The Center for Global Studies: Bridging the Global and the Local
It’s early February and I have returned to my alma mater once more: For six weeks I’ll be back at the Center for Global Studies, […]
Odin oder Allah? Neue Soldaten in göttlichem Auftrag
Vortrag am 27. November 2018 in der Ringvorlesung „Homogenität oder Vielfalt – in welcher Welt wollen wir leben?“ Die Vorlesung zum Nachhhören gibt es hier: […]
Field Trip to Al-Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan
From October 10th to October 28th 2018, I conducted a field trip to Al-Azraq Refugee Camp in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. My colleague Dr. Hamza Safouane and […]
Boundless Community: Debating Daesh’s Caliphate at Queen’s University Belfast
I can’t waint to travel to the first joint annual conference between the BASR and Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (ISASR) to be […]
Functional Logics of Political Violence at the ECPR in Hamburg
After a couple of months of preparation Michael, Sebastian and I were able to host a great panel at the ECPR in Hamburg under the […]
Daesh’s Rebel Border Regime: Spatial Practices of Political Order as a Necessary Condition for Governance
I’m absolutely exited to be a presenter at „Violence, Space, and the Political“ at the National University of Ireland, Galway! My Contribution to „Violence Space […]
New Review of „A Spectre is Haunting Arabia“ in Middle East Review Online
A Spectre Is Haunting Arabia: How the Germans Brought Their Communism to Yemen
Am 21. März 2018 in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung (FAZ)
Referring to the research done for my book „A Spectre is haunting Arabia. How the Germans brought their Communism to Yemen„, this article in the […]
New Project: Policy Paper on Climate Change and Human Security in Sahel for EuroMeSCo
I am honored to contribute to the research of one of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission’s (EuroMeSCo) new Working Groups. For the next six months, I’ll be […]
Transnational Relations between Eastern Europe/USSR and the Middle East: New Perspectives on the Cold War
From February 22nd to February 23rd the University of Geneva hosted an inspiring, interdisciplinary workshop to bring together fresh and unconventional voices on the relationship […]