Professor Dorothea Schulz, PhD

Professor Dorothea Schulz, PhD

Studtstr. 21
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-27311
F: +49 251 83-27313

Akademisches Profil

 

  • Forschungsschwerpunkte

    • Religionsanthropologie
    • Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden
    • Politische Anthropologie
    • Islam in Afrika
    • Ethnologische Geschlechterforschung
    • Medienanthropologie

  • Vita

    Akademische Ausbildung

    Habilitation, Institut für Ethnologie, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin (venia legendi für Ethnologie)
    PhD Yale University, Dept. of Anthropology
    Magistra Artium in Ethnologie, Soziologie und Biologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Studium der Ethnologie, Soziologie und Biologie an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Studium der Kunstgeschichte an der Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier (Frankreich)

    Beruflicher Werdegang

    Professur (W3) für Ethnologie, Institut für Ethnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster
    Professur (W2) für Ethnologie, Philosophische Fakultät, Universität zu Köln
    Assistenzprofessur, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington (USA)
    Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Ethnologie, FU Berlin
    Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Frobenius-Institut, Frankfurt am Main
    M.Phil. und Ph.D., Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven (USA)

    Preise

    Visiting Scholar – Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago (USA)
    Fellow, Center for African Studies – Harvard University (USA)
    Fellow – Berlin Graduate School „Muslim Cultures and Societies“ (USA)
    Visiting scholar – Dept. of Anthropology, University of Oslo (Norwegen)
    Lehrpreis – Philosophischen Fakultät, Universität zu Köln
    Fellow – Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, Ithaca (USA)
    Frobenius Forschungsförderungspreis – Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

    Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten in Gremien

    Mitglied, Auswahlkommission, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
    Wissenschaftliches Mitglied des Vorstands der Exzellenzinitiative, Universität zu Köln
    Mitglied, Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (VAD)
    Mitherausgeberin, Reihe „Mande Worlds“ (Lit Verlag)
    Akademische Leiterin, Forschungs- und Lehrschwerpunkt „Media, Culture and Society“, Universität zu Köln
    Mitglied, American Academy of Religions (AAR)
    Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats, Reihe „Ethnographien“ (Konstanz University Press)
    Mitglied, American Anthropological Association (AAA)
    Mitglied, African Studies Association (ASA)

  • Publikationen

    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Aspiration and activism: Muslim students’ efforts of future-making in Mbarara, Southwestern Uganda.’ In Religiosity on University Campuses in Sub-Saharan Africa. , edited by Sounaye, Abdoulaye; Madore, Frédérick, 243–272. Münster: LIT Verlag.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Introduction: Rifle, Quill, Prayer Beads. Constructing Political Legitimacy in Mali.’ Africa Today 70, Nr. 1: 1–10.
    • ‘Special Issue on Rifle, Pen, and Prayer Beads: Constructing Political Legitimacy in Mali’, edited by Schulz, Dorothea E.; Diallo, Souleymane . Africa Today 2023/ 70.
    • Diallo, Souleymane and Dorothea E. Schulz. . ‘Fragments of Legitimacy: Symbolic Constructions of Political Leadership in Twenty-First Century Mali.’ Africa Today 70, Nr. 1: 12–37. doi: 10.2979/at.2023.a905848.
    • Schulz, Dorothea; Diallo, Souleymane. . ‘Islamic Renewal, Muslim Divorce, and Gender Relations in Mali.’ In Islamic Divorce in the 21th century. A Global Perspective, edited by Stiles, Erin; Akin, Ayang Utriza, 143–165. Chapel Hill, NC: Rutgers University Press.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Media, the digital, and new connections. .’ In Routledge Handbook of Islam in Africa, edited by Østebø, Terja, 293–307. London: Routledge.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Religious practice and/ as future making in Africa: some cautionary remarks.’ In African Futures, edited by Greiner, Clemens; van Wolputte, Steven, Bollig, Michael, 47–55. Leiden: Brill.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . Political Legitimacy in Postcolonial Mali. London: James Currey.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Introduction. Studying Muslim minorities in Subsaharan Africa. Preliminary Remarks.’ Islamic Africa 12, Nr. 2: 173–185.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘"Trusting is a Dicey Affair". Muslim Youth, Gender Relations, and Future Making in Southwestern Uganda.’ In Waithood: Gender, Education, and Global Delays in Marriage., edited by Inghorn, Marica; Smith-Hefner, Nancy, 60–87. New York City: Berghahn Books.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘The hunter hype. Producing "local culture" and particularity in Mali.’ In Ethnicity, Commodity, In/corporation, edited by Meiu, George; Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L., 168–194. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘"Shari’a” as a moving target? The reconfiguration of national and regional fields of debate in Mali.’ In Shari’a Law and Modern Ethics, edited by Hefner, Robert, 203–228. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Scholarship on Gender Politics in the Muslim World. Some Critical Reflections.’ In Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Transformations and Continuities, edited by Buskens, L.; van Sandwijk, A., 109–133. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press . doi: 10.2307/j.ctt1zxsk97.9.
    • Schulz, Dorothea; Diallo, Souleymane. . ‘Competing Assertions of Muslim Masculinity in Contemporary Mali.’ Journal of Religion in Africa 46, Nr. 2-3: 219–250. doi: 10.1163/15700666-12340085.
    • Schulz, Dorothea; Janson, Marloes. . ‘Introduction: Religion and Masculinities in Africa.’ Journal of Religion in Africa 46, Nr. 2-3: 201–209. doi: 10.1163/15700666-12340078.
    • Röschenthaler, Ute; Schulz, Dorothea (Eds.): . Cultural Entrepreneurship in Africa. London: Routledge.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Mediating authority: Media Technologies and the Generation of Charismatic Appeal in Southern Mali.’ Culture and Religion 16: 125–145. doi: 10.1080/14755610.2015.1058525.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘What makes a good minority Muslim? Educational policy and the paradoxes of Muslim schooling in Uganda.’ Contemporary Islam 7, Nr. 1: 53–70. doi: 10.1007/s11562-013-0246-y.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘(En)gendering Muslim Self-Assertiveness: Muslim Schooling and Female Elite Formation in Uganda.’ Journal of Religion in Africa 43, Nr. 4: 396–425. doi: 10.1163/15700666-12341268.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . Culture and Customs of Mali . Santa Barbara/CA: Greenwood Publishers.
    • Desplat, Patrick A.; Schulz, Dorothea (Eds.): . Prayer in the City. The Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . ‘Dis/embodying Authority: Female radio „preachers“ and the ambivalences of mass-mediated speech in Mali.’ International Journal of Middle East Studies 44, Nr. 1: 23–43. doi: 10.1017/S0020743811001231.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . Muslims and New Media in West Africa. Pathways to God. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
    • Schulz, Dorothea; Seebode, Jochen (Eds.): . Spiegel und Prisma. Ethnologie zwischen postkolonialer Kritik und Deutung der eigenen Gesellschaft. Hamburg: Argument Verlag.
    • Schulz, Dorothea. . Perpetuating the Politics of Praise. Jeli Singers, Radios, and Political Mediation in Mali. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.