1951 Born in Landau/Pfalz. Philosophy, German Studies, Sociology, Political Science studies and doctoral degree. Until 1995 Teacher at Freie Universität Berlin and Universität Koblenz-Landau, most recently a teacher of Culture and Art Sociology, Aesthetics and German Studies there. 1995–2016 Professor at BURG, Art Faculty; 2016 retirement from university teaching

Publications: Kritik der deutschen Wendeköpfe. (Munster, 1992); Zur gesellschaftlichen Stellung der Kunst (On the Social Position of Art, two volumes, Hildesheim, 1993 and 1994); Glassturm, Aphorismen (Glass Tower, Aphorisms, Heidelberg, 2005).