Cultural Studies; Feminist Theory and Practice; Rabbinic literature with focus in Halakha and Body Politics. Racism Theories; Contemporary Halakha and religious Identity in the (Ultra-)orthodoxy.
History of knowledge and ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries; Historiography and history theory; History of Migration; History of Anti-Semitism, Racism and Right-Wing Extremism; Neureligious movements; National Socialism and Past Politics
China Modern Literature; Gender Enrollment in Chinese Literature; Didactics and methodology; Chinese as a foreign language; Intercultural communication in the field of Chinese teaching
Transcultural links in the Buddhist painting of Japan and India in the early 20th century / Nihonga in the tension of Pan-Asianism, imperialism and nationalism in the early 20th century; Youth magazines and juvenile book illustration of Taishō and early Shōwa time; Visualization and Reception History of the Genji monogatari; Japanese woodcuts and letterpress printing in the 19th century; Comic Book Research
Genealogy in Texts of the Middle Age and the Early Modern Age; Historical Narratology; Cultural Theory; Historical Gender Studies with focus on Masculinities; Literature of the Late Middle Age and the Early Modern Age; Testimonial Literature/ Autobiography Research.
"Development" Theory and Politics; Sociology of Globalisation, (International) Political Economy; North-South relations; Gender Studies; Critical Race Perspectives, (Postcolonial Theory); Regional Focus: South America; World Food; globalised agriculture; land conflicts.