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)