Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Slawistik und Hungarologie

1987-1996: Slavonic, Romance and Eastern European History Studies in Cologne (MA 1993), Sofia (1990/91) and Freiburg (PhD 1996)

1994-1996: PhD student grant from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

1996-2000: Research fellow at the Department of Slavonic Studies, Freiburg (DFG-project „Die Grossen Lesemenäen des Metropoliten Makarij“)

2000-2001: Research fellow at the Department of History, Freiburg

2001-2004: DFG grant for State doctorate ("Habilitationsstipendium")

2004: Venia Legendi for Slavonic Philology, Freiburg 

2004-2006: Research fellow at the Department of Slavonic Studies, Erlangen (DFG-project „Slavic-speaking minorities in northern Greece”)

2005-2006: Visiting professor Slavonic linguistics, Freiburg

Since 01.10.2006: Professor for South Slavonic linguistics and cultural studies, HU Berlin

2006/2007: 3rd place for the professorship of descriptive linguistics and interlingual sociolinguistics at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

2010: Offer of professorship at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena (declined)

2017: Visiting professor at Kragujevac University

2017: Prize EUROPA PRIMA (SEEFF Paris)

2017-: Teaching staff mobilities in the framework of E+ international (KA107): Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Albania

2021-: President of the Martin Camaj Association

Spring Term 2022: Visiting professor at Ca' Foscari University Venice

Functions

Vice-dean of the Faculty for Literature and Linguistics HU Berlin (2008-2016)

Tutor of trust for foreign students at the Faculty for Literature and Linguistics HU Berlin

Member of the Classe di Slavistica of Academia Ambrosiana, Milan (since 2012)

Member of the academic committee of the Centro Internacionale sul plurilinguismo,  Udine (2011-2014/2014-2017)

International Advisory Board Member "Dottorato in Lingue, culture e società moderne e science del linguaggio", Ca'Foscari University Venice (since 2023)

Vice-President of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (2010-2015)

Head of the Berlin branch of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (since 2008)

Founder and publisher of Studies of Language and Literature in Central and Eastern Europe (since 2009)

Member of the editorial office of Colloquia Humanistica (Institute for Slavonic Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, since 2015) 

Co-publisher of  Mediterranean Language Review (since 2015)

Co-publisher of Balkan Studies Library (2009-2017)

Member of the academic advisory council of Südost-Forschungen (since 2008)

Consultant for DFG, DAAD, SNF et al. (since 2006)