Occupation
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Contact
Helgonavägen 3, LUX - Hus B
Lund University
Lund
221 00
Sweden
ABOUT
Fouad Gehad Marei is a Research Associate at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. His research focuses on Muslim religiosities, piety, Shii politics, Islamic eschatology, sectarianism and jihadism as well as on state-society relations, and governance. He has research experience in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq and is particularly interested in conflict and post-conflict dynamics. Fouad’s ongoing research examines Shii ritual practices and cultures in the Middle East and the diaspora. He has previously worked at the Max Weber Centre of the University of Erfurt, Germany, and the Orient Institute in Beirut, Lebanon. Fouad holds a PhD from Durham University in the United Kingdom.
Discipline
Religious Studies/Theology
Sub Areas
Ethnography
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Transnationalism
Islamic Studies
Cultural Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Iraq
Lebanon
Syria
The Levant
Tunisia
Yemen
Specialties
State-society Relations
Anthropology Of Religion/ Islam
Sectarianism
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (native)
French (intermediate)
Persian (intermediate)
German (advanced)
Spanish (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2012
| School of Government and Int'l Affairs
| Durham University
MA
| 2007
| School of Government and Int'l Affairs
| Durham University
BA
| 2006
| Finance and Public Administration
| AAST, Cairo
Abstracts
Governing in the Meanwhile? Understanding Justice and Governance in the Syrian Insurgency
From the Throes of Anguished Mourning: Shi’i Ritual Practice and Post-Secular Modes of Socialization
'Partners not Recipients': FBOs, liberal-peace actors and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in Beirut's southern suburbs
