Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rüdiger Lohlker
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rüdiger Lohlker
Member of the Centre's Council
Academic position:
Director of Islamical Studies, Department of Oriental Studies, Vienna
Career:
1997: Habilitation in Göttingen
1987-90: Doctorate at the Universities Göttingen and Kairo in Islamical Studies, Iranian Studies and Political Studies
1981-87: M.A. of Islamical Studies, Iranian Studies, Political Studies and Studies of Communication
1979-81: Studies of Law
Employments:
1998-2003: Researcher and lector of Arabian Studies in Göttingen
1999-2000: Professor of Islamical Studies, Göttingen
1999: Professor of Islamical Studies, Kiel
1997-98: Assistant at the university libraries Göttingen and Rabat
1994-95: Assistant professor of Arabian Studies in Göttingen
1993-05: Post-doc scholarship of Deutsche Forschungsstiftung
1992: Assistant professor of Oriental Studies in Giessen
Other activities:
Advisor of Austrian ministries and European committees
Co-editor of the journal Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunde des Morgenlandes
Editor of Cyberorient
Member of the Kommission für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Member of: Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, EURAMES, GAIR, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Religionswissenschaft, Society for the Medieval Mediterranean
Selective bibliography:
Das islamische Recht im Wandel. Rib?, Zins und Wucher in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Münster/Berlin/New York 1999 (Islamic Law and Change. Riba, Interest and Usury - Past and Present)
Islamisches Völkerrecht. Studien am Beispiel Granada. Bremen 2006 (Islamic International Law. The Example of Granada)
Islam. Eine Ideengeschichte. Wien 2008 (UTB) (Islam. A History of Ideas)
Gedanken über eine europäische Religion, in: Ruth Heidrich-Blaha/Michael Ley/Rüdiger Lohlker (Hg.): Islam in Europa. Wien 2007 (Favorita Papers 01/2007), S.38-48 (Thoughts about an European religion)
Research in connection with RaT:
Research project 2014: Salafismus - eine neue religiöse Bewegung im islamischen Kontext
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Research project 2014: Jihadism on the Virtual Battlefield: Syria and Iraq as a new Paradigm
(FWF)
Details
Quranic Hermeneutics on the Web, International network, Rüdiger Lohlker: Der Koran im Internet. (Hypertextdokument; www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ebene_1/orient/koran1.htm) 2004
Research project: Jihadism Online (FWF)