Habilitation, Department of Iranian Studies, University of Bamberg
1995
Ph.D., Department of Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley, 1995.
Early Modern and Modern History of Iran, Afghanistan and India
1985
M.A., Department of Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley, 1985. Classical Persian Literature, Sufism, Urdu
1981
Zwischenprüfung (equivalent of B.A.), Hamburg University, 1981. Iranian Studies, Anthropology, English Literature
Fellowships and Grants
2003-2005
2000-2001
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Habilitation Research Grant
"The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khorasan from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries".
Research at the British Library, London; Astan-i quds, Mashhad; Dairat al-Ma’arif-i Buzurg-i Islam, Teheran; Sazman-i Asnad-i Milli-yi Iran, Teheran
1996-1997
University of Bamberg, Postdoctoral Fellowship
1989-1990
Fulbright-Hays DDRA Grant
Research at the British Library, London; National Archives of India, New Delhi
1984-1985
1982-1983
Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan
1983-1984
FLAS fellowships for Persian and Urdu, U.C. Berkeley
1977-1982
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Hamburg University, 1977-1982.
Occupational Experience
10/2009-
Researcher at the Institute of Iranian Studies
2008-2009
Visiting Professor, Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Munich
2006-2008
Lecturer, Department of Iranian Studies, University of Bamberg
2002-2003
Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Munich
2001-2002
1997-1998
Lecturer, Department of Iranian Studies, University of Bamberg
1984-1989
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley
1988
Award as "Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor”, Department of Near Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley
Languages
fluent in reading, writing and speaking: Farsi/Dari/Tajiki, Urdu/Hindi, English
