EDUCATION
1980-1987 University of Fribourg
1985-1986 Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1988-1993 Lincoln College, University of Oxford, England
ACADEMIC DEGREES
1987 Licence ès lettres, University of Fribourg
1993 Ph.D, University of Oxford
Thesis: ‘The Moving of the Soul: The Functions of Metaphors of Love in the Writings of Richard Rolle and Antecedents Texts of the Medieval Mystical Tradition’
2004 Habilitation: venia legendi in “Medieval English Language and Literature”, University of Fribourg
SCHOLARSHIPS
1985-1986 Scholarship from Providence College, Rhode Island, USA
1988-1991 Berrow Scholarship, Lincoln College, Oxford
1991-1992 Junior Research Fellowship, Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research
1992-1995 Advanced Research Fellowship, Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1987-1988 English Teacher, Teacher Training School, Fribourg
1991-1994 Tutor in Old English, Greyfriars, University of Oxford
1995-1996 Premier assistant, University of Lausanne
1996-2003 Maître-assistant, University of Fribourg
2001-2002 Maître de conférence, University of Neuchâtel
2002-2005 Chargé de cours et de recherche, University of Geneva
2003-2005 Maître d’enseignement et de recherche, University of Fribourg
2005- Professeur de langue et litérature médiévales anglaises, University of Lausanne
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
2014 Visiting Fellow, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, Hilary term
2014 Visiting Member of the Senior Common Room, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Hilary and Trinity terms
GRANTS
2013-2016 Recipient of SNSF grant for a three-year project, ‘Late Medieval Religiosity in England: The Evidence of Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Devotional Compilations’.
2016-2020 Recipient of SNSF grant for a three-year project (with one-year extension), ‘Region and Nation in Late Medieval Devotion to Northern English Saints’.
2022-2026 Recipient of SNSF grant for a four-year project, ‘Re-Configuring the Apophatic Tradition in Late Medieval England’.