Curriculum vitae
Born 1965
Studies in History, Social Sciences and Protestant Theology
| 1986-1988 | University of Bielefeld |
| 1988-1989 | University of Cologne |
| 1989-1990 | University of Florence/ Italy |
| 1990-1992 | University of Cologne and Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf |
| 1992 | Magister Artium-Examination (M.A.) at the University of Cologne |
| 1997 | Degree of Doctor (Dr. phil) in Contemporary History at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf with a thesis on the Tuscan Liberal Nobilty in the Age of the Risorgimento (1800-1861) |
Scientific Career
| 1992-1997 | Research Fellow at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Munich/ Max Weber-Edition/ Department at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf |
| 1994 | Fellowship of the German Historical Institute at Rome |
| 1995-1997 | Lecturer of History (mentor) at the Fern-Universität of Hagen |
| 1998-2000 | Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Rome |
| 2001 | Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris |
| 2001-2003 | Lise Meitner Postdoctoral Research Position and Lecturer of Contemporary European History at the Department of History of the University of Salzburg |
| 2004-2007 | Scientific Coworker in the framework of the DFG-Project “Scientific edition of the correspondence of Werner Sombart (1864-1941)” and Lecturer in Contemporary European History at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen |
| 2005 | Habilitation at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen with a thesis on “Communist Intellectuals in Western Europe (1945-1956). The Comparative History of Political Faith”. |
| February 2006 | University Lecturer (Privatdozent) of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Giessen |
| 2006/2007 | Membership, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| Since April 2007 | Professor for Modern Western European History at the University of Jena | April 2009 | Elected Member of the Arbeitskreis für Moderne Sozialgeschichte (Modern Social History Association) | April 2009 | Elected Member of the Deputazione di Storia Patria per la Toscana (Scientific Committee for the History of Tuscany, Florence) |
