Education
B.A., with distinction, University of Cologne, 1985
M.A., with highest distinction, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany, 1990
Dr. phil., summa cum laude, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany, 1995
B.A., with distinction, University of Cologne, 1985
M.A., with highest distinction, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany, 1990
Dr. phil., summa cum laude, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany, 1995
Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, 1990‒1996.
Research Fellow German History Institute, Washington, 1996‒2001, Acting Deputy Director, 2001
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow Harvard University, 2001‒2002
Professor of History, SUNY Buffalo, since 2003
Associate Dean Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost, SUNY Buffalo, 2007‒10
Visiting Scholar, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, 2010‒11
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellow, 2014‒2015
Baird Resident Scholar, Smithsonian Institution, 2017
Humboldt Prize Scholar, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, 2019‒2020
Member of Verband der Historiker Deutschlands, Society History of America Foreign Relations, History Science Society, American History Association.