| 1961 |
born in Frankfurt a.M. |
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| 1984-1990 |
German and English, University of Trier |
| 1995 |
Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität Munich |
| 1991-2002 |
University lecturer, Institute for German Studies, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität Munich |
| 2002 |
Habilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität Munich |
| 2002-2003 |
Visiting professor, Institut for German and European Literature, FernUniversität in Hagen |
| since WS 2003/04 |
Professor for German literature, Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| since SS 2009 |
Professor for German Literature and literary computing at the University of Würzburg |