University of Orléans
Cullin was born in Paris. After he earned his degrees in political science and German studies (1962–65) in Paris, Michel Cullin became ""Assistant de français“" at the "Theresianum-school" in Vienna (1966–1967). Between 1967-69 he was ""Lecteur de français“" at the University of Vienna. After working at the "Geschwister-Scholl-Institute" and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1969–71) he became ""Assistant d’allemand“" (1971–76), ""Maître- assistant de civilisation autrichienne“" (1976–80) and later ""Maître de conférences de civilisation autrichienne“" (1980–82) at the University of Orléans.