born in Cottbus (Brandenburg) on 7th of february

Aug. 1997 to june 2003 attending Spreeland-Gymnasiums in Cottbus

Sep. 2003 to may 2004 civil service at Herrnhuter Diakonie in Herrnhut (Saxony)

Sep. 2004 to apr. 2014 studies of magister of arts in Semitic Studies and History at FUB

Aug. 2010 to apr. 2014 student assistant at FUB

May 2014 to july 2014 guest-internship at FUB

March 2013 research trip to Ethiopia

from July 2014 (planned) PhD-studies in Semitic Studies at FUB

from July 2014 assistant scholar in Semitic Studies in Center of Near- and Middle East Studies at Phillips-Universität Marburg

Oriental translations of antique geographical literature

ethnogenesis in the Mediterranean Sea region and at the horn of Africa

Aksumite Inscriptions

Magister thesis:

„Die Handschrift Éth. dʼAbbadie 20 – Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar“, submitted to Prof. Rainer Voigt and Prof. Klaus Geus, 3rd of dec 2013. Download here.

Publications:

Ethnizität und Ethnogenesen am Horn von Afrika nach den Inschriften von König ʿEzana, in: Hatem Elliesie (Hrsg.) Multidisciplinary Views on the Horn of Africa - Studien zum Horn von Afrika, Bd. 2, Köln, 2014, S. 217-250.

Records:

Round-Table Discussion on the History, Culture and Languages of the Horn of Africa – Addis Ababa University (15th of March 2011), (together with Zeus Wellnhofer).

Workshop „On the History and Culture of the Horn of Africa“ - Mekelle University (17th-18th of March 2011), (together with Zeus Wellnhofer).

Lecture Series „The Horn of Africa in Past and Present“ - Freie Universität Berlin (April-July 2011), (together with Zeus Wellnhofer).

Orbis Aethiopicus – conference talk on the 14th and 15th of October 2011 (Berlin), (not published).