People

Academic Career

- 12/2023
Dr phil. in Empirical Linguistics, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- 04/2017
Second state examination for the teaching profession at secondary schools, Studienseminar Bielefeld
- 03/2015
First state examination for the teaching profession at secondary schools, University of Bielefeld
- 03/2015
M.A. Educational Sciences, University of Bielefeld
- 03/2015
Third degree programme in Latin Philology and Culture as a teaching subject for Secondary Schools, University of Bielefeld
- 05/2011
B.A. in History and Philosophy, University of Bielefeld

Academic Teaching Experience

- Winter Semester 2024/2025
Lectureship at the University of Heidelberg, seminar with the topic: ‘The identity negotiation processes of Syrian Christians in the Western diaspora’
- Summer Semester 2013
Research Assistant at the Faculty of History at Bielefeld University for the undergraduate course ‘Historical Living Environments - Cityscapes in Transition’
- Summer Semester 2012
Research Assistant in the Collaborative Research Centre of the Faculty of History at Bielefeld University for the undergraduate course ‘Violence and Genocide’ (Part 2)
- Winter Semester 2011/2012
Research Assistant in the Collaborative Research Centre of the Faculty of History at Bielefeld University for the undergraduate course ‘Violence and Genocide’ (Part 1)

Participation in the Publication of Source Editions

2023 - 2024
Senharib Balley and the Assyrian National Movement of Abboud Zeitoune and Abdulmesuh BarAbraham, publication year 2024
2020 - 2022
Naum Faiq and the Assyrian National Movement of Abboud Zeitoune, publication year 2022

Awards and Grants

NISIBIN scholarship holder, supported with start-up funding in 2015
Academic PhD Award from the Assyrian Studies Association 2020
PhD Research Fellowship Award from the Assyrian Foundation of America 2021

Languages

German

English

Surayt Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian-Neo-Aramaic

Italian and

Spanish

Classical Syriac

Ancient Greek

Latin

Arabic  (basic knowledge)

Turkish  (basic knowledge)

Kurmançi  (basic knowledge)