Below are all papers which I have presented at national or international academic conferences, including abstracts (if you are interested in fulltexts, please ask me or have a look at my publications, where later versions tend to pop up). This list does not cover invited presentations at departmental workshops, seminars and the like. I welcome feedback, and am always happy to talk about shared research interests - maybe leading to new papers?
2013
(2013). The "Wazirganj terror attack": Local democracy, land development and religious revivalism in urban north India. In: Spaces of violence in democracies, October 24-26. Bielefeld. Abstract
(2013). Intra-Ulema politics, religious innovation and local elections in India. In: Leadership and authority in Asia, June 20-21. Berlin.
(2013). Working towards love marriage: Longing and belonging of young Muslim men with large aspirations in provincial India. In: Work in a globalising world, April 8-10. Bielefeld. Abstract
(2013). Maulana Singh Yadav? An empirical exploration of the "Muslim vote" in the sixteenth assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. In: Comparing urban and rural politics in India (EECURI workshop), March 18-19. London. Abstract
(2013). What's in a name? "Muslim names" and belonging in North India. In: DGA-Nachwuchstagung, January 18-20. Jena. Abstract
2012
(2012). The ambivalence and ambiguity of belonging at home: Being a Gujarati Muslim peace activist. In: The Gujarati Community: Globalisation, Mobility and Belonging (Gujarat Studies Association), February 15-16. Dubai. Abstract
2011
(2011). Secularized secularism and the forgotten Muslims of Gujarat. In: Communal harmony and secularism: Indian experiences, November 11-12. Allahabad. Abstract
(2011). Religious belonging: how to think it, how to recognize it. In: Religion and Social Theory: Developing a New Agenda for the Sociology of Religion (Sociology of Religion Study Group, BSA), April 11-13. Birmingham. Abstract
(2011). Indian intervention in Afghanistan and the tradition of pacifying colonial frontiers. In: Third Global International Studies Conference, August 17-20. Porto. Abstract
(2011). How "integrated" is the Indian Foreign Service? The example of the Farakka negotiations. In: Asien in Bewegung: Politischer, kultureller und gesellschaftlicher Wandel einer Weltregion (Nachwuchsgruppe, DGA), April 29 - May 1. Arnoldshain. Abstract
(2011). Indian intervention in Afghanistan and the tradition of pacifying colonial frontiers. In: International Convention of Asia Scholars, March 31 - April 3. Honolulu. Abstract
2010
(2010). "Glaubensbasierte Akteure" und "säkulare Technokraten": Muslimische Friedensaktivisten in post-conflict Gujarat, Indien. In: Gewalt in Südasien (AK Neuzeitliches Südasien, DGA), November 19. Hamburg. Abstract
(2010). Exploring the ambivalence of the sacred: Muslim identities and peace activism in Gujarat. In: Religion Shaping Development: Inspirational, Inhibiting, Institutionalised?, July 21-23. Birmingham. Abstract
(2010). "Opfer" und "Aktivistin": Zwei Muslima ringen mit und um Religion in post-conflict Gujarat, Indien. In: Deutscher Orientalistentag, September 20-24. Marburg. Abstract
(2010). How do Muslims in North India digest discourses on Muslimness?. In: DAVO Werkstattgespräche, September 20-24. Marburg. Abstract
2009
(2009). Being Muslim and working for peace. In: DGA-Nachwuchstagung Asienforschung, July 3-5. Bonn.
