CURRICULUM VITAE

1.     Name and Surname: Christian Lekon

2.     Date of Birth: 20 April 1966

3.     Gender :Male

4.           Education :

5.      Akademic Titles: Assist. Prof. Dr., MA

6.           M.A. Theses Supervised

‘Nationalism in Africa’, Department of International Relations, European University of Lefke (in progress).

‘Somali Piracy’, Department of International Relations, European University of Lefke, 2011.

‘Democratic Deficits in the Middle East: A Case Study of Iraq’, Department of International Relations, European University of Lefke, 2009.

‘The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process, 1991 – 2000’, Department of International Relations, European University of Lefke, 2008.

‘Die pakistanische und saudische Afghanistanpolitik seit 1963’ (Pakistani and Saudi Policy Towards Afghanistan Since 1963), Department of History, Hannover University, 2006.

‘Die Rolle der UN im Zypernkonflikt’ (The Role of the UN in the Cyprus Conflict), Department of History, Hannover University, 2005.

7.      Publications and Papers

7.1 Articles Published in Peer Reviewed Journals

‘What Are Imperial Systems: The Case of Cyprus, c. 1500 BC – 1960 AD’, Spectrum. Journal of Global Studies 3 (2011), 4.

Conference Report: ‘Bildungsportal Welt- und Globalgeschichte’, Loccum, 25 – 26 April 2005, Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 7 (2006), 1.

Conference Report: ‘First European Congress of World and Global History’, Leipzig University, 22 – 25 April 2005, Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 7 (2006), 1.

Book Review: Dietmar Rothermund & Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (ed.), ‘Der Indische Ozean’ (2004), Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 6 (2005), 1.

‘Die anglo-amerikanische Politik und die Ölfirmen im Mittleren Osten, 1901-2004’ (Anglo-American Policy and the Oil Companies in the Middle East, 1901-2004), Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 5 (2004), 2.

Conference Report: ‘Hot Wars in the Cold War’, Hamburg, 19 – 22 May 2004, Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 5 (2004), 2.

‘Hadhramaut im Migrationssystem des Indischen Ozeans’ (Hadhramaut in the Indian Ocean Migratory System), Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte 3 (2002), 1.

7.2 Books and Chapters in Books Published Internationally

Hadhramaut and its Links With the Indian Ocean, 1863 – 1967: A Contribution to the History of Globalization, Göttingen: Musterschmidt, forthcoming 2012.

‘Die Wahrnehmung moderne Imperien, oder: Niklas Luhmann und Anthony Giddens im “Orient”’ (The Perception of Modern Empires, or: Niklas Luhmann and Anthony Giddens in the ‘Orient’), forthcoming 2012.

‘Die zeitlichen Codes in der Legitimation kolonialer Imperien’ (The Codes of Time Within the Context of the Legitimation of Colonial Empires), forthcoming.

‘Company Welfare: The Cyprus Mines Corporation and its Medical Services, 1913-1955’, forthcoming.

‘Economic Crisis and State-Building in Hadhramaut, 1941-1949: The Impact of the Decline of Southeast Asian Remittances’, Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk & Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim (eds.), The Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?, Leyden and Boston: Brill, 2009.

‘Der Mittlere Osten seit 1990: Versuch einer Systemanalyse’ (The Middle East Since 1990: Attempt at a Systemic Analysis), Dariusz Adamczyk (ed.), Quo Vadis Asien? China, Indien, Russland, Mittlerer Osten und Zentralasien im globalen Kontext, Schwalbach: Wochenschau, 2009.

‘Die Briten und Amerikaner im Irak – Imperium, Imperialismus und/oder Hegemonie?’ (The British and Americans in Iraq – Empire, Imperialism and/or Hegemony?), Hans-Heinrich Nolte (ed.), Imperien: Eine vergleichende Studie, Schwalbach: Wochenschau, 2008.

‘The Impact of Remittances on the Economy of Hadhramaut, 1914-1967’, Ulrike Freitag and William G. Clarence-Smith (eds.), Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s-1960s, Leyden: Brill, 1997.

7.3 Papers Delivered at Conferences

‘Sa’udi Cahrity to Hadhramaut as a Bone of Contention: The Hijaz Fund Episode, 1949-50’, International Workshop on Charities and Legitimacy of Organisation, Law, Accountability, and Transparency’, Bosphorus University, Istanbul 2011.

‘Die zeitlichen Codes in der Legitimation kolonialer Imperien’ (The Codes of Time Within the Context of the Legitimation of Colonial Empires), Symposium Strategien Imperialer Legitimation und Integration, Humboldt University, Berlin 2011.

(with Ayşen Türkman) ‘The Effects of the Isolation of Northern Cyprus on Environmental Pollution Control’, International Symposium on Isolations, European University of Lefke & Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Lefkoşa (TRNC) 2011.

‘Die Wahrnehmung moderner Imperien’ (The Perception of Modern Empires), Symposium Imperien und Reiche in der Weltgeschichte. Epochenübergreifende und globalhistorische Vergleiche, Hildesheim University, 2010.

‘Beyond World-Empire and World-System: The Case of Cyprus, c. 1500 BC – 1960 AD’, Conference on the Mediterranean in the World System: Structure and Processes, Middle East Technical University, Güzelyurt (TRNC), 2010.

‘Die sieben Säulen des Empires: Lawrence, Kolonialismus und Konservatismus’ (The Seven Pillars of Empire: Lawrence, Colonialism and Conservatism), Symposium T.E. Lawrence – Genese eines Mythos, Landesmuseum Oldenburg, 2009.

‘Räumliche und Interpretative Aspekte der Weltgeschichte’ (Spatial and Interpretative Aspects of World History’, Workshop on Was ist eigentlich Weltgeschichte?, Verein für Geschichte des Weltsystems, Hannover 2009.

‘Non-Governmental Welfare Institutions in British Cyprus, 1878-1960: A Case of Lifeworld Colonialization?’, Conference on Indigenous Charities, Chinese University of Hongkong, 2008.

‘Die USA seit 1990: Hegemonie mit Imperium’ (The USA Since 1990: Hegemony With Empire), Second European Conference of World and Global History, Dresden 2008.

‘Der Mittlere Osten zwischen Irakisierung und Atombombe’ (The Middle East Between Iraqization and Atomic Bomb), Workshop on Eurasia, Verein für die Geschichte des Weltsystems, Hannover 2008.

‘Die Briten und Amerikaner in Irak: Imperium, Imperialismus und/oder Hegemonie’ (The British and Americans in Iraq – Empire, Imperialism and/or Hegemony?), Workshop on Empires, Verein für die Geschichte des Weltsystems, Hannover, 2007.

‘Platonic Guardians: The British and American Occupations of Iraq, 1914-32 and Since 2003’, Middle East Technical University Conference on International Relations, Ankara 2007.

‘Die britischen und amerikanischen Besetzungen Iraks: Hegemoniale Zyklen oder Diskontinuität?’ (The British and American Occupations of Iraq: Hegemonic Cycles or Discontinuity?), First European Conference of World and Global History, Leipzig University, 2005.

‘Economic Crisis and State-Building in Hadhramaut, 1941-1949: The Impact of the Decline of Southeast Asian Remittances’, Conference on Yemeni-Hadramis in Southeast Asia, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, 2005.

‘Money Capitalism in Hadhramaut, 1882-1967: “Rational”, “Political”, or “Traditional”?, Workshop on Financial Growth and Institutions of the Muslim Diaspora in South East Asia, Asian Research Instititue, National University of Singapore, 2003.

‘Before Ingrams: Labour Remittances and Conflict in Hadhramaut, 1914-1934’, International Workshop on Hadhramaut and the Hadrami Diaspora, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1995.

8. Other Academic Activities

Research Assistant, Karl-Korsch-Gesamtausgabe (Collected Works of Karl Korsch), Political Science Department, University of Hannover, 1989-1993.

Member of the Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte, since 2002.

9. Administrative Designations

Head of International Relations Department, European University of Lefke, since 2006.

Director of the Institute of Sciences and Humanities, European University of Lefke, 2008-2010.

10.  Membership in Scholarly Institutions

Verein für Geschichte des Weltsystems (Association for the History of the World-System).

Freundeskreis der Universität Hannover (Friends of Hannover University).

11. Main Research Interests

History of the Indian Ocean Rim, c. 1870 – 1970.

Comparative History of Empires.

Social Theory (Giddens, Luhmann).

12.   Courses Taught

Department of History, Hannover University

Department of International Relations, European University of Lefke