Scholarships, fellowships and awards
2024
Professeure invitée at the Department d’Anthropologie. Laboratoire d’Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative ( LESC) at the University of Paris Nanterre
2022
Tina Ulmer-Lehrpreis der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft der Universität Konstanz
Winner of the Teaching Innovation Fund (TIF) at the University of Konstanz (workshop grant)
2019
Visiting Professorship from l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), based at the Institut d'études de l'Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman“ (IISMM) in Paris for 2019 (four weeks).
2018
Fernand Braudel Associate Directorship (Directeur d’Études Associés) by the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) in Paris for 2018 (six weeks).
2018-2019
Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz. Fellowship (ten months)
2016
Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz. Fellowship (six months)
2014
Incentive Program for Recruiting Women in Higher Education. Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, State of Baden-Württemberg
2012 - 2014
International Scholar (Mentor) of the Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative (CARTI) of the Open Society Foundations (2 years)
2009
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Workshop Grant (jointly with Madeleine Reeves and Johan Rasanayagam)
2009
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata, India. Visiting fellowship (one month)
2006 - 2009
Volkswagen Foundation and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
Research position and fieldwork grant (three years and ten months)
2007
Best Graduate Student Paper on Eurasia. At: 'Nation, Community and the State', ASN World Convention, Columbia University, New York City, USA April 12-14
2005
Graduate School 'Asian and African Studies', Martin Luther University
Halle/Wittenberg. Stipend (one year)
Hermann Hesse stipend, Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw (three months)
2004
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Travel grant (two weeks)
2003
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Stipend (six months)
2000
Universitätsbund, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. Travel grant (three months)