• History and culture of Judaism in the Middle Ages and modern times
• Jewish historiography
• History of Zionism and the State of Israel

Monographs:

• The Middle East Conflict, Ditzingen 2023, 4th updated ed. 2024.
• History of the State of Israel, Ditzingen 2012, 5th updated edition 2023.
• Moses Ben Maimon, Šarḥ Fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ. Maimonides' commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates. Critical edition of the Arabic text with introduction and translation, Cologne 2007.

Essays:

• Maimonides as a model: Hebrew commentaries on Aphorism I:1, in: F. Käs/J. Kley/F. Hedderich (eds.), A Key to Locked Doors. Festschrift for Gerrit Bos on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday, Leiden-Boston 2024, pp. 368-410.
• Problematic Curiosity - Jewish Travelogues in the Middle Ages, in: Andreas Speer/Robert Maximilian Schneider (eds.), Curiositas, Berlin 2022 (Miscellanea Mediaevalia 42), pp. 511- 521.
• Notes on the Sefer Naḥalat Shiv'ah by the Zeckendorf rabbi Samuel ben David Moses Halevi - an attempt at categorisation, in: Michaela Schmölz-Häberlein (ed.), Jüdisches Leben in der Region. Herrschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Süden des Alten Reiches, Baden-Baden 2018 (Stadt und Region in der Vormoderne 7; Judentum - Christentum - Islam. Interreligious Studies XVI), pp. 349-359.
• The Master as Disciple and the Disciple as Master. Zur Methodik des maimonidischen Kommentares zu den Aphorismen des Hippokrates, in: Andreas Speer/Thomas Jeschke (eds.), Schüler und Meister, Berlin 2016 (Miscellanea Mediaevalia 39), pp. 511-521.
• The Messiah as Statesman and Diplomat, in: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte 68 (2016), pp. 183-189.
• On the Necessity of a Jewish National Consciousness. Leon Pinsker's Autoemancipation, in: Samuel Salzborn (ed.), Zionism. Theorien des jüdischen Staates, Baden Baden 2015 (Staatsverständnisse. ed. by R. Voigt, vol. 76), pp. 35-51.
• Tobias Kohen (1652-1729) - the first Jewish student in Germany, in: historicum- estudies.net (2015), <http://www.historicum-estudies.net/epublished/studentengeschichte/deutsc...>.
• Joseph ha-Kohen and the "Discovery" of the Americas, in: Susanne Lachenicht (ed.), Europeans Engaging the Atlantic: Knowledge and Trade, 1500-1800, Frankfurt/New York 2014, pp. 73-88.
• The motifs of domination and violence in David Re'uveni, in: Chilufim. Journal for Jewish Cultural History 16 (2014), pp. 5-31.
• Byzantium in Jewish historiography of the sixteenth century. The judgement of the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in Elia Capsali and Joseph ha-Kohen, in: Andreas Speer/Philipp Steinkrüger (eds.), Knotenpunkt Byzanz. Wissensformen und kulturelle Wechselbeziehungen, Berlin 2012 (Miscellanea Mediaevalia 36), pp. 549-556.
• Joseph ha-Kohen (1496-1577) as a historian in exile, in: Judith Becker/Bettina Braun (eds.), Die Begegnung mit Fremden und das Geschichtsbewusstsein, Göttingen 2012 (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Beiheft 88), pp. 155-164.
• 1308 - Not an interesting year? Das Jahr 1308 in jüdischen Chroniken und seine Bedeutung für die jüdische Geschichte und Geschichtsschreibung, in: Andreas Speer/David Wirmer (eds.), 1308, Berlin 2010 (Miscellanea Mediaevalia/Veröffentlichungen des Thomas- Instituts der Universität Köln 35), pp. 475-485.
• Italian Jews in the Age of Discovery: David Re'uveni and the speculations about his origins, in Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 65 (2009), pp. 97-111.
• Mobility as a triggering factor of Jewish historiography in the 16th century: The historical works of Elia Capsali and Josef ha-Kohen, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 64 (2008), pp. 136-148.

Reviews:

• Alan Verskin, Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah, Redwood City 2023, in: Medaon. Magazine for Jewish Life in Research and Education 17 (2023), 33, <https://www.medaon.de/pdf/medaon_33_schliwski.pdf>.
• Dov Schwartz, The many Faces of Maimonides. Boston 2018, in: Sephardic Horizons 10 (2020) <https://www.sephardichorizons.org/Volume10/Issue3&4/Schliwski.html>.
• Dov Schwartz, The many Faces of Maimonides. Boston 2018, in: Sephardic Horizons 10 (2020), <https://www.sephardichorizons.org/Volume10/Issue3&4/Schliwski.html>.
• Gerrit Bos, Maimonides: Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms. A New Parallel Arabic- English Edition and Translation, with Critical Editions of the Medieval Hebrew Translations. Volume 2 (The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides, 14/2), Leiden, 2020, in: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 83 (2020), p. 522 f.
• Jeremy Cohen, A Historian in Exile. Solomon ibn Verga, Shevet Yehudah, and the Jewish- Christian Encounter, Philadelphia 2017, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 74 (2018), p. 200 f.
• Jonathan Jacobs, Law, Reason, and Morality in Medieval Jewish Philosophy, Oxford 2010, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 71 (2015), p. 390 f.
• Frederek Musall, Challenged Identity. Kontextwechsel am Beispiel von Moses Maimonides und Ḥasdai Crescas, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2008 (= Schriften der Hochschule für Jüdischen Studien Heidelberg, Bd. 12), in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 67 (2011), p. 225.
• Görge K. Hasselhoff/Otfried Fraisse (eds.), Moses Maimonides (1138-1204). His Religious, Scientific and Philosophical Wirkungsgeschichte in Different Cultural Contexts, Würzburg 2004, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 66 (2010), p. 200 f.
• Görge K. Hasselhoff, Moses Maimonides Interculturally Read, Nordhausen 2009, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 66 (2010), p. 199 f.
• Charles Manekin (ed.), Medieval Jewish Philosophical Writings, Cambridge et al. 2007, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 65 (2009), p. 179 f.
• David Krochmalnik/Hanna Liss/Ronen Reichmann (eds.), Rashi and his Legacy. International Conference of the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien with the City of Worms, Heidelberg 2008, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 65 (2009), p. 176 f.
• Peter E. Pormann/Emilie Savage-Smith, Medieval Islamic Medicine, Edinburgh 2007, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 159 (2009), p. 444 f.
• Ibrahim Marazka/Reza Pourjavady/Sabine Schmidtke (eds.), Samaw'al al-Maghribi's (d. 570/1175) Ifham al-yahud. The Early Recension. Wiesbaden 2005, in: Journal of the German Oriental Society 159 (2009), p. 414 f.
• Michael Studemund-Halévy, Portugal in Hamburg, Hamburg 2007, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 64 (2008), p. 368 f.
• Georg Bossong, Moorish Spain. History and Culture, Munich 2007, in: Judaica. Contributions to the Understanding of Judaism 64 (2008), p. 366 f.
• Jacob Neusner (ed.), The Law of Agriculture in the Mishnah and the Tosefta. Translation, Commentary, Theology. 3 vols, Leiden 2005, in: Journal of the German Oriental Society 158 (2008), p. 456 f.
• Sabine Dorpmüller, Religiöse Magie im "Buch der probaten Mittel", Wiesbaden 2005, in: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 158 (2008), pp. 178-180.

Lectures:

• "Der Nahostkonflikt", memorial site "Landjuden an der Sieg", 13 October 2024, Windeck-Rosbach.
• "Two hearts beating in one breast? Science and religiosity in Maimonides and Averroes: an antagonism?", 34th German Orientalists' Conference, 17-22 September 2022, Berlin.
• "Problematic curiosity. Jewish travelogues in the Middle Ages", 42nd Cologne Medievalists' Conference: 'Curiositas', 7-10 September 2020, Cologne.
• "Averroes' Medical Works in Hebrew: Translation and Compilation", Workshop: Averroes as a Physician: Intellectual and Social Contexts of Medicine in al-Andalus, 2-3 March 2020, Cologne.
• "A state comes into being. Palestine/Israel 1930-1950", Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Düsseldorf, 9 October 2019, Düsseldorf.
• "Jewish Medical Ethics in the Times of the Geonim", Annual Conference of the European Association of Biblical Studies, 11-14 August 2019, Warsaw.
• "Medicine between Greek, Arabic and Jewish Tradition - The Maimonidean Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates and its Influence on other Hebrew Commentators", 11th Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies, 15-19 July 2018, Krakow.
• "Was There Really an Interplay of Philosophies? The development of Jewish-Arabic thought in the Middle Ages and its influence on Christianity", Open Academy Conference: "'Man is nobler through knowledge...' The philosopher and theologian Raimundus Lullus", 3-4 December 2016, Thomas-Morus-Akademie, Bensberg.
• "History of Zionism", memorial site "Landjuden an der Sieg", 19 June 2016, Windeck-Rosbach.
• "How to experience God and disappoint Madonna fans. Jewish mysticism without pop culture", Philosophisches Café, 16 May 2016, Wuppertal.
• "History of Zionism", Alliance against Anti-Semitism, 17 November 2014, Cologne.
• "Jewish historical thinking after the expulsion from Spain", Philosophisches Café, 30 June 2014, Wuppertal.
• "Tobias Kohen (1652-1729) - the first Jewish student in Germany", colloquium:"Universitas scholarium. Social and Cultural History of the European Student from the Middle Ages to the Present", 23-24 October 2013, Cologne.
• "Judaism and philosophy. Aspects of a difficult relationship", Philosophisches Café, 3 December 2012, Wuppertal.
• "Joseph ha-Kohen and the Discovery of the Americas", Workshop: "The European Backcountry and the Atlantic World", 19-21 July 2012, Bayreuth.
• "Field Report: From Classical Editions to Digital Text", Conference: "From Cordoba to Cologne: Transformation and Translation, Transmission and Edition of Averroes's Works", 25-28 October 2011, Cologne.
• "Jerusalem - Von der Last einer Heiligen Stadt", memorial site "Landjuden an der Sieg", 20 March 2011, Windeck-Rosbach.
• "Joseph ha-Kohen (1496-1577) als Historiker im Exil", International Colloquium: "Die Begegnung mit Fremden in ihrer Bedeutung für das Geschichtsbewusstsein", 22-24 July 2010, Institute of European History, Mainz.
• "Herrschaft und Gewalt bei David Re'uveni", Interdisziplinäres Forum "Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in der Frühen Neuzeit", 11th Workshop: "Reale und imaginäre Formen jüdischer Machtausübung, Repression und Gewalt", 12-14 February 2010, Bad Herrenalb.
• "Jews in Europe. The relationship between Jews and non-Jews in the Middle Ages and the early modern period", seminar series at the Karl Rahner Academy, 4 events, 27 October - 17 November 2009, Cologne.
• "Alte und neue Räume - Italienische Juden im Zeitalter der Entdeckungen", Interdisziplinäres Forum "Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in der Frühen Neuzeit", 10th Workshop: "Jüdische Räume in der Frühen Neuzeit - Perspektiven nach dem 'spatial turn'", 13-15 January 2009, Düsseldorf.
• "1308 - Nothing happened! The year 1308 in Jewish chronicles and its significance for Jewish history and historiography", 36th Cologne Medievalists' Conference, 9-12 September 2008, Cologne
• "Migration und Mobilität als Faktor für Geschichtsschreibung im 16. Jahrhundert", Interdisziplinäres Forum "Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in der Frühen Neuzeit", 9th Workshop: "Jüdische Migration und Mobilität in der Frühen Neuzeit", 11-13 January 2008, Düsseldorf.
• "Zur Behandlung mittelalterlicher judaeo-arabischer Texte am Beispiel der Edition von Maimonides' Sharh Fusul Abuqrat", Workshop: "...ist nit getruckt! - Mediävistische Editionen als Herausforderung", 13-14 July 2007, Cologne.
• "Das Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik der Universität zu Köln", 30th Annual Conference of the AG Jüdische Sammlungen, 12-15 September 2006, Cologne.

Conferences:

• Co-organiser of the workshop "Averroes as a Physician: Intellectual and Social Contexts of Medicine in al-Andalus", 2-3 March 2020, Cologne.
• Co-organiser of the conference "David Gans (1541-1613) after Four Centuries: The Legacy of an Early Modern Jewish Polymath", 27-29 May 2013, Prague (acquisition of a grant of 10,000 euros from the Thyssen Foundation).