Projects

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Tamara Nili-Freudenschuß, BA MA

Ongoing project by Prof. Dr. Handan Aksünger-Kizil
Universität Wien, Institut für Islamisch-Theologische Studien

Projekt in Indonesien

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The world's first Alevi religious education (Alevitische Religionsunterricht, ARU) was taught in Berlin in 2002/03. The idea and the associated further training of Alevi religious education teachers were developed through the initiative of the Alevi Cem houses on the district and national level.

Within the framework of this project, an initial inventory of Alevi religious education (ARU) in German-speaking countries is to be drawn up and, in a second step, a working platform (Cloud/SharePoint) is to be provided. The aim is to exchange different methods, possibilities and developments in learning and teaching religious knowledge through theological, pedagogical, social, sociological and anthropological approaches in a digital environment. The transparency of the ARU on this digital platform can promote socio-political expectations regarding the integration and identity policies of Alevis in the countries where they live. By incorporating social media and digital interaction, this project can also contribute to the ARU's digital teaching. 

This project is led by Prof. Dr Handan Aksünger-Kizil and Dr. Deniz Coşan Eke. Initial start-up funding will come from the appointment funds of the professorship, and in the further run third-party funding is to be acquired.  

Project duration: April 2021-

Even though Alevis have enjoyed a certain level of awareness among the Austrian public after 60 years of migration, the specific needs of Alevis have hardly been recorded in research so far. The project, led by Prof. Dr. Handan Aksünger-Kizil and Mag. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, pursues the goal of collecting data on Alevi needs in Austria for the first time, with a particular focus on Vienna. On the other hand, this project will focus on those specific fields of investigation through which "Alevi everyday life" and their inclusion within the Austrian mainstream society (with a special focus on voluntary work, among other things) and as a religious community (cooperation with different parishes, etc.) can best be recorded and analysed in qualitative and quantitative form.

The case study of Vienna serves as a pilot project as well as a pioneering guideline study to find out data and information about Alevi everyday life in different regions of Austria in the future. Apart from important information about Alevis in Austria in general, such a study also offers the possibility to explicitly compare the Alevi community with other immigrant communities in the future and to gain important insights from this. The latter is to be done above all with a view to identifying factors that promote integration as well as factors that hinder integration. Comparative comparisons with Romanian, Turkish, Iranian, Moroccan or other communities are planned. In the course of the project, the necessary third-party funds are to be raised.

Due to the Corona pandemic, this project cannot go forward at the moment.

Project duration: 2019-

Even though the transmission of religious knowledge in Alevism was primarily oral and through ritual acts, there are nevertheless a considerable number of written sources. As part of the project, a historical, Ottoman-language Buyruk manuscript will be transcribed and translated into German, which will appear in a digital version with commentary. The transcription has already been done and the translated version should be available by the spring of 2021. This project is led by Prof. Dr. Handan Aksünger-Kizil and Dr. Cem Kara. Start-up funding for the project will come from the professorship's appointment funds. In addition, further third-party funds are to be raised.  

Project duration: ongoing (2019-)

The Vienna-Bamberg Suyuti Project (WBSP) of Dr. Ahmed Gad Makhlouf, MA focuses on the Egyptian scholar Jalāl ad-Dīn as-Suyūtī (1445-1505), one of the most prolific Arabic-language authors not only of the Mamluk period but of the entire history of Arabic literature. On the basis of his numerous works, which together constitute an encyclopaedia of the traditional Islamic sciences, an overview of the development of various Islamic branches of science up to the late Mamluk period will be given. It will also illustrate the intertextual relationships in as-Suyūtīs' entire literary output by highlighting cross-references in his individual works.

The project will provide:

• a detailed account of as-Suyūtī's biography.
• a comprehensive list of as-Suyūtīs' works. This is arranged alphabetically by title, provides information on the thematic classification and content of the works, and also provides bibliographical data.
• articles on the individual works of as-Suyūtī (see the list by clicking on the link below). This includes an account of the textual history and the textual evidence, the structure and content as well as, if applicable, the reception of the respective work.
• articles about the people as-Suyūtī was associated with and the authors he cites.
• articles about concepts, ideas and practices that as-Suyūtī deals with in his works.

In summary, the intention is to provide a basis for further study of various disciplines of Islamic science in the Mamluk period and, in the process, to illustrate as-Suyūtīs' scholarly contribution to various fields of science. If you have any questions about the project, please contact Dr. Ahmed Gad Makhlouf, MA.

This is a cooperation with Prof. Dr. Patrick Franke, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Bamberg.

2021-2022

As part of the research expertise Bestandsaufnahme und Systematisierung von Erfahrungen, Erwartungen und Empfehlungen zur Qualifikation religiösen Personals in alevitischen Gemeinden in Deutschland [Inventory and systematisation of experiences, expectations and recommendations for the qualification of religious personnel in Alevi communities in Germany], we are looking for interviewees for qualitative interviews.

In each city (Berlin, Hamburg, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Hannover and in the Ruhr area) five to six Alevi clergy (Dede and Ana) as well as Alevi lay people (Talip) are to be interviewed.

The interviews will start in March. In case of interest please contact deniz.cosan.eke@univie.ac.at. Further information can be found here (in German and Turkish).

Project duration: 2020-2022

In Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Innsbruck, Prof. Dr. Erol Yildiz

2020-2022

2020

In Zusammenarbeit mit University Haifa, University College London

2019-2023

2018-2022

2015-2020

2012-2020

Aslan, E.

Project: Forschungsförderung

Project duration: 2009-2010

Aslan, E.

Project: Forschungsförderung

Project duration: 2008-2009

Khorchide, M. & Aslan, E.

Project: Forschungsförderung

Project duration: 2007-2008