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Academic background:
Studied German and English language and literature at the Universities of Mainz and Heidelberg (state examination, Heidelberg 1981), spent time at the University of Cambridge, studied "Comparative Literature" at the University of East Anglia (Master of Arts, 1979)
Lecturer in German Language and Literature (German Academic Exchange Service) at the University of Reading (until 1985), followed by a DAAD scholarship to complete his dissertation
Research assistant and university assistant at the University of Heidelberg, doctorate in English literature, habilitation in German linguistics (both Heidelberg, 1987 and 1993), then university lecturer in Heidelberg and substitute professorships in Heidelberg, Freiburg and Osnabrück
From September 2001 to September 2023: Professor of Germanic Linguistics / Language History at the University of Kassel
Since 2010: Full member of the "Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities" 2016-2020: President of the Academy
Since 2016: Full member of the "German Academy for Language and Literature"
Since 2019: Deputy Founding Director and member of TRACES (Transdisciplinary Center for Exhibition Studies; see "Research" below)
