Vita
1955 | born in Schwäbisch Gmünd; married, three children |
1974-1982 | Study of Germanics, History and Philosophy in Freiburg i.Br., Göttingen and Tübingen |
1986 | Promotion in Tübingen |
1993 | Habilitation in Tübingen |
1998 | Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Department of Germanics at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
1985-1993 | Research Assistent at the Department of German, University of Tübingen |
1994-2003 | Professor for German Philology/Modern German Literature at the University of Regensburg |
since 10/2003 | Professor for Modern German Literature at the University of Tübingen |
Funktions
seit 10/2011 | Honorary director of the bischöflichen Studienförderung Cusanuswerk |
seit 2/2004 | Member in the scientific counsel of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung |
1994-2011 | Member of the selection committee of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
2005-2008 | Elected member for German Philology/Modern German Literature at the DFG-Fachkollegium 105 |
2000-2004 | Elected expert for German Philology at the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
2000-2006 | Member in sub-committe 'Digitalisierung' / 'Kulturelle Überlieferung' der DFG |
bis 2003 und ab 2008 | Trustee of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (from 2003 in Regensburg [lastly, in charge]; since 2008 in Tübingen) |
seit 1994 | Member in the selection committee of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
bis 2003 | Expert for key qualifications at the Bavarian Virtual University |
Advising Member in Hölderlin-Gesellschaft and the Mörike-Geselllschaft | |
Co-editor of 'Studien zur deutschen Literatur' (De Gruyter Verlag, Berlin) | |
Co-editor of the 'Jahrbuchs für Computerphilologie' (ab Bd.2/2000; Mentis-Verlag, Paderborn) | |
Co-editor of 'Jahrbuchs Literaturstraße'. Chinesisch-deutsches Jahrbuch für Sprache, Literatur und Kultur (2006-2016) | |
Co-editor of 'Reallexikons der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft' (Neuauflage des 'Merker/Stammler'; Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin; ab Bd. 2) | |
Coordinator for the Staatsexamensklausuren in Bavarian (10/2000-3/2003) | |
Lecturer at the Bavarian EliteAcademy, module 'Elite und Stil'; (1999-2006) |