“Religious Foundation Libraries in the Ottoman Empire: A Case Study on the Aşir Efendi Library” at the Center for the Study of Manuscript Cultures of the University of Hamburg (Workshop: Dissolution of Manuscript Collections), 8 December 2012.
„Kann Mystik säkular sein? Das Beispiel der kemalistischen Sufis in der modernen Türkei (Can Mysticism be Secular? The Example of the kemalistic Sufis in Modern Turkey)“ Oriental Institute of Istanbul, 29 November 2012.
„Die dialogische und integrative Kraft der islamischen Mystik (The Dialogic and Inclusive Power of Islamic Mysticism)“ University of Salzburg, 7 November 2012.
„İslam İlahiyat Eğitiminin Almanya´da Kurulması/Kurumlaşması: Gelişmeler ve Problemler“ (The Development and Institutionalization of Islamic Theology in Germany: Development and Problems) Sinop University, Turkey (symposium: Uluslararası Türk Kültür Coğrafyasında Eğitim Bilimleri Araştırmaları Sempozyumu) 1 October 2012.
„Sind Sufis bessere Gesprächspartner? (Are Sufis the Best Dialogue Partners?)“ at the annual meeting of the Görres Society (Section for Religious Studies, Religious History and Ethnology) Münster, 24 September 2012.
„Ein Mystiker als Hüter der Orthodoxie: der osmanische Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Ashir Efendi (gest. 1804) (A Mystic as a Guardian of Orthodoxy: The Ottoman Shaykh al-Islam Mustafa Ashir Efendi (d. 1804))“. Application lecture for the position of assistant professor of Islamic History and Contemporary Culture at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 23 September 2011.
„Der Mittelmeerraum als Handlungsgebiet einer translokalen osmanischen Familie (The Mediterranean as a Field of Acticity of a Translocal Ottoman Family)“. Application lecture for the position of assistant professor of the Cultural History of the Mediterranean, Ruhr-University Bochum, 12 July 2010.
„Wie kann Gott das zulassen? Das Theodizee-Problem im Islam (How can God let this happen? The Problem of Theodicy in Islam)” Institute for Integration and inter-religious Dialogue, Mannheim, 1 March 2009.
„Familien mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland: Vielfalt – Risiken - Ressourcen (Families with a Migrant Background in Germany: Variety - Risks - Resources)“ at the Study Day „family“ of the Protestant Church's Regional Synod in Baden and of the Diocesan and Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, 16 April 2008.
„Die Restaurationsmaßnahmen an der Kaaba im Jahre 1630 als Beispiel für translokales Handeln im Osmanischen Reich (The Restoration Work at the Kaaba in the Year 1630 as an Example for Translocal Action in the Orroman Empire)“ University of Zürich (symposium: How to Stabilize an Empire) 22 February 2008 .
„Warum jetzt? Zur Popularität des indischen Sufis Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) in der Türkei“ University of Hamburg (symposium: Neue Religiosität im Vorderen Orient) 17 January 2008.
„Das Verhältnis von Kunst und Religion im Islam“ at the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt a. M., 18 December 2007.
„Familie, Netzwerk und Stiftungsbibliothek des osmanischen Scheichulislams Mustafa Aşir Efendi“ 30th German Conference of Oriental Studies in Freiburg, 27 September 2007.
