Curriculum Vitae

Current Position
May 2009 – ongoing Senior post-doc researcher (Elise Richter Fellow) and lecturer at the Department of History, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
  Field of Specialization: History of Southeastern Europe
   
Education  
Dec 1999 PhD (Dr. phil.) in History (summa cum laude), Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Title of Dissertation: Die habsburgische Politik gegenüber den Serben und Montenegrinern 1791-1822: Förderung oder Vereinnahmung?
1997 Post-graduate Diploma in Museology from Reinwardt-Academy, Amsterdam (The Netherlands);
1995 MA (Mag. phil) in History and Applied Cultural Studies (summa cum laude), Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Title of Thesis: Das Verhältnis Venedigs zum „griechischen Raum“ und dessen Rückwirkungen im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit
1990 A-Levels (Matura), Bundesgymnasium Stift Rein, Graz
   
 
Fellowships
May 2009 - ongoing Elise Richter Fellowship (awarded by Austrian Science Fund - FWF)
March 2001-Nov 2002 Research Fellowship, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Aug.01 European Forum Alpbach Fellowship
   
 
Research Projects
December 2005 - April 2009 Project leader of a FWF research project at the Department of History/History of Southeastern Europe, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Dec 2002 – Nov 2005 Co-worker of a FWF research project (Project leader ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Harald Heppner)
   
   
Professional Work Experience
2009 - ongoing Co-editor (together with H. Heppner) of the trilingual series Neue Forschungen zur ostmittel- und südosteuropäischen Geschichte published with Peter Lang Verlag (Frankfurt/Main et al.).
2002 - ongoing Peer-Reviewer for Südost-Forschungen(München)
2000 - 2005 Peer-Reviewer for Österreichische Osthefte (Wien) and Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas (München)
1993 - 1996 Trainee at Landesmuseum Joanneum (Kunstgewerbe), Graz
   
   
International Research Education
Apr.12 Research visit to Freiburg i.B.
August 2011 – ongoing Research visits to Northern Thrace
May 2009 - ongoing Research visits to Western and Eastern Thrace and Thessaloniki.
February 2006 - ongoing Research visits to Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia.
July 2004 One-month language study in Crete (Greece)
May 2001 - ongoing Research visits to Istanbul, Athens, Munich and Paris.
1995 - 96 Postgraduate Studies in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
   
 
Further Education
January - June 2010 Higher Education Pedagogy and Peer-Reviewing (Pilot project of the University of Graz conducted by Dr. Marianne Merkt, University of Hamburg)
   
 
Professional Affiliations
September 2010/11 - ongoing Co-opt Member of the CSBSC Board
   
Honorary Activities
March 2011 Peer-Reviewer of an academic article to be published in Südost-Forschungen (Regensburg)
Apr.11 Peer-Reviewer of an international project conducted by Aristotle University Thessaloniki
   
 
Language Proficiencies
English Excellent (in spoken and written form)
French Excellent (in spoken and written form)
Italian Excellent (in spoken and written form)
Modern Greek Good written and oral command (Language Diploma 2004)
Turkish Basic knowledge (in spoken and written form)
Serbo-Croatian Basic knowledge (in spoken and written form)
Latin Intermediate (in spoken and written form)
Ancient Greek Lower Degree, University of Graz
   
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