Selected papers
a) Ancient Near Eastern Studies
2019
"Literatur als epistemische Quelle? Neue Perspektiven auf mythische Epen und Hymnen der altbabylonischen Zeit", Altorientalistisches Forschungskolloquium, Institut für Altorientalistik, Freie Universität Berlin, 2 December 2019."'I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me.' Migration und Mauerbau – im 21. Jhdt. v. Chr. und 21. Jhdt. n. Chr.", Bibel und Alter Orient Hamburg e.V./Institut für Altes Testament und altorientalische Religionsgeschichte, Universität Hamburg, 23 October 2019.
"Of Bricks and Layers – How the so-called 'Sumerian King List' Arranges Narrative Material", Workshop "The Shape of Stories: Narrative Structures in Cuneiform Literature", 65. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Paris, 11 July 2019. "Am Anfang war der Tempel – Eine Annäherung an die Mythologie des Gottes EN.E2 in den frühdynastischen za3-me-Hymnen und einem akkadzeitlichen Siegel", 16th Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 5 March 2019.
"The Beauty and the Beast – The Weld-Blundell-Prism between Aesthetics and Textual (Im)precision", Oxford University, 19 February 2019.
"Ashurbanipal's Library and the Babylonian Creation Epic", London Centre for the Ancient Near East, London, 18 February 2019.
"Kug-Ba’u of Kish – A Queen Among Kings", Melammu Workshop (Self-)Presentation and Perception of Powerful Women in the Ancient World, Universität Kassel, 31 January 2019.
"(Re)kombination und Transformation – die Verknüpfung von Form und Inhalt im Enūma elîš (alias Babylonisches Weltschöpfungsepos)", Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 23 January 2019.
2018
"Early Bureaucracy and the Principle of Least Effort", "Spoken Words and More: The Early History of the Transmission of Meaning through Cuneiform Writing", 64th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Innsbruck, 17 July 2018.
"Logos im Epos. Zweieinhalb Beispiele narrativer Exemplifikation in akkadischer mythischer Literatur", Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg, 17 May 2018.
"Entstehung und Funktion früher Schrift", Terra Y - Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit, Landesmuseum Hannover, 8 February 2018.
2017
Response in the workshop "How to Tell a Story - Theoretical Approaches to Mesopotamian Literature", 63. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Marburg, 26 July 2017.
"How to Innovate Mythology. The Use of Inūma ilū in Enūma eliš", 63rd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Marburg, 25 July 2017.
"Marduk's Contractarian Meritocracy. Political Rise and Political Philosophy in Enūma eliš", Yale University, Assyriological Seminars, New Haven, 2 May 2017.
"Inūma ilū awīlum: A Narrative Critique of Violence", Harvard University, Volkswagen Fellowship Symposium "Approaching a Critique of Mesopotamian Reason", Cambridge/MA, 21 April 2017.
"Materiality and Textual Transmission of the Sumerian King List", 227th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles, 20 March 2017.
2016
"A Mesopotamian Rousseau? Decoding Political Philosophy in the Old Babylonian Epic of Atramhasis", Harvard Semitic Philology Workshop, Cambridge/MA, 25 October 2016.
"Der Fall Naram-Sîn. Mesopotamische Tempelrestaurationen zwischen Konservierung und Ikonoklasmus", 51. Deutscher Historikertag, Hamburg, 23 September 2016.
"From heaven to Kiš - from heaven to Eridu. The textual history of the Sumerian King List and the story of the flood", 62nd Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Philadelphia, 13 July 2016.
"The Rhythm of history - approaching the temporal concept of the mytho-historiographic Sumerian King List", 10th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Brno, 26 May 2016.
"Eas Verdrängung - ein Stoffvergleich zwischen Atramhasis und enūma eliš", 11th Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 15 March 2016.
"Interchanging stories - the mutual dependency of the Sumerian King List and the Sumerian Flood Story", Ancient Near East Seminars, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2 February 2016.
2015
"How to innovate mythology - The enūma eliš as an example for the deliberate construction of a new myth in ancient Mesopotamia", XXI IAHR World Congress 2015, Erfurt, 27 August 2015.
"Mythology, royal ideology and redaction criticism - The interplay between the Sumerian King List and the Flood Story", Göttingen Spirit Summer School "Ideology, power and religious change in Antiquity, 3000 BC - AD 600", Göttingen, 20 July 2015.
"Fate between speech and script - a systematic view on the Akkadian concepts of šīmtu and naming/names", 61st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Bern, 26 June 2015.
"Das Königtum, das vom Himmel kommt", 9th Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 3 March 2015.
2014
"Gudam-Mythos: Analyse der Mytheme", 8th Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 10 October 2014.
2012
"Inhalt und Wirkabsicht des enūma eliš - Versuch einer Gesamtschau", 4th Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 27 September 2012.
"'Name ist Schall und Rauch'. Neue Entdeckungen im sog. Weltschöpfungsmythos enūma eliš", 3rd Interdisciplinary Retreat on Ancient Myths, Bursfelde, 24 February 2012.
2011
"Marduk's rise to kingship. Text-immanent Studies on enūma eliš." 1st Workshop on Ancient Near Eastern Mythological Studies: New Research on Myths in the Ancient Near East, Göttingen, 1 December 2011.
"Tempelbau und Mytheme der Schöpfung im 'Preislied' Enkis Fahrt nach Nippur", Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mythological Studies, Göttingen, 30th May 2011.
"The rise of Marduk in enuma elish between tradition and innovation", 57th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Rome, 5 July 2011.
b) Further topics
2015
"Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Design Thinking. How to approach our 'wicked' problem - a proposal." 61st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Bern, 26 June 2015.
2013
"Curriculum-Entwicklung - eine altorientalistische Perspektive", Workshop of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) "Kompetenzorientierung und Wissenstransfer: Neue Lern- und Lehrstrategien in den Geschichts-, Kunst- und Orientwissenschaften", Leipzig, 6 November 2013.
"Scholae et vitae discimus. Über das Promovieren in Göttingen im Speziellen wie Allgemeinen", keynote lecture at the dies philosophicus of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 5 July 2013.
