Bonn and Tübingen: German studies, philosophy, education / 1966: 1st philological state examination); 1970: Magister Artium (M.A.), 1973: doctorate; 1986: habilitation. Venia legendi: Modern German Literature; 1992: Appointment as Adjunct Professor / 1998: Augsburg: Bertolt Brecht Visiting Professorship

1966 press officer at the University of Bonn / 1971 - 1972 administration of a scientific assistant position at the Philosophical Seminar A of the University of Bonn / 1973 - 1981; scientific assistant in the subject German Studies / FB II of the University of Oldenburg / independent teaching; 1986ff private lecturer / German Studies / FB 2 Venia legendi: Modern German Literary Studies

1987ff. Collaboration in the "Carl von Ossietzky Research Centre" and in the project "Carl von Ossietzky Edition sämtlicher Werke" (DFG funding); 1989 / 92 research project: "Carl von Ossietzky: Republikanischer Antifaschismus" (VW funding); 1995 / 96 research project: "Occasionaler Nationalismus. Case study Arnolt Bronnen"
(VW funding);

1998 Bertolt - Brecht - Guest Professorship / University of Augsburg; 2001 ff. Administrative assignments for C3 / C4 positions in German Studies / Literary Studies; 2001 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Brecht Handbook (Jan Knopf); 2005 ff. Lecturer at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Oldenburg