1975-1982

Studies in Cologne and Seville - History and Hispanic Studies

1982

First state examination for teaching history and Spanish

1986

Doctorate at the University of Cologne

1986-1992

Research assistant in the Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Cologne

1992

Habilitation

1992

Appointment as university professor at Bielefeld University

Since 1996

Member of the Board of the interdisciplinary "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Lateinamerikaforschung" - ADLAF (Chair from 2000 to 2004)

October 2000

University Professor at the University of Cologne and Head of the Iberian and Latin American Department of the Institute of History