Memberships

• The Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (HiKo)
• Co-editor of the journal "Archiv für Sozialgeschichte" (Archive of Social History)
• Editorial commission of the publication "Herrschaft und soziale Systeme in der Frühen Neuzeit" (Rule and social systems in the Early Modern Period)
• Member of the Academic advisory board of the Otto von Bismarck-Stiftung
• Expert activities for German and European research organisations, appointment/tenure procedures und accreditation commissions
• Mentoring/advisory lecturer of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
• Research Master-faculty member of the A.R.T.E.S. Graduate School, University of Cologne (until 2023)
• Mentor of the A.R.T.E.S.-research class „Institutionen und Praktiken in historischer Perspektive“ (Institutions and practices in historical perspective) (until 2026)

CV

Since 04/2016	Chair of Modern History, University of Cologne, Germany
2012/2013	Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair of German and European Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
2011/12	Research grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2011	Chair offer “European Political History, 19th/20th century” at the KU Leuven, Belgium (rejected)
2008-2016	Professor at the University of Wuppertal, Germany
2008	“History Book of the Year”-Award in Modern History for “Der Mythos vom Befreiungskrieg” (The Myth of the War of Liberation)
2007	Visiting Scholar am Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2003-2008	University Professor of Modern History, University of Tübingen, Germany
2003	Habilitation: Venia Legendi in Modern History
1999-2008	Prinicipal Investigator at the Collaborative Research Centre “War and Society in Modern History” (SFB 437), Tübingen, Germany
1996-2003	Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen, Germany
1992-1996	PhD 1996 (summa cum laude), supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Langewiesche, University of Tübingen; research grant of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
1985-1992	Study of History, Cultural Studies, Political Sciences, and Political Economy at the University of Tübingen, Germany freelance journalist for press and broadcast