
University of Graz, Austria, 1968; University of Stuttgart, 1973; University of Salzburg, Austria, 1978; University of Eichstätt, 1979.
Functions, awards, honors (selection):
American Studies Research Fellow, ACLS, Amherst College, U.S.A., 1965-66; Dean, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, 1973-75, 1986-1988; Senator, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, 1973-75; Co-editor of Jahrbuch für Amerikastudien and Amerikastudien / American Studies, 1971-1981, 1984-1990; Academy Grant, Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, 1981-1982. President, German Association for American Studies, 1981-1984; Evaluator, German Research Foundation, 1988-1992; Guest Professor, Georgia State University, 1994; Chairman of Section for Anglo-American Literature, Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft, 1992 - 2003.
Current research interests:
- The construction of collective identity in American folk art
- Subversive strategies in tales told by American women
- The cultural history of mountaineering