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Arab Studies

Name Academic disciplines Research interest
Martin Aeschbacher Arab Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Arabic countries, contemporary Middle East, politics, social interactions, literature
Nour Al-Zuhairy Arab Studies, Art History, Intellectual History, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Art History - Teaching Arabic - Contemporary History
Thair Alsaadi Arab Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy Philosophy, Secularism, Arabic world, European perceptions of Islam, Renaissance discourse, Nahda
Monika Bolliger Arab Studies, History Middle East History and Politics, humanitarian aid, Armed Non-State Actors, Identity Politics, Peace Diplomacy, anthropology of Islam
Sophie Glutz von Blotzheim Arab Studies, Linguistics, Literary Studies, Philology Arabic, Syria, Linguistics, pedagogy, poetry, Aristotle, Organon
Joan Grandjean Arab Studies, Art History Arabfuturims in art history, Arab SF, Ourouba
Michaela Grünenwald Arab Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Literary Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Arabic literature, theatre, Saudi Arabia, Iraq
Thomas Herzog Arab Studies, Islamic Studies Mamluks, Historiography, literature, poverty, wealth, rizq, zakat, sadaqa, almsgiving, charity, 'amma, khassa, popular literature, fictionality, mentalities - history of, imaginaries
Alice Küng Arab Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Sociology Religions in a religiously plural context
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes Anthropology, Arab Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Architecture, Urbanism, Urbanization, Food Systems
Emanuel Schaeublin Anthropology, Arab Studies, Philosophy ethics, sharia, gift, exchange, economic anthropology, shame, Islam, zakat, humanitarian aid, calculation, excess, wealth, poverty, rizq, sadaqa, modernity, state, self, social interactions, discursive tradition
Aline Schlaepfer Arab Studies, History, Intellectual History, Middle Eastern Studies Arab nationalism, Jews in Arab lands, history of minorities, Ottoman legacy in the Arab world
Henning Sievert Arab Studies, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Ottoman Studies, Philology, Turkish Studies Cultural and social history of the Ottoman Empire and the Arab World (15th-20th centuries), Kultur und Gesellschaft der Arabischen Welt und des Osmanischen Reiches (15.-21. Jahrhundert)
Johannes Stephan Arab Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies (Arabic) Literary History, literary theory, Narratology, Travel Literature, Arabian Nights, History of Near Eastern Christianity, Ottoman History
Alaa Tartir Arab Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Political Economy, Geopolitics, Contentious Politics, Economic Development, Regional Dynamics, Non-state actors, International Aid, State-Building, Governance, Security Sector Reform, Palestinian Politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Jordan
Eva Mira Youssef Arab Studies, Linguistics, Media Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Philology Arabic Papyrology, dating of early manuscripts (papyri and Quran), palaeography, dialects, Arabic Media language and landscape, intercultural competences