Curriculum Vitae
Field Research
2015
Preparatory fieldwork on “Heresy, Blasphemy, Apostasy in Indonesian State Law” in Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia
2014
Preparatory fieldwork in the unauthorized Shaolin Temple in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and the authorized Shaolin Temple in Vienna, Austria
Summer 2012 – present
Preparatory fieldwork in the authorized Shaolin Temple in Berlin, Germany
July 2012
Fieldtrip to Medan (Sumatra) and Denpasar (Bali) in connection with a research project on the development of Buddhism in modern Indonesia
March 2011
Fieldtrip to Jakarta, Central Java and Bali in connection with a research project on the development of Buddhism in modern Indonesia
June 2010
Fieldtrip to Jakarta in connection with a research project on the development of Buddhism in modern Indonesia / archival research on religious disputes in the National Archive
February – April 2009
Fieldtrip to Java in connection with a research project on the development of Buddhism in modern Indonesia, and to Bali in connection with a project on the juridification of Balinese customary law
January – July 2008
Fieldtrip to Bali, Java and Riau in connection with a research project on the development of Buddhism in modern Indonesia and a project on the juridification of Balinese customary law as well as elements of the Shari’a
April – May 2007
Fieldtrip to Bali in connection with a project on the juridification of Balinese customary law
2001 – 2006
Continuous fieldwork in different Dutch cities and towns in connection with a research project on new forms of religiosity in contemporary Dutch society
October 2003
Fieldtrip to Bali and Java in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism and Buddhism in modern Indonesia
September – October 2000
Fieldtrip to Bali, Java and Central Kalimantan in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism in modern Indonesia
July 2000
Fieldtrip to Bali in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism in modern Indonesia
November – December 1999
Fieldtrip to India in connection with a research project on transnational relations between India and Bali
September – October 1999
Fieldtrip to Bali and Java in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism in modern Indonesia
October 1998 – February 1999
Fieldtrip to Bali and Java in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism in modern Indonesia
January – February 1998
Fieldtrip to Bali and Java in connection with a research project on the development of Hinduism in modern Indonesia
August 1995
Fieldtrip to Bali in connection with an ethno-musicological recording project
July 1993
Preparatory fieldtrip to Bali in connection with an ethno-musicological recording project
December 1989 – January 1990
Fieldtrip to Bali, Central and East Java in connection with a doctoral research project on notions of legitimate and illegitimate rule in the Balinese and Old-Javanese literary tradition
November – December 1988
Fieldtrip to Bali in connection with a doctoral research project on notions of legitimate and illegitimate rule in the Balinese and Old-Javanese literary tradition
November – December 1986
Fieldtrip to Bali in connection with a Magister Artium research project on the influence of Indonesian cultural politics on the revitalization of classical Balinese performing arts genres
Grants / Scholarships
2015 German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD) lecture and travel grant for Yogyakarta and Jakarta (Indonesia)
2003 German Research Foundation lecture and travel grant for Indonesia
1999 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research conference grant
1997 German Research Foundation lecture and travel grant for Indonesia
1997 Oskar-Karl-Forster grant for the publication of the doctoral thesis
1992 Erasmus scholarship for Leiden, the Netherlands
1990 German Research Foundation lecture and travel grant for the US
1988 – 1990 Doctoral scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Organization of Workshops and Conferences
March 2015
Co-Organization of a Roundtable on “Pluralism and Politics in Indonesia: Aspects of Mitigating Extremism and Promoting Democracy“ at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Berlin, Germany
November 2012
Co-Organization (together Franz and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann) of an International Conference on “Temporalities of Law“ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/S., Germany
October 2010
Co-Organization (together with Franz and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann) of an International Conference on “Religion in Disputes“at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/S., Germany
March 2009
Co-Organization (together with Fadjar I. Thufail) of an International Workshop on “Religion, Law and Governance in Indonesia“ in Lembang, Indonesia
April 2006
Co-Organization (together with Marinka Copier) of an International Workshop on “Strange Convergences: Performance and Performativity in Fantasy Game Cultures, the Gothic Milieu and Pagan Spirituality” at the Meertens-Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
June 2004
Co-Organization (together with Ineke Hogema) of the Workshop on “Spiritualiteit en het Nederlandse Bedrijfsleven“ at the Meertens-Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
September 1999
Organization of an International Workshop on “Hinduism in Modern Indonesia“ at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands
Membership in Professional Associations
American Anthropological Association
Association for Asian Studies
Commission on Legal Pluralism
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde / Arbeitskreis Sozialwissenschaftliche Chinaforschung
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Religionswissenschaft
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde
Law and Society Association
Languages
German (mother tongue)
English (fluency)
Dutch (fluency)
Indonesian (fluency)
Malay (fluency)
French (reading ability only)
Spanish (reading ability only)
Balinese (reading ability only)
Old-Javanese
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