Curriculum vitae

1962	born on the 31st of August, Budel, The Netherlands
1980-1986	studied Slavic linguistics and literatures, Leiden University
1983	B.A. Slavic linguistics and literatures, Leiden University
1986	M.A. Slavic linguistics, Leiden University
1987	Ph.D. Slavic linguistics, Leiden University

1986-1987	postdoctoral fellow of the Niels Stensen Foundation (Leiden University / Istituto Olandese, Rome)
1987-1991	postdoctoral Huygens fellow of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (Leiden University / UCLA)
1991-2003	assistant and later (1998) associate professor of Slavic linguistics, Slavic Department, University of Groningen
2000-2001	fellow-in-residence of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)
2001-2003	senior lecturer and later (2002) professor by special appointment ('Titularprofessor') of Slavic philology, Slavisches Seminar, Universität Basel
2005-2009	academic director Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
2013-2016	dean Leiden University College The Hague
2015-2016	vice-dean Faculty Board Campus The Hague / Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University
2020-2022	dean Honours Academy, Leiden University
2025-present	vice dean and director of education MA, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
2003-present	full professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history, Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Leiden University