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History and theory of political thought
Political Science
History and Theory
of Political Thought

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Curriculum Vitae

  • Speaker of the Department of Social Sciences (since October 2015)
  • Program Director BA/MA Sub-degree Programs in Social Sciences (teaching training) (since October 2013)
  • Deputy member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (since 2013)
  • Member of the Teaching and Study Committee (LuSt-Ausschuss) (2010-2014)
  • Since April 2009: University professor for Political Science at the Department for Political Science at Universität Hamburg
  • 04/2009 to 11/2012: DFG-Heisenberg-Professorship for Political Science at Universität Hamburg, focus on "Europe and Modernity"
  • 05/2008: Granting of a DFG Heisenberg Professorship for Political Science with the focus on "Europe and Modernity"
  • 10/2005 to 09/2007: Substitute professor for the C 4 Professorship for Political Science at the University of Augsburg
  • 12/2006: Approval of a Heisenberg scholarship by the DFG
  • 05/2005 to 09/2005: Research fellow at the German Historical Institute, Paris
  • 02/2005 to 04/2005: Guest researcher at the Research Centre for European Enlightenment, Potsdam
  • Summer term 2004 to winter termin 2004/05: Lecturer for Political Theory and History of Ideas at the Department for Political Science at Universität Hamburg
  • 05/2004 to 09/2004: Research fellow at the German Historical Institute, Paris
  • 04/2002 to 03/2004: Substitute professor for the C 4 Professorship for Political Theory and History of Ideas at the Department for Political Science at Universität Hamburg
  • 2000 to 2002: DFG research project: Political Science in the French Enlightenment
  • 10/2001: Habilitation in Political Science at Universität Hamburg
  • 01/2000 to 06/2000: Research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • 05/1999 to 12/1999: DAAD Research fellow at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (Paris) and the Université de Paris VIII
  • 1999 to 2001: Lecturer at the International Summer-University at Marburg
  • 1999: Adjunct lecturer at Universität Hamburg, Department for Political Science
  • 1996 to 1999: Research assistant within the research project "The Idea of Peace, Constitution and European Federation. The Reception of the Constitution of the Old Empire in 18th Century French Political Theory and its Influence on the Formation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Philosophy of Law and State" This project was part of the Franco-German cooperation project (Marburg/Leipzig/Paris) Les représentations françaises de l'Allemagne en Europe, 17e - 18e siècles / The French Image of Germany in 17th and 18th Century Europe
  • 1996: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) with a thesis on the philosophical beginnings of Max Horkheimer
  • 1995 to 1996: Research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • 09/1994 to 10/1994: Guest stay at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris
  • 1993 to 1995: Scholarship holder of the Hessian Graduate Scholarship
  • 1991 to 1993: Assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • 1991: Graduated in political science (diploma)
  • Studied political science, sociology and philosophy in Marburg