since October 2000 – Full professor for Russian (Inter-)Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Translation, Language and Culture Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Dr. habil. in Russian and Slavic Literatures, University of Rostock, 1997
Ph. D. in Russian Literature, Free University of Berlin, 1991
M. A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures and German Studies, Free University of Berlin, 1982
Undergraduate Studies in Russian Literature and Film Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington /Indiana, 1974–1975
Professional Experience
1998–2000 Associate Professor of Russian Literature, Free University of Berlin
2004–2005 Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York