Biography
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 |