Publications
Books
2013
Interactions with a Violent Past: Reading Post-Conflict Landscapes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press [co-edited with Vatthana Pholsena].
2008
Geschichte, Nationsbildung und Legitimationspolitik in Laos: Untersuchungen zur laotischen nationalen Historiographie und Ikonographie. [History, nation-building and politics of legitimacy in Laos: Studies of Lao national historiography and iconography.] Münster/Berlin: Lit-Verlag.
Journal articles and book chapters
2013
The 'American War', Post-Conflict Landscapes, and Violent Memories [with Vatthana Pholsena]. In: Vatthana Pholsena & Oliver Tappe (eds.), Interactions with a Violent Past: Reading Post-Conflict Landscapes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, pp. 1-18. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
2013
National Lieu de Mémoire vs. Multivocal Memories: The case of Viengxay, Lao PDR. In: Vatthana Pholsena & Oliver Tappe (eds.), Interactions with a Violent Past: Reading Post-Conflict Landscapes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, pp. 46-77. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.
2013
Faces and Facets of the Kantosou Kou Xat – The Lao 'National Liberation Struggle' in State Commemoration and Historiography. Asian Studies Review, 37/4, 1-18.
2013
Thailand und Laos – Eine historische Hassliebe. In: Orapim Bernart and Holger Warnk (eds.), Thailand: Facetten einer südostasiatischen Kultur, pp. 35-68. München: Edition Global (special issue of the journal Orientierungen).
2013
Phak-lat kap pasason lao banda phao: Narrative, iconic and performative aspects of political authority in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. In: Keith Barney & Simon Creak (eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop 'Authoritarian State, Weak State, Environmental State? Contradictions of Power and Authority in Laos', pp. 25- 46. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.
2012
Fieldwork between folders: fragments, traces, and the ruins of colonial archives. MPI Working Paper No. 141 (with Patrice Ladwig, Ricardo Roque, Christoph Kohl, Cristiana Bastos).
2012
Révolution, héritage culturel et stratégies de légitimation: exemples à partir de l'historiographie et de l'iconographie officielles. In: Bouté, Vanina & Vatthana Pholsena (eds.), Laos – Sociétés et pouvoirs, pp. 69-92. Paris: Les Indes Savantes.
2012
Religion in Laos. In: Markus Porsche-Ludwig & Jürgen Bellers (eds.), Handbuch der Religionen der Welt, pp. 1165-1170. Nordhausen: Bautz.
2012
Kollateralschäden – Landreform und Landverknappung in Laos. südostasien, 1/2012: 25-27.
2011
Important Kings of Laos: Translation and Analysis of a Lao Cartoon Pamphlet. Journal of Lao Studies 1/2: 1-44 [with Volker Grabowsky].
2011
From Revolutionary Heroism to Cultural Heritage: Museums, Memory and Representation in Laos. Nations and Nationalism 17/3: 604-626.
2011
Memory, Tourism, and Development: Changing Sociocultural Configurations and Upland-Lowland Relations in Houaphan Province, Lao PDR. SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 26/2: 174-195.
2010
The Escape from Phonkheng Prison – Revolutionary Historiography in the Lao PDR. In: Adams, Karen L. & Thomas J. Hudak (eds.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Lao Studies, pp. 237-254. Tempe, AZ: Southeast Asia Council, Arizona State University.
2009
Nachbarschaftsstreit am Mekong: König Anuvong und die Geschichte der prekären Lao-Thai-Beziehung. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1: 6-29.
2008
Vietnam. In: Ostasiatischer Verein e.V. (ed.), Wirtschaftshandbuch Asien-Pazifik 2008/2009, pp. 539-552.
2007
A New Banknote in the People’s Republic – The Iconography of the Kip as a Representation of Ideological Transformations in Laos (1957-2006). Internationales Asienforum, Vol. 38, No. 1-2: 87-108.
2007
Vietnam. In: Ostasiatischer Verein e.V. (ed.), Wirtschaftshandbuch Asien-Pazifik 2007/2008, pp. 547-559.
2007
Laos: Auf der Suche nach einem nationalen Heldenpantheon. Iley, No. 2/2007.
2006
Kontinuität und Konsolidierung: Laos zwischen Parteikongress und Parlamentswahlen. Südostasien, Vol. 22, No. 2: 13–15.
2001
Die Repräsentation von nationaler Identität im Laotischen Nationalmuseum. ASIEN, No. 81: 53-71.
Book reviews
2012
Vatthana Pholsena: Laos – Un Pays en Mutation. Journal of Lao Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1: 106-108.
2011
John C. Holt: Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture. Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 70, No. 2: 629-631.
2010
Guido Sprenger: Die Männer, die den Geldbaum fällten. Bijdragen, No. 166: 365-367.
2010
Grit Grigoleit: Integrationsvarianten. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, No. 135: 337-358.
2010
James Scott: The Art of Not-Being Governed. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, No. 135: 355-357.
2009
Søren Ivarsson: Creating Laos: The Making of a Lao Space between Indochina and Siam, 1860-1945. Internationales Asienforum, Vol. 40, No. 3-4: 395-398.
2009
George Dutton: The Tay Son Uprising. Society and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam. Internationales Asienforum, Vol. 40, No. 1-2: 188-190.
2009
Steffi Richter (ed.): Contested Views of a Common Past. Revisions of History in Contemporary East Asia. ASIEN, No. 110: 134-135.
2008
Mikael Gravers (ed.): Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma. ASIEN, No. 106: 101-102.
2008
Boike Rehbein: Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos. Internationales Asienforum, Vol. 39, No. 1-2: 192-194.
2006
Vatthana Pholsena: Post-war Laos. The Politics of Culture, History, and Identity. Südostasien, Vol. 22, No. 3: 23.