Anahita Arian obtained her doctorate (2019) in International Relations from the University of Groningen. She is currently a post-doc at the University of Erfurt. Her work is characterized by interdisciplinarity as it cuts across the disciplines of International Relations, History, History of Science, Philosophy, Theology, Anthropology and Literature.

International Relations Theory, History of International Relations, Global Connected Histories, Historical Epistemology, Modes of Reasoning, Early Modern Global Encounters, Early Modern and Medieval practices of Sovereignty in Asia, Entanglements, Knowledge-Power nexus, Identity-Alterity nexus, Critical Historiography and historiographical approaches, Postcolonialism, Decoloniality, Political Theology and Aesthetics.

Post doc, University of Erfurt