-          African Literatures and Cultures

-          Social functions of fiction and narration

-          Reception of 20^th century colonial economics

-          Narratives of development

-          History of development

-          Literature and trauma

-          Narrative witnessing and ethics of representation

-          Representations of gender and feminist theory

„Knowledge and Development in Late Colonialism“, Panel at the 4^th European Conference on African Studies, ECAS 4, Uppsala, 15-18 June 2011.

„Developing Africa: Development Discourse(s) in Late Colonialism“, with Gerald Hödl, International Workshop, Vienna, 13-15 January 2011.

„From Colonial Service to Development Work – Changing Structures and Motives of European Foreign Assignments in Africa“, with Gerald Hödl, Panel at the Conference of the German Association for African Studies, Mainz, 7-11 April 2010.

„Textreisen in den anderen Kontinent“, Workshop bei der Veranstaltungsreihe Lesespuren – zur Literatur von Frauen aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika, Afroasiatisches Institut, Graz, 16-17 April 1999.

„Konfrontationen: FrauenStimmen im Diskurs der Afrikastudien“, with Ina Ivanceanu, Sandra Zech, Sonja Puhr, Eva Kitzler, Haru Urban, Internationales Symposium, Vienna, 10-11 May 1996.