Visiting Fellows

The DFG Collaborative Research Centre “SFB/TRR 138: Dynamics of Security" offers at least three visiting fellowships per year for excellent young researchers. The fellowships are available for a period of three to six months, usually either starting in September or October (CfA published in May/Juin of any year).
The fellowships are aimed at late-stage doctoral candidates and early career scholars. We offer a monthly grant of 1,500 Euro as well as a travel grant for traveling expenses to and from Marburg/Gießen at the beginning and end of the stay. Visiting fellows are expected to contribute to the discussions and activities of our graduate school and to actively participate in workshops and seminars. This also includes a presentation of current research in one of the seminars, as well as the drafting of a report on research results once the stay is over.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator of the CRC Sarah Kirst.

2022/2023

	Dr. Matthew Gordon @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Welcome, Matthew Gordon! On February 15, 2023, Dr. Matthew Gordon started his fellowship at the CRC 138. For 6 months he will do research in close cooperation with the subproject B05 "Securitization and Desecuritization in International Trusteeship Administrations” (headed by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker). Matthew Gordon recently completed his PhD at SOAS University of London with a thesis entitled “The Somaliland Social Covenant. An Experiment in Non-State Coexistence”. At the CRC 138 he will deepen his research on the historical evolution of Somaliland’s indigenous security architecture in the light of global epochal shifts. We warmly welcome Dr. Matthew Gordon at the CRC 138 and wish him a pleasant stay.

	Prof. Dr. Shakila Yacob @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Welcome, Shakila Yacob! On February 15, 2023, Prof. Dr. Shakila Yacob started her fellowship at the CRC 138. For 6 months she will do research in the subproject C06 "Foreign Economic Securitization. Economic Security Beyond the Nation-State" (headed by Prof. Dr. Christian Kleinschmidt and Prof. Dr. Nina Kleinöder). Shakila Yacob is a professor of business history and international businessat the University of Malaya, where she was previously executive director of the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA). She has conducted research in the UK and the US, among other countries. Her research focuses on economic and business history during the period of colonialism and decolonization in Southeast Asia. A warm welcome to Prof. Dr. Shakila Yacob and a pleasant stay at the CRC 138.

	Dr. Emily Whewell @ E-Mail
Dr. Emily Whewell from the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt am Main will work in subproject C08 "Security and Empire. Dynamics of Securitization in Colonial Spaces of the British Empire, 1780-1920” (headed by Prof. Dr. Benedikt Stuchtey). She will be pursuing a research project on British imperial security laws and their legacy on the India-China and Myanmar-China frontiers. We warmly welcome the new fellow and wish her a pleasant and productive time in Marburg!

	Dr. Ivan Bakalov @ E-Mail
Welcome, Ivan Bakalov! Dr. Ivan Bakalov completed his PhD at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) with a thesis entitled „Setting soft power in motion: Tracing the Mechanisms of Russian Soft Power in Ukraine“. As fellow in the sub-project B05 "Securitization and Desecuritization in International Trusteeship Administrations” (headed by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bonacker) he is deepening his work on Russian soft power, language policy and administrative-territorial reform in Ukraine. Before, he was lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. He will follow up with his research in sub-project B05, where he is dealing with the subject of internationalized governance in post-imperial contexts using the example of the Union State (Russian-Belarussian Union). We warmly welcome the new fellow and wish him a pleasant and productive time in Marburg!

	Dr. Charlotte Backerra @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The SFB 138 welcomes Dr. Charlotte Backerra as new fellow! On November 1st Dr. Charlotte Backerra started her fellowship at the SFB 138. For a duration of 5 month she will conduct research at the SFB 138 for her current project on “dynastic economy” and cooperate closely with the subproject A03 “Securitization and dynastic marriage politics” headed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Kampmann. Dr. Charlotte Backerra was awarded a doctorate from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for her PhD thesis „Wien und London, 1727–1735. Faktoren der internationalen Beziehungen im frühen 18. Jahrhundert“ (engl. “Vienna and London, 1727-1735. Factors of international relations in the early 18th century”). In her current research she focuses on the history of monarchy, dynasty, gender, economy, diplomacy and espionage. A warm welcome to Dr. Charlotte Backerra and an excellent stay at the SFB 138.

	Andrew Johnson @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Welcome, Andrew Johnson! From 1st of October, Dr Andrew Johnson officially starts his fellowship and participates in the CRC’s exchange and research until 31st of March while affiliated with subproject C02 “Security, police and urban space”, led by Professor Sabine Mecking. He recently defended his PhD unter the title “On the Uses and Abuses of History for the Abolition of Police” at the University of California Santa Barbara. The thesis explores the historical formation and development of policing institutions, and why this history is essential but hinders abolitionist approaches. A warm welcome to Dr Johnson and we wish him a good stay.

2020/2021

	Mina Ibrahim @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Karolina Kluczewska @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Marcel Schmeer @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Michael Quinn @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2018/2019

	Jacco Pekelder @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Patrick Schmidt @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Joris Gijsenbergh @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Andrew Dwyer @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Philipp Lottholz @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2016/2017

	Lisa Bald @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Nina Boy @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Marius Hildebrand @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Friederike Kuntz @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Louise Zbiransk @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2015

	Eneia Dragomir ETH Zürich/Universität Züric

	Christina Reimann Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin

	Oleg Rusakovskiy Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

2014/2015

	Rogelio Madrueño-Aguilar Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

	Anne Menzel Philipps-Universität Marburg

	Izabela Surwillo Central European University