Title: Dr. phil. (University of Heidelberg), M. A. (University of Heidelberg).
Affiliation: University of Bayreuth, Germany, junior research group leader/assistant professor, Religious Studies, “Contemporary Islamic Cultures”, research project “Shiites and Shiite Religiosity in Germany”; and University of Heidelberg, Germany, Department for Languages and Cultures of the Near East, Islamic Studies/Ottoman Studies, research project leader “Negotiating Alevi Heritage”.
Research interests: Anthropology, geography, and history of religion, Middle Eastern Studies, Iranian and Ottoman history, Islamic Studies, Alevi Studies, modern Zoroastrianism (Iran) and Yezidism, Transnational/diaspora studies.
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