CV
- 2023. Visiting Professor, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge
- 2021. Visiting Professor, KU Leuven
- Since 2020. Founding Director of The Centre for Translation Studies, HHU
- 2018, 2019. Visiting Professor, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge
- November 2017. Visting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- Since May 2017. Member of the Advisory Board of the "Centre for Comparative Studies", University of Lisbon
- October 2016. Elected Vice President of "Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts"
- October 2016. Visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- Since 2016. Elected Member of the Editorial Committee for the "Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages" (CHLEL)
- Since 2016. Elected Member of the "Academia Europaea" (Literary and Theatrical Studies)
- Since 2016. Section Chair of the Department of English and American Studies, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Since 2014. Professor of English Literature/Anglophone Studies at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- Since 2012. Board Member of "Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhundert" (German Association for 18th-century Studies)
- 2012-2014. Section Chair of the Graduate School for International Cultural Studies (University of Passau; with Prof. Dr. Ursula Reutner and Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann)
- 2011-2014. Professor of English Studies (Cultural and Media Studies) at the University of Passau
- WS 2010/11. Acting Professor of English Studies (Vertretungsprofessur) at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 2008-2010. Researcher, International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- 2008-2011. Associated Advisor of "European PhDnet Literary and Cultural Studies" (funded by DAAD)
- 2008. Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2008. Habilitation, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Venia Legendi for English Literature and Culture
- 2007-2008. Acting Professor of English Literature and Culture (Vertretungsprofessur), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- 2006-2012. Principal Investigator at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- 2006. Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca
- 2004-2007. Postdoctoral Researcher, Collaborative Research Centre "Memory Cultures", Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- 2004. PhD in English Literature, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen ("summa cum laude")
- 2003. Research Fellowship at the Department of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- 2003-2005. Member of the SFB "Erinnerungskulturen" (Memory Cultures), Project "Die Ausprägung Großbritanniens imperialer Erinnerungskultur" (Britain´s Imperial Memory Culture), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
- November 2002. Research Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge University
- 2002-2004 Member of "Internationales Promotionsprogramm Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft", Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (funded by DAAD)
- 2002. Research Assistant at the English Department, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen