• Born on 13 May 1960 in Eberschütz (North Hesse)
• 1980: A-levels, Albert Schweitzer School Hofgeismar
• 1980-1982: Military service (reserve officer)
• 1983-1995: Studied the subjects of German language and literature, philosophy, sports science, journalism, history and art history (Georg August University Göttingen, Philipps University Marburg)
• 1993-1996: Management and realisation of the civilian service training at the German Red Cross in the state association Hessen e. V.
• 1996: Master's degree in the subject of German Studies, Linguistics and Art History (with honours) in Marburg
• 1998: Doctorate in the subject of Modern German Literature (summa cum laude) in Marburg
• 1999-2000: Lecturer in literature and philosophy in Marburg and research assistant at Geschichtswerkstatt Marburg e. V.
• 2000-2011: Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy in the Department of English and Philosophy, Yeditepe University (Istanbul)
• 2000-2006: Academic Director of the Traugott Fuchs Archive, Yeditepe University (Istanbul)
• 2006-2008: Research assistant at the Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (Berlin) and head of the project "Erich Auerbach-Briefedition"
• Summer 2010 and 2011: Nietzsche Fellow in Residence at the Friedrich Nietzsche Centre of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
• 2011: Habilitation in the subject of philosophy at the University of Oldenburg and award of the venia legendi specialising in philosophy of culture
• May 2012: Academic appointment to a professorship for Comparative Literature and Cultural Philosophy, Yeditepe University (Istanbul)
• Sept.-Dec. 2013: Karl Jaspers-Fellow in Residence of the International Karl Jaspers Society Oldenburg
• Jan. 2014-Sept. 2014: Deputy Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Oldenburg
• May 2014: Head of the Erich Auerbach Archive at the Institute of Philosophy
• Since Oct. 2014: Research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy

Academic service: Member of doctoral, appointment and habilitation committees at Turkish and German universities

Reviewer: Israel Science Foundation, German Research Foundation (areas: Idealistic Philosophy and Critical Theory), Fulbright Commission

Main areas of teaching and research: Pre-Socratics, Stoicism, Patristics, European moralism and aesthetics, German idealism in poetry and philosophy, transitions to anthropological and historical materialism, critical theory, philosophy of religion and language, existentialism, hermeneutics, literary theory, methodology and history of science in the philologies, exile research, German literature from the 18th to the 20th century

Memberships: GEW (Trade Union for Education and Science), InkriT (Berlin Institute for Critical Theory)

Honorary position: Landscape warden for the city of Oldenburg for the Hausbäkeniederung nature reserve and Everstenmoor nature reserve (April 2017-January 2019)