Vita

Born in Heilbronn in 1970

  • WS 1991/92 – 1997
    Degree in Historical Studies, German and Political Science at the University of Freiburg

  • Doctoral Degree in January 2003.
    Title of the dissertation: "Der Bischofshof im Spätmittelalter. Herrschaftliche, soziale und kommunikative Aspekte am Beispiel von Konstanz in der ersten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts"

  • Habilitation (post-doctoral lecture qualification) in December 2010.
    Title of the habilitation thesis: "Begegnungen zwischen dem Reich und England (850-1100). Kontakte –Konstellationen – Funktionalisierungen – Wirkungen"

  • 2007
    Science Prize by the Verein für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung (Association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings) and the Baden-Württembergische Bank

  • SS 2006 – SS 2007
    Baden-Württemberg-Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik (Baden-Württemberg certificate for university didactics)

  • 2008
    Bearer of the Landeslehrpreis (state teaching award) for Baden-Württemberg

 

Positions

  • (1994 – 1997)
    Research assistant at the Department of Medieval Latin as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 321 “Übergänge und Spannungsfelder zwischen Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit” (Transitions and fields of tension between speech and writing), sub-project A7 “Transformation mündlicher Texte am Beispiel der lateinischen Visionsliteratur” (Transformation of oral texts based on the example of Latin apocalyptic literature) at the University of Freiburg

  • (1995 – 1997)
    Research assistant at the Department of Medieval Latin at the University of Freiburg

  • (1998 – 1999)
    Research assistant at the Department of Medieval Latin as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 541 “Identities and Alterities”, sub-project A7 “Die Gruppe und der Außenseiter – gruppeninterne Konflikte im Spiegel mittellateinischer Literatur” (The group and outsiders - group-internal conflicts as reflected in medieval Latin literature) at the University of Freiburg

  • (1998 – 1999)
    Research assistant at the Department of History, Department of Geschichtliche Landeskunde as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 541 “Identities and Alterities”, sub-project B6 “Der Fürstenhof in der mittelalterlichen Gesellschaft: Identitätsbildung und Fremdwahrnehmung” (The prince’s court in medieval society: identity formation and external perception) at the University of Freiburg

  • (1999 – 2005)
    Assistant at the Department of Medieval Latin (Prof. Dr Paul Gerhard Schmidt) at the University of Freiburg

  • (2005 – 2012)
    Assistant professor at the Chair for Medieval History (Prof. Dr Birgit Studt) at the University of Freiburg

  • (SS 2011)
    Deputy Professor for General Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History (Prof. Dr Karl-Heinz Spieß) at the University of Greifswald

  • (WS 2011/12)
    Deputy Professor for Medieval History (Prof. Dr Stefan Weinfurter) at Heidelberg University

  • (Since WS 2012/13)
    Professor for Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History (since WS 2018/19: History of the Early and High Middle Ages and Auxiliary Sciences of History) at Kiel University

 

Scholarships and research stays

  • (2006)
    German Research Foundation (DFG), research grant, financing an own position: Encounters in early medieval Europe. The Empire and England from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 11th century (not taken up due to the position as assistant professor)

  • (2008)
    Habilitation scholarship from the German Historical Institute London (DHI London)

  • (2009)
    Guest researcher at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz

 

Teaching 

  • (1994 – 1996)
    Tutoring position at the Department of History at the University of Freiburg, field of Medieval History

  •  (1998 – 1999)
    Teaching position at the Deutsches Seminar (Department of German) at the University of Freiburg, field of Earlier German Literature

  • (1999 – 2005)
    Teaching position at the Department of Medieval Latin, field of Medieval Latin and Auxiliary Sciences of History at the University of Freiburg

  • (WS 1999/2000 - SS 2012)
    Teaching position at the Department of History, field of Medieval History at the University of Freiburg

  • (WS 1999/2000 und SS 2001 - SS 2012)
    Teaching position at the Center for Anthropology and Gender Studies (ZAG) at the University of Freiburg, field of Historical Anthropology

  • (SS 2011)
    Lecturer at the Department of History at the University of Greifswald, field of General Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History

  • (WS 2011/12)
    Lecturer at the Historisches Seminar (Department of History) at Heidelberg University, field of Medieval History

  • (Since WS 2012/13)
    Lecturer at the Institute of History at Kiel University, field of Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History