PhD, since 2008 Alfred Döblin Professor (DAAD) at the Institute of History and International Relations, University of Szczecin; PhD from the Free University of Berlin, 1994; 1992-1999 lecturer at the Baltic Academy in Lübeck-Travemünde; 2000-2007 assistant professor at the University of Greifswald, habilitation in 2007; 2007-2009 visiting professor in Chicago.