Interview with German National Public Radio on Israel’s war aims in Lebanon and Iran (17 March 2026)
I spoke to Dirk-Oliver Heckmann of German National Public Radio (Deutschlandfunk, “Das war der Tag”) on the day of the killing of Ali Larijani, the…
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Participation in the Talk Show “Club” on Swiss National Public Television
Along with Awin Tavakoli, Cornelia Meyer, and James Davis, I had the opportunity to be live on air with a discussion focused on the regional…
Talk at the University of Münster, Germany: “An Unbearable ‘Eternal Peace'”: Israel, Palestine and the Middle East after the Cease Fire in Gaza”
Looking forward to speaking on February 4 at the University of Münster on the current predicament of the Middle East.
New Publication: “Underestimated Mullahs: Shiite Islam and the Long Shadow of the Islamic Revolution in Iran of 1978/79”
When I wrote this chapter in early 2025, I could not have imagined in which situation we would find ourselves roughly one year later: “The…
Conference on Utopias in Beijing (December 20-22, 2025)
It was my tremendous pleasure to participate in the Conference “Utopias and Their Pursuit: A Comparative Study of the East and West”, hosted by the…
Talk at the Free University Berlin, 08 December 2025
Looking forward to talking about overlooked connections of political Islam between the Arab World, Iran, and South Asia as part of a lecture series on…
Live-Interview on German National Public Television (ARD) on the release of the Israelis hostages from Gaza
I spoke with German National Public Television in their special on the hostage release this morning – and what could come next as “peace” still…
Interview with German National Public Radio (DLF) on the Gaza Peace Plan (9 October 2025)
This morning, I spoke with Sandra Schulz of German National Public Radio about the agreement on the first stage of the Gaza plan, the unbridled…
First Review of Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa (EUP, 2025) is in
The first review of Utopianism in the Middle East and North Africa (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), co-edited by Thomas Pierret and me, is in. Jörg…
New Publication: The “Discovery” of Modern Islam in East Germany after 1979: Iran, the Resurgence of Religion, and the Coming Crisis of Dependent Capitalism
My latest article is out in Die Welt des Islams – and it is open access! This is the abstract: This article explores the sudden,…