Lecturer (Dozent) at Distance Learning University Switzerland (FernUni Schweiz)
- Responsible for the Political History module, including teaching classes totalling 10 ECTS points/semester
- Occasional teaching of “methods of historical sciences” class
- Supervision of BA theses on subjects of political history (esp. political violence, intelligence history, Cold War etc.)
- Management of Projekt 25+ History: Design, preparation, and supervision of a 8-month program preparing qualified candidates without high-school degree (Matura) for an ensuing exam, which allows successful candidates to pursue a BA in Historical Sciences; responsible for writing and grading the admission exams (since 2018)
- Production of a textbook on Political History (print and e-book), supported with a major research grant by Distance Learning University Switzerland (since 2018)
2018-present
Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) at the University of Zurich
Teaching classes at the History Department on political violence and historical science methods
2015-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University, Institute for History
Book Project (Habilitationsprojekt): A Transnational History of the Cercle Pinay, 1952-1991
Early Postdoc.Mobility grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2013-2014
Lecturer at the History Department, University of Zurich
2010-2013
PhD, University of Zurich
Completed magna cum laude
Research grant by the University of Zurich
“Terrorism, Political Paranoia and Propaganda in the Reagan Era”
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Philipp Sarasin
2012-2013
Visiting Research Fellow, German Historical Institute (GHI) in Washington, DC
Research grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
2009-2012
Advanced Studies in Secondary and Higher Education at the University of Zurich
2002-2009
Lizentiat (equivalent of a Master’s degree) at the University of Zurich
Graduated summa cum laude
• History
• Economics
• Philosophy
1994-2001
Matura Typus B in Zurich (Kantonsschule Freudenberg)