of Münster
1989 Dr. phil. (PhD), University of Münster
1999 Habilitation (postdoctoral degree), University of Münster
Positions
1985-1989 Research assistant, University of Münster
1989-1996 Assistant Professor, University of Münster
1996-1998 Scholarship (German Research Council)
1999-2000 Stand-in Professor of British Cultural Studies, University of Leipzig
2000-2001 Stand-in Professor of British and New English Literatures, University of Leipzig
2001-2004 Stand-in Professor of English, University of Münster
since 2004 Full Professor of English, University of Bonn
since 2014 Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science, Humanities and the Arts