Elected 1994
Aramaic inscriptions of the Roman-period Near East (especially Nabataen & Syriac); associated historical, religious & legal studies; early development of the Arabic script; Ugaritic, Hebrew & Syriac philology & literature
The state and society relations in Europe since the late-20th century; majority and minority relations in Europe; migration-refugee studies; studies on neoliberal forms of governmentality: nationalism, multiculturalism, populism, Islamophobism
Modern Middle Eastern history, history of Islamic law, the Arab-Israeli conflict
