Research and Teaching Positions
2013
- Professor of Contemporary History - History of Internatioal Relations, University of the Federal German Armed Forces Munich
- Adjunct Research Professor of International History, Jacobs University Bremen
- 2006-2013
- Helmut Schmidt Chair of International History, Jacobs University Bremen
- 2005-2006
- Professor of International History and the History of Peace and Conflict Studies (pro tempore), Department of History, University of Cologne
- 2004-2005
- Lecturer, Center for Dutch Studies, University of Münster
- 2003-2004
- Fellow-in-Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar
- 2000-2003
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Historisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln (DFG Projekt “The United States and the Dissolution of European Empires”)
- 2000
- Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, National University of Singapore (3 months)
- 1995-2000
- Lecturer, North American Studies Program, University of Bonn
- 1992-1995
- Research Assistant, Institute for North American History, Department of History, University of Cologne
Fellowships and Awards
- 2017
- University of Trento, School of International Studies (Guest Professor)
- 2011
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. (Public Policy Scholar, 6 months)
- 2008
- Offermann-Hergarten Award of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cologne
- 2007
- H-Soz-u-Kult/Das Historische Buch 2007 (best book in the category „Non-European History“)
- 2006
- Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation (publication grant)
- 2003/04
- Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, fellow (10 months)
- 2001
- German Historical Institute Washington DC (research grant, 3 months)
- 2000
- European Union, Senior EU-ASEAN fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, National University of Singapore (3 months)
- 1997
- Roosevelt Study Center Middleburg (research grant, 1 month)
- 1996
- Nederlandse Overzee Trustmaatschappij Foundation, The Hague (publication grant)
- 1995
- Morrenstichting, The Hague (research grant, 1 month)
- 1994
- German Historical Institute London (research grant, 3 months)
- 1994
- German Marshall Fund of the United States (research grant, 2 months)
- 1988/89
- State of North-Rhine Westphalia (Stipend for graduate studies at Radboud University Nijmegen (10 months)