-- African History (West and Central Africa, 15th to 20th centuries)
-- Global History
-- (New) Cultural History, History of Ideas, Intellectual History
-- Social and Political History
-- Cultural Anthropology
-- History of the Sciences and Humanities
-- Racism, “Scientific racism”, in historical perspective
-- Eurocentrism, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism

since 03.2013
Senior Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

10.2012 – 03.2013
Visiting Professor, representing the Chair Professorship in African History at the Seminar für Afrikawissenschaften, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt-University Berlin

01.10.2010 - 09.2012
Senior Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

10.2011 – 09.2014
Deputy Head of the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

2008 - 2010
Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

since 2007
International teaching experiences at -
Central European University, Budapest/Hungary,
Leibniz University Hannover/Germany,
Free University Berlin/Germany,
Bayreuth University/Germany,
Humboldt University Berlin/Germany,
Toyo University Tokyo/Japan,
Iwate University Morioka/Japan,
Seattle University, Washington/USA

- and at various national universities and educational facilities -
Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz

2005 – 2010
Lecturer in the transdisciplinary project International Development Studies, University of Vienna

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (summer terms only)
Lecturer at the Department of African Studies, University of Vienna

2002 – 2004
Doctoral Dissertation Programme, Austrian Academy of Sciences

2000 – 2001
Civilian Service: Lebenshilfe Wien

1990 – 2000
Several short time jobs (amongst others at Vienna’s Museum of Natural History)

17.01.2017 (Bescheid), 19.12.2016 (Beschluss)
Privatdozent / doctor habilitatus
University of Vienna: Geschichte und Gesellschaften Afrikas

03.08.2005
Dr.phil. / PhD
University of Vienna: Studies in African History
- at the Institute of African Studies (2001-05) and
- at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2002-04)

since 2002
Karatedo Doshinkan
- Shihan Shichidan (2018)

18.05.2000
Mag.phil. / MA
University of Vienna:
- Studies in Dramatics and Ethnology (1993-94)
- African Studies (Linguistics, History, Literature) (1994-2000) and
- Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology (1993-98)

1992 – 1993
Teacher Training College at Feldkirch, Vorarlberg

17.06.1992
High School Diploma

1984 – 1992
Secondary and High School at Bludenz, Vorarlberg

1980 – 1984
Primary School at Schlins, Vorarlberg

since 2017
Member of ENIUGH (European Network in Universal and Global History) (Leipzig)

since 2015
Expert Advisory Board (History and Society–Africa) of Human Impact Projects, http://www.humanimpactprojects.com

since 2015
Member of Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (Frankfurt am Main)

since 2015
Member of VAD (Vereinigung der Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland) (Hamburg)

since 2011
Member of ASA (African Studies Association)

since 2011
President of the Society for the Promotion of Sudanese Studies (Vienna)

since 2009
Member of the Editorial Team of the Edition Weltregionen (book series)

since 2000
Founding Member and Editorial Member of Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien / Vienna Journal of African Studies

1996 – 2001
Associated Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

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2002 – 2004
DOC-Scholarship (Doctoral Dissertation Programme), awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences/ Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

2001 – 2002
Studentship, Austrian Ministry of Education

2000
Excellence Scholarship, awarded by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Vienna

1997
Merit Scholarship, awarded by the Academic Senate of the University of Vienna

1993 – 2000
Studentship, Austrian Ministry of Education

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2019
Grant/conference organization costs, by Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna; "The Long History of Pan-African Intellectual Activism: More than a Centenary, 1919-2019" (organiser)

2015
Grant/book printing costs, by Austrian Development Agency (ADA); “Nord-Süd-Ost-West Beziehungen: Eine Einführung in die Globalgeschichte” (main-editor)

2014
Grant/conference organization costs, by Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna; “African Thoughts on (Neo-) Colonial Worlds: Steps towards an Intellectual History of Africa” (main-organizer)

2014
Grant/conference organization costs, by Institute of African Studies, University of Vienna; “African Thoughts on (Neo-) Colonial Worlds: Steps towards an Intellectual History of Africa” (main-organizer)

2013
Grant/conference organization costs, by Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna; “AutorInnen-Workshop – Nord-Süd-Beziehungen in globalhistorischer Perspektive” (organizer)

2011
Grant/book printing costs, by Austrian Development Agency (ADA); “Afrika im 20. Jahrhundert: Geschichte und Gesellschaft” (main-editor)

2010
Grant/book printing costs, by Austrian Development Agency (ADA); “Afrika 1500-1900: Geschichte und Gesellschaft” (main-editor)

2002
Grant/book printing costs, by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture; “Jenseits der rassistischen Grenze: Die Wahrnehmung Afrikas bei Johann Gottfried Herder…” (author)

Since 2004, I have taught more than 100 regular classes at the University of Vienna (departments of African Studies, International Development Studies, History) as well as 5 courses at Humboldt-University Berlin in 2012/13 on abroad variety of topics.

Since 2010 I`ve supervised about 20 Master theses in the fields of Development Studies, African Studies and Global History and Global Studies as well as more than 50 Bachelor theses, both at the University of Vienna and Humboldt-University Berlin.

Up to date (2021), two Doctoral theses have been successfully finished under my supervision.