Below are all papers which I have presented at 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). I welcome feedback, and am always happy to engage in conversations about my research interests.
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.
