Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Hamburg, Germany, 1999.
literature and language professor
Doctor of Philosophy, University Hamburg, Germany, 1999.
Associate lecturer University Hamburg, Germany, 1990—1999. Assistant professor University Bremen, Germany, 2002—2008. Professor University Groningen, Netherlands, since 2008.
Director German creative writing course Writers' Room e.V., Hamburg, Germany, 1999—2009.
Member of Groningen Research Institute Study Culture (representative romance language and culture 2009), Bremen Institute Canada and Québec Studies (international partner 2007), Austrian-Canadian Society Vienna (directory board 2007, Annual Science Award since 2006), International Association Professors Italian Studies 2002.
Married.