Science management
Translation
Contemporary European Literature
Cultural History of Romania
Culture, History and Societies of Eastern Europe
Knowledge and Faith in the Early Modern Period (German-speaking areas, 16th century)
Primary and High School in Küsnacht (near Zürich), Switzerland
Diploma (Teachers Certificate) Teachers College Zürich
Swiss Hotel Managment School, Lucerne
University of Zurich: German Language and Literature (with special emphasis on the literature of the middle ages and the early modern period), Educational Sciences, Folklore Studies
University of Marburg: graduate studies at the (scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD)
University of Zurich: Doctoral studies; Dr. phil. (summa cum laude) 1989.
Thesis: "De invocatione beatae Mariae virginis: Paracelsus und die Marienverehrung" (critical edition and commentary of the treatise by the Renaissance philosopher and physician Paracelsus on the veneration of the Virgin Mary). Advisor: Alois M. Haas, Professor for Medieval German Literature at the University of Zürich.
University of Zurich, Chair of European Popular Literature: Research Assistant
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Head, Admissions Office
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin: Deputy to the Managing Director
Cooperation with the New Europe College (Institute for Advanced Study) in Bucharest
Cooperation with the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia
Cooperation with the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies, Europa-Universität Frankfurt/Oder