Curriculum Vitae

Education

4/2010 – 3/2013              
PhD candidate; Research Training Group „Religious Non-Conformism and Cultural Dynamics”, University of Leipzig
Thesis title: Ein zweiter Staat im Zweistromland? Genese und Ideologie des ‘Islamischen Staates Irak’. [Supervised by Prof. Dr. Verena Klemm (University of Leipzig) and Prof. Dr. Stephan Conermann (University of Bonn)]
Graduated Dr. phil. (magna cum laude)

10/2004 – 7/2005            
Visiting student at the Faculty of Arts / Department of Arabic Language, Cairo University

10/2002 – 9/2008            
M.A. Middle Eastern Studies, History and Arabic Language, University of Bamberg
Graduated Magister Artium (1,7)

Professional Activities/Teaching

2016     
Djihadistischer Islamismus vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert (BA programme at Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Leipzig)

2016     
Der Islamische Staat: Genese, Ideologie und Kommunikation, (MA programme at Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg)

2016     
Der Islamische Staat: Entwicklung und Gesellschaftsmodell (BA and MA programme at Department of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Mainz)

2015/2016          
With Prof. Dr. Katja Werthmann: Jihadism in Africa (University of Leipzig)

2011     
with Prof. Dr. Verena Klemm: Islamische Märtyrermythen (University of Leipzig)

2010/2011          
with Dr. Martin Jagonak: Geschichte des modernen Irak vom Ende der osmanischen Herrschaft bis heute (University of Leipzig)

Grants/Scholarships

4/2010 – 3/2013              
PhD Scholarship granted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Research Training Group „Religious Non-Conformism and Cultural Dynamics”, University of Leipzig

10/2004 – 7/2005            
Wafedin scholarship granted by Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education

Organisation of conferences and workshops

2011/2012         
Third Party Funded Public Lecture Series
“UmBrüche in der arabisch-islamischen Welt: Frühling oder Eiszeit“, University of Leipzig

2011     
Summer School of the Research Training Group “Religious Non-Conformism and Cultural Dynamics”, Meissen, 15.7.-17.7.2011

Presentations at Conferences and Workshops

2016     
Sectarianism and The Islamic State’s Sources of Authority.
Workshop “Violence and Control in Civil Wars – Violent State-Making” – Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, December 7-9

2016     
Mehr als bloßer Terrorismus. Der Islamische Staat.
Guest lecture at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, July 13

2016    
Mehr als bloßer Terror. Die Autoritätsquellen des Islamischen Staates.
Guest lecture at University of Basel, March 10

2015     
When a Caliphate also emerges on the Internet: Mediatization and the Establishment of the ‘Islamic State‘ in Iraq and Syria.
XXI. World Congress of the IAHR, August 25

2015     
Ideologie und Handeln des Islamischen Staates als Ausdruck einer asketischen Kriegerelite.
Guest Lecture at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, May 20

2015     
Ein neues Kalifat unter der schwarzen Flagge. Kommunikation und Staatsmodell des Islamischen Staates.
Guest Lecture at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, April 16

2015     
Obey the Emerging Caliphate. The Ideological Framework and Societal Model of ISIS.
Guest Lecture at Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu (HI), February 17

2014    
The Visualization of an “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant“: Religio-political conflict mediated.
Annual MESA Meeting, Washington D.C., November 22-25

2014     
The Visualization of an “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant“: Religio-political conflict mediatized.
9th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture, Canterbury, August 4-7

2014     
Bilder als Kampfansage: Die politische Ikonographie ǧihādistischer Gruppierungen im Irak.
Bilder als transkulturelle Verhandlungsräume von Religion – Workshop at Käte Hamburger Kolleg ‚Dynamics in the History of Religions’
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, January 28-29

2013     
Das schwarze Banner über dem Zweistromland – Visuelle Kommunikation ǧihādistischer Gruppierungen im Irak.
32. German Oriental Studies Conference (Deutscher Orientalistentag)
University of Münster, September 23-27

2013     
Die politische Ikonographie des ‘Islamischen Staates Irak’.
Interdiscplinary Forum „Forschung zur Kunst und Kultur des Nahen Ostens heute”
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, February 8-10

2013     
Challenges and Stages: Media Representations of Jihadis in Iraq.
Challenging Consensus: New Perspectives on Religious Non-Conformism
University of Leipzig, February 1-3

2011     
Die Konstruktion legitimer Herrschaft am Beispiel einer islamistischen Gruppe im Irak.
Annual Meeting of the German Association for the Study of Religion
University of Heidelberg, September 14-18

2011     
Corpus Delicti – Der Körper als Tatwerkzeug.
11. Leipziger Promotionsvorträge
Bibliotheca Albertina, Leipzig, January 11

Memberships in Professional Associations

DAVO (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient)

MESA (Middle Easte Studies Association)

Languages

German – native language

English – fluent: oral and written language

Arabic – good command: oral and written language

Persian – basic knowledge

French – basic knowledge