PD Dr. Dietrich Reetz
Freie Universität Berlin
Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, external faculty member
Leibniz Centre for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO), affiliate
Field: Political Science, Islam in South Asia
Areas of research: Global Muslim Networking, Islam in Asia (esp. India and Pakistan), Muslims in Europe; Political science: international relations, religious and ethnic conflict, concepts of public sphere, globalisation
First supervisor of completed PhD projects:
Governing the Islamic Republic. An Istitutional Study of the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan (Sarah Holz)
Muslim Identity and Civic Engagement; Exploring Pakistan’s Urban Youth Attitudes (Sumrin Kalia)
First supervisor of current PhD projects:
Civic Engagement among Lower-Caste Muslims in Postcolonial North India: a study of the Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (Salwa Yahya)
One party for various Muslims: AIMIM and its Muslim constituents in Hyderabad (Muhammedali Puthoor)
Second supervisor of current PhD projects:
Brotherhood of Believers: Meaning-making in a global makatib system (Yasmin Ismail)