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International Conferences and Colloquiua

  • Political Theory of Antiziganism. English online Book Launch of the book "Politische Theorie des Antiziganismus" at the Book Launch Series of SFB/TRR 138 (Philipps University Marburg/Justus Liebig University Giessen). With commentaries from Prof. Huub van Baar, Prof. Thomas Bohn, and Prof. Regina Kreide, February 24, 2026.

  • The Dialectics of Progress and Regression in Political Theory. Presentation at the conference "Change" at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia, June 12–15, 2024.

  • Marx’s Critique of Vagabondage and the Policing of Roma in the Nineteenth Century. Presentation at the conference "Racializing Romani People in the Nineteenth Century" at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Villa Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic, May 20–21, 2024.

  • Statehood and Statelessness as Topics of Early International Police Cooperation. Presentation at the ERIAC conference "Racism and Romani Studies" at West University of Timișoara, Romania, September 14–15, 2023.

  • The Role of Antigypsyism within Early International Police Cooperation. Presentation at the mid-term conference "Human Rights, Democracy and the threats of old and new Populisms: Antisemitism, Racism and Xenophobia" of Research Network 31 (Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism) of European Sociological Association at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, September 7–8, 2023.

  • The State of Nature and Antigypsyism. Presentatation at the "Colloquium of Critical Romani Studies and antigypsyism research" of Prof. Jan Selling at Södertörn University Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2023 (online).

  • The Demonstration of State Power in Visual Representations of Roma. Presentation at the conference "Critical Approaches to Romani Studies", Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden, May 18–20, 2022.

  • Institutional Dimensions of Antigypsyism. The Function of a Counter-Image in International Security Police Work. Presentation at the "Warwick Workshop on the Global Policing of Mobility", School of Law, University of Warwick, England, September 9–10, 2020 (online).

  • On the Dialectics of Social and Racial Categories: “Gypsies” in Police Work and Political Theory. Presentation at the sixth annual ACGS conference “Racial Orders, Racist Borders”, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 17–18, 2019.

  • Towards a Theory of Antigypsyism: Roma Minorities between Racism, Securitization, and Imagination. Presentation at the workshop “Migration and Imagination”, Monash University in Prato, Italy, July 15–16, 2019.

  • Roma as the Repressed “Other” in Political Philosophy and the Practices of Security Police. Presentation at the conference “Critical Approaches to Romani Studies”, Central European University Budapest, Hungary, May 15–17, 2019.

  • The Influence of the Haitian Revolution on the Thinking of Marx. Presentation at the annual ASPECT Graduate Conference “Representations of Resistance” at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, USA, March 20–21, 2015.

 

German Research Context

  • The Securitization of the Roma. Presentation at the conference "Circulation of Knowledge and Aesthetics of the Spectacular/Wissenszirkulation und Ästhetik des Spektakulären - Tagung im Rahmen der DFG-Forschungsgruppe: Antiziganismus und Ambivalenz in Europa (1850-1950)" at Justus Liebig University Giessen, January 28–29, 2026.

  • Indigene Souveränität vs. Minderheitenrechte – Vergleichende Überlegungen. Presentation at the workshop "Indigene Souveränität – eine Bestandsaufnahme" at Philipps University Marburg, December 11–12, 2025.

  • Politische Theorie des Antiziganismus. Public Presentation at the invitation of the Colloquium of the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University, November 20, 2024.

  • A Short History of Border Policing. The Roma-Minority Case. Presentation at the conference "Human Rights in Times of Insecurity" at Justus Liebig University Giessen, September 2–3, 2024.

  • Erzwungene Mobilität und Antiziganismus. Presentation at the workshop "Vagabunden, Migration und Antiziganismus – Mobilität zwischen Verfolgung und Idealisierung", Memorial Museum for Nazi Victims in Neustadt/Weinstrasse, April 13, 2024.

  • Zur Genese des Antiziganismus als Herrschaftsverhältnis. Presentation at the Colloquium of Philosophy at the University of Kassel, January 31, 2024.

  • Ursprüngliche Akkumulation und Antiziganismus. Zum Zusammenhang von Kapitalismus und einer spezifischen Form des Rassismus in Europa. Presentation at the conference "Racial Capitalism. Marxism meets Postcolonial Studies" at the University of Kassel, October 5–6, 2023.

  • Die Inszenierung staatlicher Macht in antiziganistischen Bildern von Früher Neuzeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Presentation at the conference "Sinti und Roma in Geschichte und Erinnerung. Europäische und regionale Perspektiven" at the Institute of Franconian Regional History of the Universities of Bamberg and Bayreuth, IWALEWA House Bayreuth, September 28–29, 2023.

  • Ursprüngliche Akkumulation und Antiziganismus. Zur Entstehungsgeschichte einer spezifischen Lebensweise und deren Kriminalisierung. Workshop at the conference "Unhaltbare Zustände – Zweite Marxistische Arbeitswoche" of the Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt, May 26–29, 2023.

  • Naturzustand und Antiziganismus. Ausschlussmechanismen in der Vertragstheorie. Presentation at the joint colloquium Political Theory of the professorships Dirk Jörke, Regina Kreide, and Claudia Landwehr at TU Darmstadt, May 11, 2023.

  • Antiziganismus als verdrängter Gegenstand der politischen Theorie. Presentation at the conference "Kämpfe um Diversität – Theorie an der Grenze von Wissenschaft und Politik" of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), section Political Theory and History of Ideas, University of Duisburg-Essen, March 15–17, 2023.

  • Naturzustand und Antiziganismus. Zur Exklusivität der politischen Theorie. Presentation at the annual conference of the Forschungskollegs Kritische Theorie, Free University Berlin, March 3–4, 2023.

  • Zum Verhältnis von politischer Theorie und Antiziganismus. Presentation at the colloquium of the "Arbeitsstelle Antiziganismusprävention", Heidelberg University of Education, November 21, 2022.

  • Vom Vagabundentum zur "Armutsmigration". Marx'sche Perspektiven auf das Phänomen Antiziganismus. Presentation at the Workshop "Demokratiekonflikte und der Blick nach unten", Conference Venue Monastery Neustadt, June 1–2, 2022.

  • Von der Zigeunerwarntafel zum Verbrecherbild. Eine historisierende Perspektive auf die Kriminalisierung von Sinti:ze und Rom:nja in Deutschland. Presentation at the workshop "Security and Difference in Historical Perspective", Justus Liebig University Giessen, February 25–26, 2021.

  • Medialität und Repräsentation im Projekt „Umrisse einer Theorie des Antiziganismus“. Presentation at the meeting of the concept group 03 “Securitization and Representation” of the SFB 138, Justus Liebig University Giessen, November 26, 2019.

  • Umrisse einer Theorie des Antiziganismus: Roma-Minderheiten zwischen Rassismus, Versicherheitlichung und Imagination. Presentation at the colloquium of the Integrated Graduate School of the SFB138, Herder Institute Marburg, July 2, 2019.

  • Towards a Theory of Antigypsyism: Roma as the Repressed "Other" in Political Theory and the Practices of Security Police. Presentation at the Political Theory Colloquium, Justus Liebig University Giessen, June 24, 2019.

  • Sinti und Roma heute. Eine Geschichte der Verdrängung. Presentation at the annual conference of the Forschungskolleg Kritische Theorie, University of Kassel, February 22–23, 2019.

  • Auf den Spuren einer anderen Aufklärung: Die ethnologischen Quellen der Dialektik der Aufklärung. Presentation at the conference "Staatlichkeit und Staatslosigkeit. Akephalie als Herausforderung und Ressource für die Sozialwissenschaften", Technical University Darmstadt, May 11–12, 2017.

 

Transfer of Academic Knowledge

  • Book presentation: Politische Theorie des Antiziganismus. Zur Grundlage der staatlichen Verfolgung von Sinti:ze und Rom:nja. Public evening lecture in the lecture series of the Fritz Bauer Institute in cooperation with the Association for Antiziganism Research (GFA) in Frankfurt/M, November 28, 2025.

  • Participation at the exhibition "Hinterfragen. Sinti und Roma – eine Minderheit zwischen Verfolgung und Selbstbestimmung" at the Museum for Giessen, October 17 until December 15, 2024. Consultation with the museum; a dedicated display on aspects of local history in Giessen to complement the general exhibition.

  • Public evening lecture: Antiziganismus in der Frühaufklärung: Ein Gießener Gerichtsprozess im Jahr 1726. Opening of the exihibition "Hinterfragen. Sinti und Roma - eine Minderheit zwischen Verfolgung und Selbstbestimmung" at Giessen Museum. At the invitation of the Upper Hessian Historical Society (Oberhessischer Geschichtsverein), Netanyasaal, Altes Schloss, Giessen, October 16, 2024.

  • Public panel discussion: Opening of the exihibition "Hinterfragen. Sinti und Roma - eine Minderheit zwischen Verfolgung und Selbstbestimmung". At the invitation of ASB Kreisverband Sömmerda e.V. for the Intercultural Weeks, at the Historical Technical Museum of the city Sömmerda, September 22, 2024.

  • Public evening lecture: Antiziganismus als Hindernis politischer Teilhabe. At the invitation of the "Collegium Philippinum" of the Philipps University Marburg for the lecture series "Mittwochsvortrag", Castle, Marburg, July 10, 2024 (cancelled).

  • Public evening lecture: Antiziganismus als traditionelle europäische Form des Rassismus? At the invitation of the group "Kritik am Campus" for the lecture series on "racism", Random White House, IG Farben Campus of Goethe University Frankfurt/M, May 29, 2024.

  • Public panel discussion: Vagabunden, Migration und Antiziganismus – Mobilität zwischen Verfolgung und Idealisierung. At the invitation of NOMADENpress e.V. and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Rheiland-Pfalz e.V., at the Memorial Museum for Nazi Victims in Neustadt/Weinstrasse, April 14, 2024.

  • Public evening lecture: Racial Capitalism – Was hat Kapitalismus mit Antiziganismus zu tun? At the International Weeks against Racism of the city Munich, Bellevue di Monaco, Munich, March 14, 2024.

  • Day seminar: Was ist Antiziganismus? Historische Hintergründe und aktuelle gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen. At DGB Bildungswerk Bayern e.V., Worker Unions' House, Nurmberg, March 9, 2024.

  • Public evening lecture: Die Genese des modernen Antiziganismus im deutschsprachigen Raum: Aufklärung, Kapitalismus und Staatenbildung. At the invitation of the "Arbeitsstelle Antiziganismusprävention", Heidelberg University of Education, November 21, 2022.

  • Written expertise on the term "Zigeuner" ("gypsy") for the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (together with Verena Meier), 2021.

  • School lecture: Die Macht der Bilder – Diskriminierung von Sinti und Roma erkennen. Opening lecture at the Science Day at Ernst-Reuter-Schule 1, Frankfurt/M, April 9, 2019.