Curriculum vitae
Universities Attended
- 1973-5: University of Marburg
(Intermediate Examination, 1975)
- 1975-7, 1978-80, 1981-2: University of Bonn
(PhD in Philosophy, 1982)
- 1977-8, 1980-1: University of Oxford, Queen's College
(Florey European Scholarship; Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service)
Civilian National Service (compulsory)
1982-3 at the national office of Amnesty International in Bonn
Present Appointment
Univ.-Prof. (full professor), chair in the History of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Graz, Austria (since 2009)
Previous Appointments
- 2008-2009: Reader (associate professor) in philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra
- 1996-2008: Senior lecturer in philosophy, Australian National University
- 1992-1996: Lecturer in philosophy, Australian National University
- 1990-1991: Lecturer in philosophy, University of Sydney
- 1989: Postdoctoral fellow, School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales (Sydney)
- 1988: Tutor and part-time lecturer in philosophy, University of Sydney
- 1987: Research fellowship at the Duke August Library Research Centre in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
- 1985-1986: Research assistant, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney, and part-time tutor in philosophy, University of Sydney
- 1985: Lecturer in philosophy, Department of General Philosophy, University of Sydney
- 1983-84: Visiting fellow, Queen's College, University of Oxford
- 1978-80, 1981-2: Student assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Bonn
- 1976-7: Undergraduate tutor in philosophy, University of Bonn
Professional Membership
- Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since April 2013)
- European Society for Early Modern Philosophy (Vice President, term of office 2010-2013)
- Philosophische Gesellschaft an der Universität Graz (member of the Scientific Advisory Council since December 2012)
- Full member of the society Forschungsstelle und Dokumentationszentrum für Österreichische Philosophie (since December 2012)
- Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Philosophie in Deutschland
- Österreichische Gesellschaft für Philosophie
- International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
- Österreichische Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
- Österreichische Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des 18. Jahrhunderts
- Australasian Society for the History of Philosophy (co-founder, secretary 1993-1995)
- Österreichische Humanistische Gesellschaft für die Steiermark (secretary 2010-2014)