Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann
Professor of Islamic Studies
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
- Geographic focus: Sudan, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania), West Africa (Mauritania, Senegal)
- Thematic focus: Sufism, Islam and modernity, Islam and politics, Islamism, Islamic education, Islamic knowledge, religion in Africa
Contact
University of Bayreuth
Cluster Africa Multiple
Nürnberger Straße 38, ZAPF Gebäude 3, Room 3.3.04
D-95448 Bayreuth
E-mail: Ruediger.Seesemann@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: + 49 921 55-4593
Professional Background
Since 2019 | Dean and Spokesperson of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth |
Since 2018 | Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal African Studies Review, Cambridge University Press |
Since 2011 | Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth |
Since 2005 | Co-Editor of the Book Series Islam in Africa, Brill Academic Publishers |
2017 – 2019 | Director, Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Bayreuth |
2015 – 2017 | Deputy Director, Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Bayreuth |
2012 – 2013 | Vice Dean of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth |
2007 – 2008 | Faculty Fellow, Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Northwestern University Evanston, IL (USA) |
2005 – 2011 | Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University Evanston, IL (USA) |
2004 | Habilitation in Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth |
2000 – 2004 | Research Associate, Collaborative Research Centre 560 “Local Agency in Africa in the Context of Global Influences”, University of Bayreuth |
1999 – 2000 | DFG Habilitation Scholarship, University of Bayreuth |
1997 – 1998 | DFG Research Grant, University of Bayreuth |
1996 | Research Associate, Collaborative Research Centre 214 “Identity in Africa”, University of Bayreuth |
1993 – 1995 | Postdoctoral Scholarship, Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) “Intercultural Relations in Africa”, University of Bayreuth |
1993 | PhD in Islamic Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany |