Curriculum Vitae

since 2023 editor for the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/about

Education

2020
PhD Study of Religion/Anthropology, Utrecht University
2012
MA African Studies, Leipzig University
2010
BA Anglistics and Elementary Mathematics, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Professional appointments and fellowships

Since 2023
Editor for the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology
https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/about
2018 – 2021
Research associate and lecturer at University of Bayreuth
2012 – 2018
Doctoral fellow at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies (BGSMCS)
2012 – 2016
Doctoral fellow at Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin

Teaching assignments

Winter 2022/2023
Anthropology, Riga University, Latvia
Summer 2022
Anthropology of Religion, University of Göttingen
Summer 2018 – Winter 2020/2021
Study of Religion, Bayreuth University
Summer 2017, Summer 2018
Institute for African Studies, Leipzig University

Workshops organised - a selection

2020
“SKAnning Space from Africa: Seeing and Becoming”, workshop co-organised with the working group “SKAnning Space from Africa: Seeing and Becoming,” Cluster of Excellence “Africa Multiple” at the University of Bayreuth
10-14 February
2017
 “Religion of Anthropology,” workshop organised at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
2 May
2016
International summer school “Christians and Muslims in Africa. Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious Settings”, (co-organized with Birgit Meyer, Abdoulaye Sounaye, Marloes Janson, Kai Kresse) at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
14 - 20 July
2013
International summer school “(Re-)Configurations of Islam in Africa”, (co-organised) at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
12-17 August

Field research experience

Field research for post-doctoral project (January – May 2022). Madagascar and South Africa
Exploratory field research (November 2019). Madagascar
Field research for doctoral project (13 month between April 2013 and August 2015). Zanzibar
Field research for Master thesis (October 2011- May 2012). Zanzibar