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Anthropologist

Name Academic disciplines Research interest
Sarah Khayati Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Middle Easterners in interwar Switzerland and Europe, Migration, Identity, Political ideas of the 20th century, Arab intellectual history, Shia Islam, Political and social developments in the MENA region
Hilary Kilpatrick Middle Eastern Studies Arabic literature, Christian Arab culture
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
Maged Mandour Political Science, Sociology Middle East History and Politics
Daniel Meier Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Sociology Middle Eastern Politics, Borders and Boundaries, Societies, Refugees, Syrians, Migrations, Wars
Shirin Naef Anthropology, Intellectual History, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, Religious studies, Theology law, ethics, legal anthropology, bioethics, material culture, medical anthropology, religion, comparative theology (Islam/Judaism/Christianity), textual analysis and knowledge production, Governance, anthropological theories of kinship/ human reproduction/sexuality, economic anthropology, philanthropy, charity, intellectual history, Islamic ethical and legal concepts, Shia Islam, fiqh, Shia religious seminaries and scholarship, concept of kheir, ethnography/contemporary Iranian society and culture
Elika Palenzona-Djalili Art History Art of the books, Persian Painting, Islamic Iranian Art, Iranian Contemporary Art
Maurus Reinkowski Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Ottoman Studies nationalism, conversion, Historiography
Jonas Roellin Anthropology, Middle Eastern Studies Middle East History and Politics, Youth, Lifeworld, Islamism, Social Mobilization, radicalization, Islam in Switzerland
K. Zeynep SARIASLAN Turkey, state, border, development, gender, representation, media, news
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
Hansjörg Schmid Religious studies, Theology Muslims in Europe, interreligious ethics, welfare activities of religious actors, religions in the public sphere
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
Andreas Tunger-Zanetti History, Islamic Studies, Religious studies Islam in Switzerland, Islam in Western Europe, Mosques and mosque building, Head scarf, Youth, Religions in a religiously plural context, Religion and the public sphere, Processes of recognition in society and law, Interreligious and intercultural dialogue
Lucienne Vaudan Mena
Alessia Vereno Travel Literature
Lisa Watanabe Political Science Transitions, radicalization, terrorism, Migration
Saskia Weidmann History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science Transitional Justice and Dealing with the Past, contemporary Middle East, Prevention of Atrocities, International Relations
Victor Willi History Islamist movements, Middle East History and Politics, Armed Non-State Actors, Islamism, Ideology, Organization
Christian Wyler Middle Eastern Studies Sectarianism, Zeitgeschichte
Thomas Würtz Islamic Studies Islamic Theology, Interfaith Dialogue, Translations of the Quran

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