Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Academic Career

Academic Career

04/2014 – 02/2021

PhD in history at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Title of the dissertation: „Kautschuk und Arbeit in Kamerun. Soziale Mobilität, Zwang und Militanz unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft.“ Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckert (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Peter Geschiere (Amsterdam).

10/2010 – 07/2013 Master of Arts in history at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
10/2006 – 09/2010 Bachelor of Arts in history and political science at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster.

Professional Experiences

Since 09/2022 Research Associate in the project „Pharmazie und Kolonialismus“ at the chair of African History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
10/2021 – 03/2022 Substitute for Prof. Dr. Stefanie Michels at the chair of Global History at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
10/2020 – 09/2021 Research Associate in e-learning at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
04/2018 – 09/2018

Research Associate at the chair of Global History at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

10/2017 – 03/2018 Fellow at Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz.

Awards and Scholarships

2022 Publication grants by FAZIT-Stiftung and Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim. Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften.
05/2019 – 12/2019 PhD fellowship of FAZIT-Stiftung.
01/2019 DAAD travel fellowship.
01-03/2016 DAAD travel fellowship.
06/2014 Johann-Gustav-Droysen Award fort he best Master thesis at the Department of History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2013.
07/2014 – 06/2017 Elsa Neumann PhD fellowship.
09/2008 – 02/2009 Erasmus fellowship, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.