The Vice-President

• Born 1952, Married, Three Children

Current Position

• Chair of Slavic Linguistics, University of Bamberg, since 1991
• Vice-President Study, University of Bamberg, since 2008

Education and Degrees

• 1971:  Secondary School Leaving Examination (Abitur), Wuppertal
• 1976:  Magister Artium in Slavic Studies and General Linguistics, University of Münster
• 1981:  PhD (Dr. phil.) in Slavic Linguistics, University of Konstanz
• 1988:  Habilitation (Dr. phil. habil.) in Slavic Studies, University of Konstanz

Career History

• 1978 to 1981:  Research Assistant, University of Konstanz
• 1981 to 1987:  Assistant Professor, University of Konstanz
• 1988:  Guest Professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), University of Saarbrücken
• 1988 bis 1991:  Heisenberg Fellow, University of Konstanz
• 1996 to 2000:  Head of the Language Center of the University of Bamberg
• 2002 to 2006:  Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Literatures
• 2006 to 2010:  Head of the German Association of Slavists