2007: Elected Secretary General of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference
2012: Re-elected Secretary General of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference
2017: Re-elected Secretary General of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference

2023: Recipient of The PIAC Medal for Altaic Studies

Introduction to Altaic Studies and the PIAC: New Developments in International Altaic Studies (originally written in 2007, slightly revised 2019)

Participation:

• 13^th Meeting, 1970
• 17^th Meeting, 1974:
  • Proceedings: “Eine krimtatarische Quelle zur Lage der Nogayer im 18. Jahrhundert“
  • Presentation: Ein tatarischer Augenzeugenbericht über die Lage der Nogayer im 18. Jahrhundert
• 20^th Meeting, 1977
• 23^rd Meeting, 1980: „Waqāyiʿ at-Turkumān“, eine bisher wenig beachtete Quelle zur Geschichte der Turkmenen
• 27^th Meeting, 1984
• 33^rd Meeting, 1990
• 34^th Meeting, 1991: (President)
• 35^th Meeting, 1992: Scholarship in 19th Century Khiva and Neighboring Khanates
• 36^th Meeting, 1993: Берлин 20–30-х. Отношения с Центральной Азией
• 37^th Meeting, 1994:
• 38^th Meeting, 1995: St. Petersburg and the Steppe Peoples. Diplomatic Correspondences of the 18th Century from the Arkhiv Vnešnej Politiki Rossijskoj Imperii in Moscow
• 39^th Meeting, 1996: Scholarship in the periphery: Crimean Tatar and Nogay ‘ulema of the 18th century
• 40^th Meeting, 1997:
• 41^st Meeting, 1998
• 42^nd Meeting, 1999: Language and the search for identity in contemporary Central Asia
• 43^rd Meeting, 2000: “Ottoman Biographies as a Vehicle of Eternal Life”
• 44^th Meeting, 2001: “Abu l-Ghazi Bahadur Khan and the Famous and Infamous Women“
• 45^th Meeting, 2002: Cevdet Pasha as Critic of Ottoman Society
• 46^th Meeting, 2003: Nogays and Russians co-existence and confrontation
• 48^th Meeting, 2005: Family politics of Ottoman ulema. The case of Sheykhülislam Seyyid Feyzullah Efendi and his descendants
• 49^th Meeting, 2006: (President)
• 50^th Meeting, 2007: Images of Tatars in 16th Century Europe
• 51^st Meeting, 2008: “Traveling the Steppe in the 18^th Century: Weal, Woe and Wonder“
• 52^nd Meeting, 2009: “Türkmen Villains and the Victorious Banners of the Khivan Khaqan”
• 53^rd Meeting, 2010: “Green Knowledge. Ottoman Manuscripts on Botany and Agriculture“
• 54^th Meeting, 2011: Feasting with the Khivan Khans
• 55^th Meeting, 2012: “Multilingualism in the Central Asian republics after 1991. A hierarchy of Sorts“
• 56^th Meeting, 2013: All about Eve. Women in Abu l-Ghazi Bahadur Khan’s Shajara-i Türk
• 57^th Meeting, 2014: “New Routes of Discovery and Research: Railways (Mid-19th – Early 20th Century)“
• 58^th Meeting, 2015: “The Crimea in Focus. Turkological Research achievements of the Past in the Light of the Present.”
• 59^th Meeting, 2016: “Remembering Denis Sinor (1916-2011)“
• 60^th Meeting, 2017: “Discovering Eurasian History in Müneccimbaşı’s Chronicle“
• 61^st Meeting, 2018: A Historian on the Move: Mirza Haydar Dughlat and the late Chaghatayid Khanate
• 62^nd Meeting, 2019: “Moghul Tribal Tradition According to Mirza Haydar Dughlat’s Tarikh-i Rashidi“
• 63^rd Meeting, 2021
• 64^th Meeting, 2022: “Itineraries among the Turkic peoples of Western Siberia: The formative years of young V. V. Radlov (1837–1918)“
• 65^th Meeting, 2023: Steppe Diplomacy: The Kazakh Lesser Horde and its Neighbours in the Mid-18th Century