1993-2014 Chair of Modern and Contemporary History / Gender History, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum. 1998-2003 Prof. of European History / Women's and Gender Studies, European Univ. Institute, Florence. 1992 Luigi Einaudi Chair in European and International Studies, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., USA. 1990/91 Chair of Modern History, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum (Temporary replacement of Prof. Dr. Hans Mommsen). 1989 Outside lecturer in Modern History (Technical Univ., Berlin). Teaching assignments: Univ. of Bielefeld, Tübingen and Basel. 1988 Habilitation (Technical Univ., Berlin). 1984-1989 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Technical Univ. Berlin). 1982-84 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (German Historical Institute London). 1979-81 Fellowship. 1977 Dr. Phil. in Modern History, Univ. of Munich. 1974-77 Doctoral Student. 1968-74 Student of History, German Literature and Social Sciences.
Women's and gender history, cultural history, history of the family, mentality and everyday history, historical criminality research, the history of war, biographical research and the cultural history of the courtly world.
history, culture, family, criminality, biography, women's history, gender history, cultural history, history of the family, history of mentalities, everyday history, criminality studies, history of war, biography research, cultural history of the courtly world