Werdegang
Current Positions
| 2009-present | Director Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Work and Human Life Course in Global History” (re:work”), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| 2007-present | Professor (Chair) of African History at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany |
Previous Positions
| 2002 – 2007 | Full Professor of Modern History with a focus on African History, University of Hamburg |
| 2000 – 2002 | Assistant Professor of African History at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 1998 – 2000 | Researcher, Center for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin |
| 1995 – 1998 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 1991 – 1994 | Research Assistant at History Department, University of Hamburg |
Education
| 2002 | Postdoctoral Lecturer Qualification / Habilitation (Venia for Modern and Contemporary History), Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, Faculty of Philosophy I |
| 1995 | Ph.D. (Modern History), University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 1990 | M.A. (History), University of Hamburg |
| (1985-1990 Studies in History, French and Journalism in Hamburg, Yaoundé and Aix-Provence) | |
| [I spent 12 months as an undergraduate at the University of Yaoundé (1986/87), 14 months in Cameroon for Ph.D research (1992/93), 12 months in total for postdoctoral research in Tanzania (1996-2000), plus various shorter research and conference trips to numerous African countries, e,g. Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa] |
Fellowships and Awards (Selection)
| 2018-19 | Member Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, School of Social Science |
| 2017 | Guest of the Principle, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala |
| 2016 | Kratter Professorship, Stanford University |
| 2016 | Fellow Institut d’Etudes Avancées de Nantes |
| 2015 | Directeur d’Etudes invité, EHESS, Paris |
| 2013 | Fellow Maison de l’Histoire, Université de Genève |
| 2012 | Fellow Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Department of History |
| 2006 | Directeur d’Etudes invité, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris |
| 2005 | Visiting Professor, University of Indiana, Bloomington |
| 2002 | Directeur d’Etudes invité, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris |
| 2000 | Habilitation Grant German Historical Institute London |
| 2000 | Visiting Fellow, Center for African Studies, SOAS, University of London |
Competitive Research Grants (current; Selection)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Work and Human Life Course in Global History”, 2009-2021
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Research Project „Dinosaurs in Berlin. The Brachiosaurus brancai – a political, scientific and popular icon, 2015-2018 (with Museum for Natural Sciences; Technical University Berlin).
Senate of Berlin / Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): Forum Transregional Studies, 2013-2018 (together with Wissenschaftskolleg, Max-Weber Foundation)
German Research Council (DFG): Graduate Program “Global Intellectual History”, 2016-2020 (together with Sebastian Conrad, Free University Berlin)
Advisory Boards / Chairpersonships (Selection)
| 2016-present | Jury Gerda Henkel Prize |
| 2015-present | Chair, Advisory Board Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Marburg |
| 2015-present | Scientific Board German Historical Institute Paris |
| 2012-present | Chair, Forum Transregional Studies |
| 2012-present | Fellow Academia Europaea |
| 2009-present | Conseil scientifique, Point Sud, Bamako |
| 2009-present | Member, Council International African Institute, London |
| 2007-2018 | Chairman Arbeitskreis für Moderne Sozialgeschichte e.V. (Council for Modern Social History) |
| 2014-2016 | President German Association of African Studies |
| 2013-2017 | Conseil d’Administration, EHESS Paris |
| 2010-2016 | Council German Historical Association |
Reviews for Scientific Organizations
Agence National de Recherche (ANR) / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) / Volkswagenstiftung / Fritz Thyssen Stiftung / Wissenschaftsrat / Alexander von Humboldt Foundation / German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) / Gerda Henkel Stiftung / Max Weber Foundation / British Academy / Swiss National Fund / European Research Council / European Science Foundation / Guggenheim Foundation / Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa / FWF Wissenschaftsfond, Austria / German Israeli Foundation / FRIAS
Reviews for Academic Institutions and Universities ( Fellowships / Tenure / Promotions)
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin / Historisches Kolleg, Munich / Freiburg Institute of Advanced Study / Stanford Humanities Center / Institut d’Etudes Avancées Nantes / Institut von der Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Vienna / British Institute in Eastern Africa / Royal Dutch Academy / EHESS / European University Institute, Florence / School of Oriental and African Studies, London / University of Durham / Stanford University / University of California, San Diego / Rutgers University / Yale University / Northwestern University / University of Chicago
Reviews for Academic Publishers
Amsterdam University Press / Beck Publishers / Cambridge University Press / Columbia University Press / De Gruyter / Heidelberg University Press / Indiana University Press / Ohio University Press / Princeton University Press / Routledge / Palgrave, MacMillan / University of Virginia Press
Reviews for Academic Journals
Africa / African Studies Review / Africa Spectrum / American Ethnologist / Annales / Cahiers d’Études Africaines /Canadian Journal of African Studies / Cold War Review / European Journal of Sociology / History and Environment /History and Memory / Internationale Schulbuchforschung / International Journal of African Historical Studies / International Review for Social History /Journal of African History / Journal of Contemporary History /Journal of Global History / Journal of Urban History / Leviathan /Nordic African Studies / Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft / Outre-Mers. Revue d’Histoire / Politique Africaine / Social Anthropology