Courses
Summerterm 2023
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
Einführung in das islamische Recht I
Grundzüge des Familienrechts
Islam und Recht in Europa
Rechtsvergleichung
Seminar zum internationalen Privatrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung / Einführung in die Islamische Normenlehrung
Dr. Jörn Thielmann, PD Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung
Islamwissenschaft kritisch denken: Konzepte und Theorien (Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories)
Forschungskolloquium
Dr. Hatem Elliesie
Seminar Uṣūl al-fiqh (Universität Leipzig)
Seminar: Islamisches Recht (Universität Leipzig)
Islamisches Recht (Universität Leipzig)
Kollquium zu Problemen der Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft (Universität Leipzig)
Theresia Leis, M.A.
Muslimisches Leben auf dem Land: Einblicke in die wissenschaftliche Praxis von Forschung
Muslimisches Leben auf dem Land: Theoretische Zugänge
Alexander Schahbasi, M. A., Prof. Dr. Martin Fieder
Winterterm 2022/23
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
Islamisches Recht I
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Forschungskolloquium
Einführung in das Studium des Nahen Ostens
Dr. Hatem Elliesie
Seminar Islamische Normierung gottesdienstlicher Handlungen (Universität Leipzig)
Islamisches Recht (Universität Leipzig)
Die arabische und islamische Welt/MENA-Region (Universität Leipzig)
Kollquium zu Problemen der Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft (Universität Leipzig)
Gesellschaft und Religion in der arabischen und islamischen Welt (Universität Leipzig)
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in der Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft (Universität Leipzig)
Theresia Leis, M.A.
Muslimisches Leben auf dem Land: Einblicke in die wissenschaftliche Praxis von Forschung
Muslimisches Leben auf dem Land: Theoretische Zugänge
Alexander Schahbasi, Ph.D.
Sozialer Zusammenhalt aus Perspektive der evolutionären Anthropologie
Summerterm 2022
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Basic Principles of Family Law
Islam and Law in Europe
Comparative Law
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann, PD Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung
Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories
Dr. Hatem Elliesie
Islamic Law (Leipzig University)
Seminar on Islamic Family Law (Leipzig University)
Dr. Yunus Hentschel
Methods in Islamic Studies
Theresia Leis, M.A.
Muslim Life in the rural areas: Insights into the scientific practice of research
Muslim Life in the rural areas: Theoretical approaches
Alexander Schahbasi, M. A., Prof. Dr. Martin Fieder
Social Cohesion from an Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law II
Winterterm 2021/22
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
International Private Law I
Islamic Law I
Credit Security Law
Seminar on Private International Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
Dr. Hatem Elliesie
Islamic finance and banking
Islamic Law (Leipzig University)
The right to physical integrity in Islam (Leipzig University)
Dr. Yunus Hentschel
Reflections on Gender and Body in Islam
Tibor Linke, M.A.
Introduction to Classical Islamic Law
Alexander Schahbasi, M. A., Prof. Dr. Martin Fieder
Social Cohesion from an Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish law I
Summerterm 2021
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I and II
Basic Principles of Family Law
Islam and Law in Europe
Comparative Law
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research colloquium
Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories
Propaganda in the Islamic World: Exploring Texts and Visual Culture
Dr. Hatem Elliesie, Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
“Religiöse Paralleljustiz” (“religious parallel justice”)
Tibor Linke, M.A.
Al-Andalus – History of Islam in Spain
Alexander Schahbasi, M. A., Prof. Dr. Martin Fieder
Social Cohesion from an Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective
Winterterm 2020/21
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Middle East Studies
Dr. Stephanie Müssig, Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Germany – History, Actors, Topics
Tibor Linke, M. A.
Islam and Law in Germany
Alexander Schahbasi, M. A., Prof. Dr. Martin Fieder
Social Cohesion from an Evolutionary Anthropological Perspective
Winterterm 2019/20
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
International Private Law I
Islamic Law I
Credit Security Law
Seminar on Private International Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
Dr. Stephanie Müssig
Political Economy of the Middle East
Religion and Society in Comparative Perspective
Katharina Nicolai, M.A.
Monarchies in the Middle East: Between “Kings Dilemma” and Durability
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I (Block Seminar)
Summerterm 2019
Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h. c. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I and II
Main features of Family Law
Islam and Law in Europe
Comparative Law
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurispridence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories (with Nina Nowar, M.A.)
Alexander Braig, M.A.
Religions of the Orient: elective seminars
Dr. Razak Khan
Islam, South Asia and Germany in Global Intellectual History
Stephanie Müssig, M.A.
Political attitude of migrants
Religion and Empirical Social Research
Nina Nowar, M.A.
Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann)
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Tuskish Law I
Winterterm 2018/19
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research colloquium– NOS 01
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies – NOS 02 (with Stephanie Müssig and Alexander Braig)
Alexander Braig
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies – NOS 02 (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann and Stephanie Müssig)
BA 1: Historical Seminar [Module History of the Islamic World]
Maximilian Linke
26. Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot)
Tibor Linke
Introduction to Islamic Law
Stephanie Müssig
Attitudes about Migration in Europe (Compact Course)
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies – NOS 02 (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann and Alexander Braig)
Political Economy of the Middle East
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2018
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Basic Principles of Family Law
Comparative Law
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Thinking about Islamic Studies: Concepts and Theories
Alexander Braig
BA 2.FS: Module Religions of the Orient: Cluster Seminars
Hüseyin Çiçek
Antisemitism and anti-Zionism in Turkey
Verena Kühnel / Maximilan Linke
Propaedeutic Tutorial Family and Inheritance Law (PÜ FamErbR)
Stephanie Müssig
The Israeli Political System
Winterterm 2017/18
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Islamic Law I
Islam and Law in Europe
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (with Stephanie Müssig and Alexander Schulz)
Alexander Schahbasi
Radicalization within Islamist Extremism (with Martin Kienl)
Stephanie Müssig
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann and Alexander Schulz)
Hüseyin Çiçek
Scandalization and Media Reporting. A comparison of German and Turkish Daily Newspapers from July 16, 2016 to the Constitutional Referendum on April 16,2017
Alexander Schulz
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann and Stephanie Müssig)
Nina Nowar
Tunisia’s Political Reconfiguration Exemplified by Original Arabic Sources
Summerterm 2017
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Islamic Law II
Islam and Law in Europe
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium (with Alexander Schulz)
Religious sociology and Islam – Theories and Methods (with Stephanie Müssig)
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Reading Said Qutb: His work “Signs on the Way”
Stephanie Müssig
Religious Sociology and Islam – Theories and Methods (with Dr. Jörn Thielmann)
Introduction to Empirical Social Science Methods – Data Analysis witrh Stata
Alexander Schulz
Religions of the Middle East
Research Colloquium (with Jörn Thielmann)
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Winterterm 2016/17
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Islamic Law I
Islam and Law in Europe
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium (with Alexander Schulz)
Introduction Middle Eastern Studies (with Alexander Schulz)
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Understanding Islamist Ideology: Texts and Discourse (Arabic)
Mag. Alexander Schahbasi
Radicalization within the Islamist extremism (with Martin Kienl)
Alexander Schulz
Historical Seminar, module Islamic History (with Tibor Linke and Mehmet Cebeci)
Research Colloquium (with Jörn Thielmann)
Introduction Middle Eastern Studies (with Jörn Thielmann)
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2016
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Islamists in Arab Media: Texts and Discourse (Arabic)
Nina Nowar
Islamic Republic of Tunisia? The State in modern islamic thinking of the Ennahda
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
Gender and KnowledgeTtransfer: Female Authorities in Islam
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Winterterm 2015/16
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law / Introduction to Islamic Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium
Introduction Middle Eastern Studies
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Authoritarianism and Political Change in the Middle East: Before and after the “Arab Uprising”
Mag. Alexander Schahbasi
Radicalization within the Islamist extremism
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
Main features of Islamic Media Ethics
Islam in Europe
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2015
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Islam and Law in Europe
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Gender discourse in Turkey – Influences and Developments
Islam and Integration
Stephanie Müssig
Researching morality, norms, and values in societies
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
When Islam and Feminism Meet
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Winterterm 2014/15
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
Research Colloquium
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Arab Uprisings in Islamist Thought: Texts, Language, Discourse and Ideology
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Political Thought and Society Structures in Contemporary Turkey
Modern Reading in the Transnational Sphere: Reading and Revising Edward Said
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
Islam in Europe
When Islam and Feminism Meet
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2014
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Research Colloquium
Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek
Arabic Spring or Crisis of the Authoritarian Social Contract?
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
The Development of Political Islam in Turkey
Picturing “the other”: On the Construction of the Foreign in Encounters between the Ottoman Empire and Europe
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
Islam in Europe
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Winterterm 2013/14
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Seminar on International Private Law and Comparative Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam as Religion and Culture
(with Prof. Glasze and Jan Winkler): Religion and (city)Spaces
Political Ethnology: The Middle East as Example
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Islamic Nationalism in Turkey
Poststructuralism and discourse analysis: Theoretical and methodological concepts
Dr. Riem Spielhaus
Islam in Europe
Rethinking Secularism
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2013
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Islam and Law in Europe
Seminar on German and international Family and Inheritance Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Muslim Politics or Politics of the Middle East? A political-ethnological Perspective
Islam as religion and culture
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Political Thought in Modern Turkey
Transnational Spheres between Turkey and Germany
Stephanie Müssig
Introduction to Methods of empirical social research for students of the Middle East: Data analysis using Stata
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Winterterm 2012/13
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe
Islam as religion and culture
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Social Movement Theory and Contentious Politics
Revolt and Revolution in the Middle East: Social Movements in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt (with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schumann)
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Body, Criticism, and Feminist Theory
From Empire towards Republic – The Ottoman Empire and the Foundation Phase of the Turkish Republic
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law I
Summerterm 2012
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic law II
Islam and law in Europe
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe
Islam as religion and culture
Meltem Kulaçatan
Primary sources of liberal thought in the Arab world and Turkey
Tendencies of liberal thought in the Arab world and Turkey since the 1960s
Jens Kutscher
Saudi Arabia in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Reconciling Religion and Politics
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Winterterm 2011/12
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Seminar on Islamic Law
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe
Islam as religion and culture
Introduction to social science research on the Middle East
Alexandre Caeiro
Rethinking Secularism
Debates on Secularism and Consequences for Muslims in Europe
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Tutorial: Reading Turkish newspaper articles
Jens Kutscher
The state in modern Islamic thought
Sharia and German Law
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Summerterm 2011
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law II
Applied geography of the Middle East
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe
Islam as religion and culture
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Islamism and Islamic Pietism in the Arab World (with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schumann)
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Structure of the society and political thought in modern Turkey
Jens Kutscher
Regionalisation in the Arab world: between panarabism and panislamism
Islamism and Islamic Pietism in the Arab Wold
Stephanie Müssig
Political Attitudes of Migrants
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Winterterm 2010/11
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Regional studies: Middle East
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam as Religion and Culture
Islam in Europe
Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba
Islamic Movements/Parties and the State: The cases of Turkey and Egypt (with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schumann)
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
The Foreign Policy of Turkey in the 20th and 21st Century
Turkish: Conversation and Reading for Advanced Speakers
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Summerterm 2010
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Regional studies: Middle East
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
Political Thought in Modern Turkey
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Winterterm 2009/10
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Introduction to Islamic Law I
Regional studies: Middle East
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Introduction to Orientalism: Methods and Tools
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
The Political Systems of Israel and Turkey in Comparison
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law
Summerterm 2009
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe
Islam and Law in Europe
Modern developments in Islamic Law
Regional studies: Middle East
Dr. Jörn Thielmann
Islam in Europe: History – Players – Topics
Dr. Meltem Kulaçatan
(with Prof. Dr. Christoph Schumann): (Transnational Politics of Muslims in the Diaspora: Germany and the US)
Dr. Ali Yarayan
Introduction to Turkish Law