CV

  • since October 2019, Leader of the Emmy Noether research group "Mythical literary works of the Old Babylonian period as epistemic artefacts", Freie Universität Berlin.
  • April - September 2019, Interim professorship, Seminar for Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

  • August 2013 - September 2018, Leader of the junior research group "Religion and the Ancient World", Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen (GSGG), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
  • September 2016 - May 2017, Fellowship of the VolkswagenStiftung, "A Mythical Critique of Violence", Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University.
  • January - March 2016, Visiting Fellowship, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

  • October 2007 - May 2013, PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, thesis: Ideal Ruler and Eternal Peace. Pragmatics, structure and semantics of the enūma eliš (Song on Marduk), Seminar for Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
  • October 2012 - March 2013, Certificate in Design Thinking (innovation management), School of Design Thinking (d-school), Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Universität Potsdam.

  • October 2006 - September 2007, assistant to the board at the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE). Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE).

  • October 2002 - September 2006, Magister Artium (M.A.) in Philosophy, Ancient History, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, thesis: Kant on War and Peace. Universität Leipzig.
  • March 2000 - September 2002, Diploma in International Business Administration, thesis: A Model to Finance Teaching at German Universities, International Management School Malente (Jan. - May 2002: Anglia Polytechnic University Chelmsford, U.K.).