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| 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 |
| 2003-present |
full professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history, Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Leiden University |