Social and economic history of modern Japan (mid-19th century-present):
History of German-Japanese economic relations
Industrialisation, urbanisation and the change of local communities in Japan
Rationalisation of everyday life, changing perceptions of time
Changing food habits
Curriculum vitae
2014–2017 Professor of Japanese Social and Cultural History, Freie Universität Berlin
2013–2014 Research Fellow, Gerda Henkel Foundation
2012–2013 Temporary Lecturer in Japanese History at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Summer term 2012 Temporary Lecturer in Japanese History at the Institute of Japanology, Frankfurt University (Germany)
July 2007–March 2012 Managing Director, Centre for Japanese Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany) (institute closed on 31 March 2012 for financial reasons)
May 2006-July 2007 Vice-managing director, Centre for Japanese Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
since April 2006 Professor of Japanese History and Society, Centre for Japanese Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
April-July 2003 Teaching appointment at the Institute for Japanology, Leipzig University (Germany)
Oct. 2000—July 2001 Teaching Appointment at Cologne Business School (Germany)
April 1997—March 2006 Assistant researcher/lecturer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Department of Japanese History
1995—97 Research assistant at the Centre for Japanese Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg
