• Guest Lecture in the Series „The Middle East in Global History – Global History in the Middle East“: „The Hajj and European Imperial Powers: Between Pan-Islam, the Cholera, Shipping Trade“ (May 15, 2017)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „The Middle East in Global History – Global History in the Middle East“: „Pomp und Souveränität: Die Europareisen iranischer Schahs im Zeitalter des Hochimperialismus“ (March 27, 2017)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „The Middle East in Global History – Global History in the Middle East“: „Prostitution and Migration in the Interwar Mediterranean“ (March 13, 2017)

• Guest Lecture: „Brief Overview of the Japanese Whaling History: With Some Notes on the Current Status of Japanese Whaling and Relevant Scientific Activities to Stock Managements“ (November 23, 2016)

• Guest Lecture: „Agrarian Distress in Rural India: An Assessment of 25 Years of Economic Reform“ (November 22, 2016)

• Workshop: „Graduate Student Workshop“ (October 27–28, 2016)

• Workshop: „Publication Workshop“ (October 27–28, 2016)

• Workshop: „The Environment and Global History: Humans as Biological and Geological Agents“ (October 26, 2016)

• International Conference: „Human : Non-Human: Bodies, Things, and Matter across Asia and Europe“ (October 6–8, 2016)

• International Workshop: „Post-Colonial Feminisms: Perspectives from Egypt, India, and Japan“ (June 16, 2016)

• Guest Lecture: „Japan, Islam, and the Turkic World“ (May 26, 2016)

• Conference: „Deceased and Bereaved!: Continuity and Innovation in Death Rituals“ (May 20–21, 2016)

• Workshop: „Methodological and Ethical Challenges in Qualitative Research Projects“ (May 10–11, 2016)

• Panel Discussion: „Women’s and Gender Studies in Arab and Swiss Universities“ (March 18, 2016)

• International Workshop: „Feminism and Theory in the Arab World“ (March 18–19, 2016)

• Movie Screening: „Tell the Prime Minister“ (March 9, 2016)

• Workshop: „Publication Workshop“ (December 14–15, 2015)

• Workshop: „The Means of Love in the Arab World: Pragmatics Beyond Norms and Trangressions“ (December 11–12, 2015)

• Conference: „Activism in Contemporary Japan: New Ideas, Players and Arenas?“ (November 5–7, 2015)

• Guest Lecture: „Continuity and Change in the Japanese Political System after Fukushima“ (October 28, 2015)

• International Workshop: „Snapshots of Change: Assessing Social Transformations in Qualitative Research“ (October 23–24, 2015)

• Guest Lecture: „The Court and the Nation: Patterns of Conceptual Change between Beijing and Mexico in the Early Twentieth Century“ (September 23, 2015)

• Topical Lecture Series: „“Asia and Europe”: Actors, Concepts, Narratives“ (September 14 – December 14, 2015)

• Guest Lecture: „What Makes Middle Aged Women Become Politicized: The Case of Family Members of Political Dissidents between the 1970s and 2000s of South Korea“ (May 21, 2015)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Constitutional Reform and Social Change in Asia and the Middle East: Law, Politics and Theory“: „Assessing the Social Rights Jurisprudence of India: Perspectives from Constitutional Theory and Comparative Law“ (May 7, 2015)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Constitutional Reform and Social Change in Asia and the Middle East: Law, Politics and Theory“: „Zwischen anspruchsvollen Erwartungen vom Staat und Repräsentationsdefiziten: Warum akzeptieren viele Japaner den LDP-Entwurf der anti-freiheitlichen Verfassungsrevision?“ (April 28, 2015)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Constitutional Reform and Social Change in Asia and the Middle East: Law, Politics and Theory“: „2011 and the Middle East Challenge to World Constitutionalism“ (March 17, 2015)

• Guest Lecture: „Körpersprachen: Zu Wahrnehmung und Wandel von Körpervorstellungen im arabischen 19. Jahrhundert“ (December 10, 2014)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Current Political Affairs and Civil Society in Japan“: „Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan“ (November 27, 2014)

• Doctoral Workshop: „Civil Society in Japan“ (November 25, 2014)

• Guest Lecture: „Changing Elites in Libya Post Qadhafi“ (November 20, 2014)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Current Political Affairs and Civil Society in Japan“: „The Abenigma? Japan’s Foreign Policy under Prime Minister Abe“ (November 6, 2014)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Current Political Affairs and Civil Society in Japan“: „Power and Civil Society in Japan: The Continuing Exercise of Vertical Control within a Socio-Cultural Field“ (October 30, 2014)

• Workshop: „Social Movements in Theory and Practice: Concepts and Experiences from Different Regional Contexts“ (October 24–25, 2014)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Current Political Affairs and Civil Society in Japan“: „Changing Japan’s Civil Society and Advocacy after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident“ (October 23, 2014)

• Guest Lecture: „The Body of the Friend in Early Modern Isfahan“ (October 15, 2014)

• Workshop: „Gendering Citizenship“ (September 10, 2014)

• Guest Lecture: „Decaying Higher Education in Modern Japan: The University of Tokyo under the Neoliberal Regime since 1991“ (May 21, 2014)

• Symposium: „Sterbehilfe und Suizidbeihilfe: Japan, Deutschland und die Schweiz in vergleichender Perspektive“ (November 28, 2013)

• Conference: „Traveling Norms and the Politics of Contention“ (October 24–26, 2013)

• Workshop: „Social Movements and the Position of the Researcher: Methods and Approaches for Analysing Contemporary Contestation and Mobilisation“ (September 17–18, 2013)

• Summer School: „Interdisciplinarity and Methodological Challenges in Area Studies“ (June 10–14, 2013)

• Guest Lecture: „The Japanese Army’s Geopolitical Strategy toward Pan-Islam and Ottoman-Turkey: The Diary of General Utsunomiya Taro (1860–1922)“ (May 30, 2013)

• Guest Lecture: „Institutional Change and Welfare Politics in Japan: Did Anything Change?“ (May 16, 2013)

• Workshop: „Intersectionality Revisited“ (May 5, 2013)

• Guest Lecture: „The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Japanese Energy Politics“ (April 29, 2013)

• Workshop: „Political Protests, Social (Non-)Movements and the Role of Digital Media“ (April 24–25, 2013)

• Conference: „Asienwissenschaften: Debatten und Perspektiven“ (April 17–20, 2013)

• Other Events: „Auf Weltreise: Indische Götter und ein chinesischer Philosoph“ (March 18, 2013)

• Workshop: „Cross-Cultural Comparison“ (March 8, 2013)

• Guest Lecture: „Psychosoziale Konsequenzen des 11. März 2011: Eine empirische Untersuchung“ (March 7, 2013)

• Guest Lecture: „Iki: Ausdifferenzierung der Interaktionssemantik in Japan“ (December 13, 2012)

• Guest Lecture: „Definitely In My Back Yard: Kaminoseki and the making/breaking of modern Japan“ (November 15, 2012)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Circulating Norms – Human Rights and Gender in a Globalized World“: „Gleichheit auf Reisen / Equality on the Road: Konflikte um Grund- und Menschenrechte“ (May 29, 2012)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Circulating Norms – Human Rights and Gender in a Globalized World“: „Normative Dilemmas: Feminist-Postcolonial Interventions“ (May 15, 2012)

• Conference: „Entdifferenzierungen? Religion und Medizin“ (May 11–12, 2012)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Circulating Norms – Human Rights and Gender in a Globalized World“: „Normative Frameworks for Women's Rights and their Circulation at the International Level“ (March 20, 2012)

• Panel Discussion: „Ein Jahr nach Fukushima: Die Debatte zu Atomenergie in Asien und Europa“ (March 13, 2012)

• Seminar: „Nomadic Feminist Theory in a Global Era“ (November 25, 2011)

• Guest Lecture: „Nomadic Feminist Theory in a Global Era“ (November 24, 2011)

• Guest Lecture: „On the Cultural Migration of Ideas“ (November 21, 2011)

• Guest Lecture: „Human Rights & Corporate Social Responsibility: What, if any, Human Rights Responsibilities may Multinational Corporations owe to the worst‐off Humanity?“ (October 26, 2011)

• Conference: „Islamic Newthinking: In Honor of Nasr Abu Zayd“ (June 26–28, 2011)

• Workshop: „Indian Secularism“ (April 18, 2011)

• Panel Discussion: „Revolution in der arabischen Welt?“ (March 28, 2011)

• Panel Discussion: „Nach dem Minarettverbot: Die offene Gesellschaft und der Islam“ (November 17, 2010)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Farewell to Secularization?“: „Orientalizing the Jews: The Question of Secularism in Europe and the Middle East“ (November 2, 2010)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Farewell to Secularization?“: „Chinese Modernity and Western Colonialism“ (October 19, 2010)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Farewell to Secularization?“: „Wie westlich ist die Säkularisierung?“ (October 5, 2010)

• International Conference: „Verschleierter Orient – entschleierter Okzident? Inszenierung in Politik, Recht, Kunst und Kultur seit dem 19. Jahrhundert“ (June 3–5, 2010)

• Guest Lecture: „The Role of Religion in the Politics of Human Security, with Emphasis on Religion and Politics in Today's Middle East“ (May 4, 2010)

• Conference: „Asien wissenschaftlich reflektieren: Texte, Themen, Diskurse“ (May 2–5, 2010)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Governance and Development“: „Europe’s Role in International Governance: An Asian Perspective“ (December 8, 2009)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Governance and Development“: „Cultures and Markets: Asian Connections through Time and Space“ (November 24, 2009)

• Guest Lecture in the Series „Governance and Development“: „Bare Branches and Drifting Kites: Tackling Female Infanticide and Foeticide in India“ (November 10, 2009)

• Other Events: „Eröffnungsveranstaltung des interdisziplinären Doktoratsprogramms“ (October 20, 2009)

• International Conference: „Varieties of Modernity? Possibilities and Limitations of a Research Perspective on Asia and Europe“ (September 8–10, 2009)