Prof. Dr. Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf
Department of Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian Studies
Kerpener Str. 30
E-mail: s.damir-geilsdorf(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Phone: +49 221 470 3762
Web: https://iskiw.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/personen/professorinnen/prof-dr-sabine-damir-geilsdorf
Short Biography
2012 - present
Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Cologne, Germany
2011 - 2012
Visiting professor of Islamic Studies; Department Islamic Studies, University Bonn
2010 - 2012
Post-doc fellow; Gerda Henkel Foundation in the Special Programme “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements
2008 - 2010
Visiting professor; Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Department Islamic Studies, University Marburg
2008
Postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) in Islamic Studies; University Bonn (Thesis title: “Remembering the nakba: Palestinian narratives of the first Arab-Israeli War 1948”, published 2008)
2001
Ph.D. Islamic studies; University Gießen (Thesis title: „Governance and society: The Islamist Sayyid Qutb and his reception“, published 2003)
1997 - 2006
Visiting Lecturer (University of Frankfurt, University of Marburg, University of Gießen)
1995
Graduation University Gießen; Arabic and Islamic Studies; German as a Foreign Language
1993 - 1994
Arabic Teaching Institute for Foreigners in Damascus and University of Damascus; Arabic Language, Literature and History
1990 - 1999
Teacher for German as a Foreign Language
1990
Graduate Diploma: Teacher Training University of Kiel; Arts, German Literature and Biology
Research Interests
- Transformations of religious concepts in Muslim societies
- Islamism
- Migration to the Arab Gulf States
- Reform Islam
- Islam in Germany
- Popular culture in Middle Eastern societies
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
Spectra of salafistic discourses in NRW: Controversies, strategies, power shifts
Description:
The project investigates the heterogeneous currents and internal boundaries within the Salafist milieus in NRW. The focus is on the controversies which is connected to central theological concepts, and the discourse strategies of the various Salafistic Actors.
The simultaneous investigation of the theological controversies and the social mobilization indicates which disparities exist in the Salafi milieu.
Support:
Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung NRW
Duration:
2017 - 2020
Graffiti of young Cairene artists as a mirror of political and social transformations: An analysis of iconographic dynamics and forms of self-positioning
Description:
Since the Egyptian revolution in 2011, graffiti have been used for individual expression and as comments on social and political dynamics. They became media of documentation and tools of commemoration, thus presenting a form of a chronic of the revolution. The planned research project investigates how young Cairene artists use graffiti as a central medium of expression.
Region: Africa
Department: Islamic Studies
Link:gepris.dfg.de
Period: 2015-01 to 2017-12
Struggling for Social Justice. Concepts, agencies and networks from a cross-cultural perspective
Description:
Soziale Gerechtigkeit ist ein regionen- und kulturübergreifendes Thema, das nicht nur in Europa seit mehreren Jahrzehnten zivil- und gesellschaftspolitisch im Vordergrund steht, sondern auch im Nahen und Mittleren Osten sowie in Nordafrika immer wieder thematisiert wird.
Region: Africa
Department: Islamic Studies
Link:daad.de
Period: 2014-01 to 2015-12