Born 1989 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
Scientific Career:
- Studied History, Theology and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Vienna
- Double Doctorate (cotutelle de thèse) at the Universities of Erfurt (Dr. theol.) and Groningen (PhD)
- Research Assistant at the Chair of Ecclesiastical History and Christian Identities at the University of Passau
- Leader of Research Project „Pope Pius XII. und Austria“ at the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome
- Fellow in the Walter Benjamin Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Scholarships:
- Rome Scholarship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2017/18 und 2019)
- Christoph-Martin-Wieland Scholarship of the University of Erfurt (2018-2023)
- Walter Benjamin Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (2025-2026)
Previous Research Projects:
- The Catholic Church and Palestine during the Interwar Period (1918-1939)
- Digitale Critical Edition of the Viennese Nunciature during the Papacy of Pius XI.
- Pope Pius XII. and Austria
Key Areas of Research:
- Interreligious Relations between Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- Christianity in the Middle East
- History of Papal Diplomacy
- Austrian Ecclesiastical History
- Digital Humanities: Digital Critcal Editions
Selected Publications:
- The Catholic Church and the Genesis of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Vatican Diplomacy and Interfaith Relations During the Interwar Period, 1918-1939, Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2026.
- With Andreas Gottsmann: Il Concordato Austriaco del 1933/34 e la lotta per il rinnovo negli anni cinquanta, in: Percorsi costituzionali, 3/2024, 669-695.
- A schism in the Melkite Church? The conflict surrounding the seminary of Saint Anne during the Mandate period, in: Contemporary Levant (2021), 78-94. Open Access
- Der Orient und Orientalismus im Spiegel des Priesters und Orientalisten Alois Musil, in: Alois Musil. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf eine vielschichtige Persönlichkeit, [Investigatio Orientis 7], Hg.: Benedikt J. Collinet, Ludger Hiepel, Martina Veselá und Michael Weigl, Münster: Zaphon 2021, 201-222.
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