Heroization Strategies in Conflicts of the Near East since the 1970s (D14*)

• Subject Area: Islamic Studies, Arabian Studies, Semitic Studies
• Term: from 2016 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181750155

The planned project will study two violent conflicts in the Near East between the end of the 1970s and the early 1990s, namely the Iran-Iraq War and the conflict between the Egyptian regime and jihadists. It will work on the assumption that the heroization processes that took place within the context of these conflicts played an essential role in shaping stereotypes of fighters, martyrs, and national and religious heroism. By analysing the actors and mechanisms of heroization in these conflicts, the project aims to enable a better understanding of these processes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 948: Heroes - Heroisations - Heroisms. Transformations and Conjunctures from Antiquity to the Modern Age
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Johanna Pink