Curriculum Vitae Education 1964 – 1976 Primary Education in Basel (CH) 1976 – 1982 Ibero-Romanic Philology (Major), Ethnology and Modern English Literature (Minors), University of Basel, Switzerland Spanish and English teacher, translator and tutor assistant 1983 – 1992 Assistant and Lecturer at the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at University of Basel 1987 Doctoral Thesis «Religiosidad cotidiana en la narrativa reciente hispanocaribeña», Department of Humanities, University of Basel Since 1992 Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Film 1997 Postdoctoral Thesis («H») «Coleccionismo y literatura», Department of Humanities, University of Basel Professional Career 1983 – 1992 Assistant and Lecturer, Department of Romance Studies, University of Basel 1992 Lecturer of Spanish and Latin-American Literature and Film, University of Basel 1997 – 1999 Acting Chair (50%), Ibero-Romanic Philology in Basel 2000 – 2001 Guest Professor (100%), University of Nancy 2001 – 2002 Continuation of the lectureship at the University of Basel in Spanish and Latin American Literature of the 18th-20th centuries 2002 – 2004 Acting Chair (75%), University of St.Gallen 2004 – 2007 Associate Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, University of St.Gallen Since 2007 Full Professor, Spanish Language and Literature, University of St.Gallen Since 2007 Director of the Swiss-Latinamerican Center (Centro Latinamericano-Suizo, CLS HSG), University of St.Gallen 2007 – 2014 Rector's Delegate for the «Public Programme» of the University of St.Gallen Since 2011 President of HSG Art Commission Since 2017 Head of the Leading House for the Latin American Region 2018 – 2020 Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS-CLS), University of St.Gallen