Project Details
Projekt
GSC 153: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
Subject Area
Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
Term
from 2007 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 38908493
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies investigates the plurality, changeability and global connectedness of Muslim cultures and societies. The area of study includes Muslim societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, as well as Muslim communities in Europe and North America. The graduate school examines, in a systematic and comparative way, concepts, practices and institutions variously understood as Islamic. Special attention is given to relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, as well as forms of inter- and intra-cultural communication.
To structure research and provide a suitable framework for faculty and students, the graduate school is organised into five research areas: "Plural Traditions" and "Travelling Traditions" focus on the construction and deconstruction of concepts, practices and institutions resulting from interaction and communication or encounters and entanglements. "Rethinking Social Order" and "Governance Contested" investigate interactions, conflicts and entanglements in the fields of society, law and politics. "Sacred Topographies" attempts to illustrate all of these processes, drawing upon an especially rich field of investigation that cuts across subjects and disciplines.
The graduate school aims to achieve a balance between specialisation in a given field of study and in-depth interdisciplinary training ("discipline-based interdisciplinarity"). The inclusion of themes and projects from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America will assist PhD candidates in developing a trans-regional outlook. Candidates' intercultural openness will be enhanced by close cooperation with researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds.
In close cooperation with its partner institutions in Germany and abroad, the graduate school offers doctoral candidates a broad educational programme of exceptional quality coupled with intensive mentoring for individual dissertation projects, training that will qualify graduates to hold leading positions in academia, the media and politics.
To structure research and provide a suitable framework for faculty and students, the graduate school is organised into five research areas: "Plural Traditions" and "Travelling Traditions" focus on the construction and deconstruction of concepts, practices and institutions resulting from interaction and communication or encounters and entanglements. "Rethinking Social Order" and "Governance Contested" investigate interactions, conflicts and entanglements in the fields of society, law and politics. "Sacred Topographies" attempts to illustrate all of these processes, drawing upon an especially rich field of investigation that cuts across subjects and disciplines.
The graduate school aims to achieve a balance between specialisation in a given field of study and in-depth interdisciplinary training ("discipline-based interdisciplinarity"). The inclusion of themes and projects from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America will assist PhD candidates in developing a trans-regional outlook. Candidates' intercultural openness will be enhanced by close cooperation with researchers from various disciplines and backgrounds.
In close cooperation with its partner institutions in Germany and abroad, the graduate school offers doctoral candidates a broad educational programme of exceptional quality coupled with intensive mentoring for individual dissertation projects, training that will qualify graduates to hold leading positions in academia, the media and politics.
DFG Programme
Graduate Schools
Applicant Institution
Freie Universität Berlin
Co-Applicant Institution
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Participating Institution
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Manan Ahmed; Professorin Dr. Schirin Amir-Moazami; Professorin Dr. Ingeborg Baldauf; Professor Dr. Michael Bongardt; Professor Dr. Hansjörg Dilger; Professorin Dr. Cilja Harders; Professor Dr. Vincent J.H. Houben; Professor Dr. Antoni Huber; Professorin Dr. Birgit Krawietz; Professor Dr. Kai Kresse; Professor Dr. Hermann Kreutzmann; Professorin Dr. Gudrun Krämer, since 10/2018; Professorin Dr. Maria Macuch; Professorin Dr. Angelika Neuwirth; Professorin Dr. Margrit Pernau; Privatdozent Dr. Dietrich Reetz; Professorin Dr. Sabine Schmidtke; Professorin Dr. Nadja-Christina Schneider; Professor Dr. Claus Schönig (†); Professorin Dr. Manja Stephan-Emmrich
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Konrad Hirschler, Ph.D., since 10/2018
