2024, June 21: Together with Dr. Wolfgang Polleichtner (Department of Philology) organisation of the international symposium "Hermann Weller: Das parallele Schicksal von Sanskrit und Latein [Hermann Weller: The parallel fate of Sanskrit and Latin]" at the University of Tübingen.

2024, May 3: Together with Ruth Egger (Seminar for Modern History) and Sarah Bhattacharjee (BOTHO) organisation of a workshop with the Indian weaver Shamji Bhai at the University of Tübingen.

2024, February 12 - 15: Together with Ophira Gamliel (University of Glasgow) organisation of the international workshop "Malayalam in Performance: Texts and Contexts" at the Depart-ment of Indology at the University of Tübingen and online (hybrid format).

2021, November 22: Together with Ayla Joncheere (Univ. of Ghent) and Saskia Kersenboom (Univ. of Amsterdam) organisation of the online-workshop “Network for scholar-practitioners in South-Asian performing arts”. https://www.maghenta.be/en/artistic-exchanges/network-for-scholar-practitioners-in-south-asian-performing-arts

2021, July 26 – 29: Together with Eva de Clercq (Univ. of Ghent) and Heidi Pauwels (Univ. of Washington, Seattle) organisation of the panel "Vernacular Mahābhāratas in Text and Performance" at the 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS) in Vienna. [ECSAS-Panel iu8uk]

2021, March 4 – 6: Together with the other PIs of the project "SACRED SOUND – Musical manifestations of the sacred between theory and practice" (Exploration Full Fund, Excellence Strategy, University of Tübingen) organisation and management of the international and interdisciplinary conference with the same title. [Homepage of the project]

2020, December 3 – 2021, February 28: Exhibition "Die 1.000 Namen Vishnus. Viṣṇusahasranāma. Sanskrit-Handschriften aus der Sammlung Heide und Wolfgang Voelter". Museum Alte Kulturen, MUT, Universität Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen. 

2020, January 17 – 18: Organisation of the international workshop at the University of Tübingen "From Sacred Hymns to Devotional Songs. A Diachronic and Transcultural Study of Religious Singing in India” as part of the interdisciplinary Exploration Full Fund Project "Sacred Sound – Musical Manifestations of the Sacred between Theory and Practice" (Excellence Strategy University of Tübingen). [Homepage of the project]

2018, November 11: Organisation of “10 years and 1 night – Jubilee of the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tübingen” with various lectures and performances.

2018, July 8 – 13: Co-organization of the events around the Sanskrit theatre Kūṭiyāṭṭam during the 17th World Sanskrit Conference in Vancouver, Canada (travel funded by DAAD):

• 8.7.2018: Public Workshop at the Indian Summer Festival “Speaking Eyes and Hands: The Performance Techniques of Kūṭiyāṭṭam, Sanskrit Theatre from South India”
• 9.7.2018: “Introduction to Kūṭiyāṭṭam by Heike Oberlin”, gala performance Balivadham (Nepathya, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts) 
• 12.7.2018: Round table “Kūṭiyāṭṭam beyond Academics - Touching the Heart of Tradition”
   

1. – 10. January 2018: Invitation in the "Erudite Program" as "Scholar in Residence" by the government of Kerala to interact for 10 days with graduate and post graduate students at Kerala Kalamandalam, deemed university of art and culture, a major center for learning and studying Indian performing arts (flyer of the programme).

2016, August 18 – September 9:  Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) and the Kūṭiyāṭṭam-School Nepathya organiser of an international workshop in Kerala, India with a spe-cial focus on Malayalam texts like the Rāmāyaṇaprabandham in Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Research and Development).
        
2015, December 17 – 21: Main organiser of an international workshop “Paper & Pixel II: International Winter School on Digital Humanities in Indology” at the University of Tübingen (financed by DFG / Future Programme of the Excellence Initiative of the University of Tübingen, ZUK 63).
        
2015, July 22: Main organiser of the one-day workshop with the Kūṭiyāṭṭam group Nepathya from Kerala “Kūṭiyāṭṭam – playing together: A South Indian Theatre Tradition” at the University of Tübingen (financed by the Indian Consulate in Munich).
        
2015, January 9 – 11: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) main organiser of the international conference “Mantrāṅkam and Aṅgulīyāṅkam – Masterpieces of Kūṭiyāṭṭam” in Trichur, India (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Research and Development).
        
2015, December 19, 2014 – January 8: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) and the Kūṭiyāṭṭam schools Nepathya and Margi main organiser of an international workshop in Kerala, South India about the plays Āścaryacūḍāmaṇī (Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam & Agnipraveśāṅkam) in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Research and Development).
        
2014, October 25 – 26: Main organiser of the workshop “Reading Manuscripts from Kerala: Mala-yalam and Grantha”, conducted by P.L. Shaji (Manuscripts Library, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, India) at the University of Tübingen (financed by the Dept. of Indology and the University Library).

2014, July 22 – 27: Main organiser of the workshop “Paper & Pixel – International Summer School on Digital Humanities in Indology” at the University of Tübingen (financed by DFG / Future Pro-gramme of the Excellence Initiative of the University of Tübingen, ZUK 63). flyer

2014, June 15 – 18: Main organiser of the international workshop “Indian Theatre: Kūṭiyāṭṭam, Living Sanskrit Tradition” at the University of Tübingen (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Research and Development). flyer

2013, November 22 – December 1: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) main organiser of an international workshop in Jerusalem, Israel on the topic Mantrāṅkam in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Re-search and Development).

2013, August 19 – September 13: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), the Kūṭiyāṭṭam-School Nepathya and Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar main organiser of two international workshops in Kerala, India on the plays Nāgānandam and Mantrāṅkam in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the German-Israeli-Foundation for Scientific Research and Development).

2012, July 29 – August 28: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University) and the Kūṭiyāṭṭam school Nepathya co-organisation of a four-week workshop in Kerala, India on the plays Aṅgulīyāṅkam and Bālacaritam in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the Hebrew University).

2012, July 20: Together with Anil Bhatti (JNU, Delhi, India) and colleagues from the Depts. of Indology, Media Studies and International Literatures main organisation of a commemoration event at the Club Voltaire, Tübingen on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto. flyer

2011, August 13 – September 4: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), the Kūṭiyāṭṭam school Nepathya and Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar co-organisation of an international three-week workshop in Kerala, India on the subject Subhadrādhanañjayam, Toraṇayuddham and Mattavilāsam in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the Hebrew University).

2010, August 2 – 20: Together with David Shulman (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Freddie Rokim (Tel Aviv University) and the Kūṭiyāṭṭam-School Nepathya co-organiser of an international three-week workshop in Kerala, India on the act Aśokavanikāṅgam in the Sanskrit theatre tradition Kūṭiyāṭṭam (financed by the Hebrew University). http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/article600227.ece?css=print

2010, 25 and 26 June: Together with Stephan Köhn (University of Tübingen, Dept. of Japanese Studies) main organiser of the interdisciplinary symposium “Women’s Images / Women’s Bodies – Staging of the Female in the Societies of South and East Asia” at the University of Tübingen. flyer

2009, October 12 and 13: Main organiser of the workshop Gender and Performance with Dr. Hanne de Bruin at the Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Gobal Context, University of Heidelberg. flyer

2009, April 16 – May 3: Main organiser of a Kūṭiyāṭṭam tour through Southern Germany and Switzerland with a group around my teacher Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar: performances, lecture demon-strations, workshops and lectures in theatres (Stuttgart, Tübingen, Heidelberg, Zürich), Indian dance schools (Baden, Stuttgart) and Universities (Zürich, Tübingen, Heidelberg and Würzburg).

2008, October 3: Main organiser of the international workshop “Staging Religion – Traditional Performances in New Public Spheres and Media” as part of the project “Religion on Stage” (B7 and B14) of the Excellence Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Gobal Context”, University of Heidelberg. flyer

2007, October 26: Main organiser of the “Long Night of Asian and Oriental Studies” at the University of Tübingen. flyer, notice in Tagblatt, report Tagblatt