1981-1987
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Studied English, History and Political Science at the Universities of Duisburg and Reading
(England)
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1987-2006
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Research assistant, associate professor at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Duisburg/University of Duisburg-Essen
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1991
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Doctoral degree; topic: "Journey into the Third Reich. British eyewitnesses in National Socialist Germany 1933-1939" (German title: "Die
Reise ins Dritte Reich. Britische Augenzeugen
im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland
1933-1939")
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1998
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Postdoctoral degree in Modern and Contemporary History; topic: "The key to the modern world. Science popularisation in Great Britain and Germany in the transition period to the modern era" (German title: "Der Schlüssel
zur modernen Welt. Wissenschaftspopularisierung
in Großbritannien und Deutschland im Übergang
zur Moderne")
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2000-2004
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Professorship substitutions and visiting professorships at the universities of Düsseldorf, Göttingen and
Duisburg. Research stays in London, New
York and San Francisco
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| since April 2006
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Chair of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Siegen
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