CV

Since 2008
Univ.-Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies I, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany

1998-2008
Assistant & Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature (with tenure), Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, Canada

1989-1998
Staff member (research and teaching), Institute of Oriental Studies, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

1989
Ph.D., Institute of Oriental Studies, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Fleischhammer

1986
M.A. (Diploma), Arabic and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Fleischhammer