| Since 2005 | professor (apl.) of English and British Cultural Studies and AOR at Würzburg University |
| 2002 | Temporary professorship (English Literature) at Freiburg University |
| 2000 | Habilitation (University Duisburg-Essen) |
| 1999-2001 | Research and teaching position at Munich University (DFG-financed project "Postcolonial Utopias") |
| 1997-1998 | Post-doctoral researcher at Bayreuth University (DFG-financed project "Intercultural Relations in Africa") and Rhodes University, South Africa |
| 1995 | Ph.D. in English Literature (Free University Berlin) |
| 1988-1993 | Free University Berlin (M.A. English and American Literature and Linguistics) |
