The escalation of the U.S.A – Iran conflict: My take in Milénio Stadium
The Luso-Canadian media network MDC included my take on the recent tragedy of the death of 176 aircraft passengers in the middle of the U.S.-Iran […]
Middle East
Vortrag und Diskussion in Jena: 2. Regionalkonferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Global – National – Lokal: Konflikt & Migration als „glokale“ Effekte von Ungleichheit in der MENA-Region – Zur Abschlusskonferenz „Great Transformation: Die Zukunft moderner Gesellschaften“ der […]
Remembering Raqqa – Memories of a violent order (ECPR General Conference, Poland)
I am looking forward to be joining the „Annual General ECPR Conference“ again. Social Scientists from all over Europe will be meeting in Wroclaw (Breslau) […]
Migration und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: Einladung ans Kolleg Postwachstum der Universtät Jena
Unsere Diskussion zum 11.April 2019 wird mir noch lange im Gedächtnis bleiben. Gern folgte ich der Einladung der DFG-KollegforscherInnengruppe „Landnahme, Beschleunigung, Aktivierung. Dynamik und (De-)Stabilisierung […]
Nachhaltig Spenden für den Jemen!
Wer schon länger über eine Spende in den Jemen nachdenkt, es gibt eine nachhaltige Gelegenheit für direkte Hilfe. Wie ihr wisst, liegen mir das Land […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]