I’ve contributed two articles to “Forschung und Lehre” (Research and University Teaching), the magazine of the Deutsche Hochschulverband (German Association of University Professors and Lecturers).…
I was recently quoted in several Deutsche Welle articles on the current situation: https://www.dw.com/en/outrage-in-middle-east-over-gaza-hospital-blast/a-67136035 https://www.dw.com/en/german-role-in-mediating-israel-hamas-war-would-be-limited/a-67189458 https://www.dw.com/en/egypts-rafah-crossing-deadlocks-block-gaza-lifeline/a-67119762 Additionally, I’ve recommended background reading materials for Der Spiegel…
What’s behind the phenomenon that the “Muslim world” gets constantly compared with “the West” in influential publications, even those with a scholarly bent? What do…
What archives will historians of the future turn to in order to provide a comprehensive and representative picture of German society since the 1960s? What…
I’m very happy to report that Sophia Hiss was awarded the Erasmus Prize of the University College Freiburg (UCF) on June 21 for her brilliant,…
Looking forward to my contribution to the lecture series “Revolution, Reaction, Religion: Perspectives on 1848”.
I’m delighted that the Department of Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Freiburg will be hosting Prof. Teena Purohit (Boston University, Department…
Despite the expansion of new communication technologies, we have entered a dark age of public debates: AI-generated fake news, filter bubbles, and controlled information endanger…
Perhaps no other neologism has been more influential within Islamic thought in the 20th century than hakimiyya, a term which denotes God’s absolute sovereignty. This…
I have a chapter in the just published Bérénice Guyot-Réchard and Elisabeth Leake (eds), South Asia Unbound New International Histories of the Subcontinent (Leiden: Leiden…