Since February 2015 Custodian of the Historical Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum
Summer semester 2008 to winter semester 2014/15 Research assistant at the Historical Institute of the University of Paderborn (Chair of Prof. Dr. Hermann Kamp)
2010 Completion of the doctoral procedure
2004-2008 Research assistant at the Collaborative Research Centre 496 'Symbolic Communication and Social Value Systems from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution' at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (sub-project A2, Prof. Dr. Gerd Althoff)
2003 Master's degree
2002 First state examination (teacher training, secondary level II/ I)
1995-2003 Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum (history and social sciences; history, art history and sociology)
Scientific exhibition collaboration (2006-2008)
Spektakel der Macht - Rituale im Alten Europa (800-1800), Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg in Kooperation mit dem SFB 496 der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 21. September 2008 - 4. Januar 2009
Main research areas
War and violence
Dynasties and princes in the High and Late Middle Ages
Symbolic communication
Brandenburgian and Frankish history in the late Middle Ages
England
Political theory
Current scientific projects
Desertion and betrayal in the history of the Middle Ages
