Grants, Fellowships, Awards, and Affiliations

German Ministry of Science and Education/Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities: publication grant (continued) for „The Global Lives of the Plague“ with Tarek Tawfiq
20,000 €

German Ministry of Science and Education/Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities: publication grant for „The Global Lives of the Plague“ with Tarek Tawfiq
3,126 €

Max Weber Foundation, senior research grant at ICAS:MP, Delhi, India (originally awarded for 10/2020—04/2021; postponed because of Covid-19 travel restrictions)

Gerda Henkel Foundation, grant for second book (Habilitationsstipendium, 6 months, 04/2020—10/2020, € 18,700); Covid-19 extension grant, to be awarded 10–12/2021: 6,900 €

German Ministry of Science and Education/Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities: publication grant for “Insatiable Appetite. Food as a Cultural Signifier in the Middle East and Beyond”, with Kirill Dmitriev (St Andrews, UK) and Bilal Orfali (AUB, Lebanon) (€ 12,019) (2016)

German Ministry of Science and Education/Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities: grant for conference “Insatiable Appetite. Food as a Cultural Signifier“, with Kirill Dmitriev (St Andrews, UK) and Bilal Orfali (AUB, Lebanon) (€ 25,000) (2016)

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC), India, affiliated scholar (2017)

Max Weber Foundation, Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grant: Research trips to India, Britain, and the United States (€ 5,000) (2016—2018)

Volkswagen Foundation: grant for conference “Fluid Nature, Fluid Cultures. Malta and the Mediterranean”, Malta, 10.—13.09.2015, with Jens Scheiner (Göttingen, Germany) (€20,000) (2015)

Member of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), funded by the German Ministry of Science and Education (2013—2018; now alumna)

Fritz Thyssen Foundation / Leibniz Institute of European History: grant for conference “Education from Ottoman to Mandate Beirut: A Catalyst for Multiple Modernities?”, Orient-Institut Beirut, Lebanon, 19. —21.04.2012, with Christine Lindner (Balamand, Lebanon) and Esther Möller (Mainz, Germany) (20,000 €) (2012)

Gerda Henkel Foundation, Ph.D. grant (2011—2012)

Orient Institut Beirut (OIB), Lebanon/Max Weber Foundation, doctoral research fellow (2010)

Rice University, Houston/Texas, USA: visiting doctoral research student (2008)

German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School “Generationengeschichte”, University of Göttingen, Germany, Ph.D. grant (2007—2010)

German Research Foundation (DFG), Conference Travel Grant (presentation at the German Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA) (2007)