Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD, Department of English Language, University of Sheffield, 1989
MA (Cum laude) English, University of Nijmegen (now Radboud University), Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1986
Certificate of (Secondary) Education (English), Stichting Interstudie, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 1983

Employment

Chair of Old and Middle English Language and Literature (Lehrstuhl für Mediaevistik und Sprachwissenschaft), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 1999-
Acting head of the section for Older English Language and Literature, Department of English, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1994-99
University lecturer, Department of English, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1991-99
Lecturer, Department of English, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1989-91
Lecturer, Department of Germanic languages, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1989-91
Student assistant, Department of English language, University of Sheffield, 1987-89
Teacher of English, National Agricultural College, Deventer, The Netherlands, 1983-85

Honours

University of South Carolina bursary (covering Sixth International Conference of Scottish Language and Literature), 1990
University of Sheffield Research Studentship, 1987-89
St John's College, Cambridge bursary (covering ICEHL5 conference costs), 1987
British Council Fellowship, 1986-87

Research interests

Administrative experience

Head of Department (Geschäftsführende Direktor), Department of English, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. 2000 – 2001, 2006 – 2007
External (voting) member of the selection committee for a Juniorprofessorship in Old and Middle English Language and Literature in the English Department of the Humboldt Universität, Berlin (chair Prof. Dr. Verena Lobsien), June 2003
Member of the Evaluation Committee Research Niedersachsen (chair Prof. Dr. Manfred Pfister), Spring 2003
Member of the Faculty Strukturkommission, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. 2001 – 2004
Acting head of the Older English Language and Literature section in the Department of English, University of Groningen, 1995 – 1999
Member of the Faculty Committee for Computerisation (‘Facultaire Commissie Informatiseringsbeleid’), University of Groningen, 1998 – 1999
Member and Chairman of the Curriculum Committee of the Department of English, University of Groningen, 1993 – 1999 (chairperson from 1996)
Member of the Curriculum Committee of the Department of Medieval Studies, University of Groningen, 1998 – 1999
Member and Academic Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Department of English, University of Groningen, 1992 – 1996
Erasmus / Socrates International Student Exchange Co-ordinator at the University of Groningen, 1991 – 1999
Member of the Library Committee, University of Groningen, 1991 – 1992

Guest lectures

Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, USA, 21-25 March, 2005
Department of English, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 15 February, 2005
Alumni Association, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 26 June, 2004
Department of English, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, May 2003
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USA, 20 March, 2002
Department of English, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 21 November, 2001
Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, USA, 22–26 October, 2001
Department of English, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, March, 2000