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Curriculum vitae

Current and previous positions

  • 2022–2027 Lead PI and Postdoctoral Fellow, BMFTR Project Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: The Entangled History of Jewish–Arab Relations, Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, leading a team of six international postdoctoral fellows at Munich, Halle, and Heidelberg. Also PI of transfer phase project Verflechtung, Vermittlung, Vernetzung: Jüdisch Arabische Verflechtungsgeschichte in gesellschaftlicher Anwendung und institutioneller Vernetzung
  • 2018–2022 Gerda Henkel fellow, Extremism in Early Islam: The Kharijites in Comparative Perspective, Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, LMU, Munich
  • 2019–2021 Speaker, Textual Practices in the Pre-Modern World: Texts and Ideas between Aksum, Constantinople, and Baghdad, research focus @Munich Centre for Advanced Study
  • 2014–2017 Senior Lecturer (equivalent to W2), History of the Near and Middle East in the Early Islamic Period, History Department, SOAS, University of London (tenured position)
  • 2009–2014 Lecturer in the History of the Near and Middle East in the Early Islamic Period, History Department, SOAS, University of London (tenured position)
  • 2009–2010 Senior Teaching Fellow, History Department, SOAS, University of London
  • 2009 Visiting Research Fellow, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
  • 2006–2008 Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Christ Church and Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
  • 2005 Teaching Fellow, Asia-Africa Institute, Universität Hamburg

Academic qualifications

  • 2007 DPhil Oriental Studies, University of Oxford (Wolfson College), Dissertation title: A Social History of the ʿAlid Family from the 8th to the 11th Century, Supervisor: Prof Chase Robinson, Primary languages: Classical Arabic, Persian
  • 2002 MPhil Oriental Studies, University of Oxford (St Hugh’s College), Dissertation title: The Revolt of ʿAbdallah b. Muʿawiya, AH 127–130, Supervisor: Prof Chase Robinson, Languages studied: Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Persian
  • 2000 BA History and Politics, SOAS, University of London, UK, Language studied: Hebrew
  • 1996 International Baccalaureate, United World College of the American West, New Mexico, USA
  • 1988–1994 Humanistisches Maximiliansgymnasium, Munich, Germany

Prizes and fellowships

  • 2026 Visiting Fellow, New College, Oxford
  • 2025 Therese von Bayern prize 2025 for outstanding female researchers at LMU
  • 2022–2027 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
  • 2006–2008 Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Oriental Institute, Oxford
  • 2005-2006 Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Oriental Institute, Oxford
  • 2005/2006 Summer Fellowships Wissenschaftskolleg and IAS, Berlin and Princeton
  • 2003–2004 Oxford–Princeton exchange scholarship, Princeton University
  • 2000–2006 Stipends from the Oriental Studies Faculty, St Hugh’s and Wolfson College, Oxford
  • 1996-1998 Stipend Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes to the United World College of the American West, New Mexico, USA

Organisation of research events (Selection since 2018)

  • Jul 2026 Teaching workshop Foundations of Genizah Research, the second part of the LMU–Cambridge Strategic Partnership Epigraphic and Documentary Sources in Arabic: Tools and Skills for Students and Researchers (held at the Genizah Research Unit, University of Cambridge)
  • Jan 2026 Conference The Materiality of Jewish–Arab Relations, final meeting of the BMFTR project Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: An Entangled History of Jewish–Arab Relations
  • Nov 2025 Teaching workshop Arabic Documentary Sources with Prof Geoffrey Khan, the first part of the LMU–Cambridge Strategic Partnership Epigraphic and Documentary Sources in Arabic: Tools and Skills for Students and Researchers (held at LMU)
  • Oct 2025 Workshop New Approaches to Khārijite History, with Dr Hannah Hagemann
  • Feb 2024 Masterclass led by Prof Maribel Fierro (Madrid), The Representation of Jews and Judaism in al-Andalus: Texts and Context, CAS, Munich
  • 2022–2023 BMBF Lecture series Beyond Conflict and Coexistence: The Entangled History of Jewish–Arab Relations, co-organised with project colleagues (Munich, Halle, Heidelberg)
  • 2019 & 2021 Two workshops Synopses and Lists: Textual Practices in the Pre-Modern World, CAS, Munich, with Prof Ronny Vollandt (Munich); proceedings published 2023
  • Oct 2028 Conference Colour in Islam: Understanding Textual and Visual Historiographies of Colour in Inter-Disciplinary Context, CAS, Munich, with Prof Eva-Maria Troelenberg (Düsseldorf)

Commissions of trust and voluntary institutional responsibilities

Voluntary institutional responsibilities

  • Academic advisor, Georges-Anawati Stiftung (2026–)
  • Member of selection committee, Deutsche Stiftung United World Colleges (2020-)
  • Vertrauensperson, Institute für den Nahen und Mitrleren Osten, LMU (2023-2025)
  • Board member, British Institute for the Study of Iraq, London (2010–2013)

Editorial work

  • Series editor, The Islamicate East: New Approaches to Texts and History, Edinburgh University Press

Peer review

  • Peer-reviewer for many specialist publications, including:
  • BSOAS
  • ZDMG
  • JAOS
  • JESHO
  • Antiquité Tardive
  • Der Islam

Evaluation of research projects and programmes

  • Evaluator of research projects for a wide range of funding bodies, including the European Commission (ERC grants), DFG, AHRC, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden), etc.

Memberships

  • Münchner Mittelost-Mittelmeer-Mittelasien-Zentrum (4MZ)
  • DAVO (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient)
  • BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies)
  • MEM (Middle East Medievalists)
  • IQSA (International Quranic Studies Association)

 

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