CURRICULUM VITAE:

DEGREES AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

1997 Habilitation in Political Science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; title of thesis (translated): "Pax Anglo-Americana: Soft Power and Anglo-American Policy in Asia and the Far East during the 1950s"

1990 Dr. phil. in History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; title of thesis (translated): "Canada's Overture to Asia: The Colombo Plan, the New Commonwealth, and the Reconstruction of the Sterling Area, 1947-1952"

1985 M.A. in History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

1981-1985 Graduate Studies Ruhr-Universität Bochum and University of Siegen, History, French and Comparative Literature

ACADEMIC CAREER/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Since 2010 Full Professor of International History, University of Trier

2002-2010 Full Professor of Modern History, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin

1999-2002 Full Professor of North American History, Faculty of Humanities, University of Erfurt

1997-1998 Assistant Professor, International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

1996-1997 Professor for International Relations, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, University of Constance (one year substitution for vacant chair)

1993-1996 Assistant Professor, International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

1992-1993 Lecturer in International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

1991-1992 Lecturer in American Social and Cultural History, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Bremen (one year substitution for vacant chair)

1986-1987 Research Assistant, International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

LEADERSHIP IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

since 2019: Co-Spokesperson for the NFDI4memory Consortium, representing Trier University see: (https://4memory.de/)

since 2013: Speaker of the International Research Training Group 1864: Diversity - Mediating Difference in Transcultural Spaces (http://www.irtg-diversity.com/)

2012-2017 Member of the Executive Board of the HKFZ - Trier University (Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Forschungszentrum/Research Unit Historical Cultural Studies)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

2013 Senior Fellowship, Martin Buber Society of Fellows, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

2011 Visiting Researcher, Canadian Center for German and European Studies, Université de Montréal

2006 Visiting Researcher, Institute for Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa

2005 Visiting Professor Columbia University, New York

1997 Visiting Researcher, Institute for Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa

GOVERNANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

2020-2023 Member of the Senate Commission for Research and Information Infrastructure, University of Trier

2020-2023 Member of the Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, University of Trier
2018-2023 Vice Chair, University Council (Board of Trustees), University of Vienna

2018-2023 Vice Chair, University Council (Board of Trustees), University of Cologne

EXECUTIVE POSITIONS (SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATIONS AND RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS):

since 2011 Mentor at Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes ("Federführende Vertrauensdozentin" at Trier University)

2013-2021 Member of the Academic advisory Board, German Historical Institute, Washington D.C., USA (since 2019 Chair of the Board)

2017-2021 Jury Member "Thüringer Forschungspreis"

2015-2018 Vice President of the Academic Advisory Board, Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxemburg

2015-2018 Chair of the Evaluation Board, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation