Education and work experience
Trainings
1980-1987
University of Fribourg
1985-1986
Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1988-1993
Lincoln College, University of Oxford, England
UNIVERSITY TITLES
1987
Licence ès lettres, University of Fribourg
1993
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Dissertation: '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 Literature and Language"
SCHOLARSHIPS
1985-1986
Providence College Scholarship, Providence, 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
Work experience
1987-1988
English teacher, Ecole Normale of Fribourg
1991-1994
Tutor in Old English, Greyfriars, University of Oxford
1995-1996
Guest lecturer, University of Berne, Switzerland
1995-2001
First Assistant, University of Lausanne
1996-2003
Maître-assistant, University of Fribourg
2001-2002
Guest lecturer, 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-
Professor of Medieval English Language and Literature, University of Lausanne