Current research:
Scholarly Ways. Mobility, Knowledge Production and Research Capacity Building Between Europe and the Middle East
Regional focus:
Arab Middle East, especially Syria; GDR
Research project:
"The History of German participation in the European colonial endeavor with a focus on India"
Regional focus:
India, Indian Ocean
Research project:
Religion in Senegalese Laïcité: Enunciations of the Secular in the Colonial and Developmental State (1840-1980)