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Pierre Hecker
Philipps University Marburg
Occupation
Lecturer
Contact
Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Marburg
Marburg 35032
Germany
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Cultural Studies
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Studies
Pop Culture
Turkish Studies
Identity/Representation
Music
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Europe
Arab States
Specialties
Popular Culture In The Middle East
Rock And Heavy Metal Music In The Middle East
Islam And Politics In Modern Turkey
Languages
German (native)
English (fluent)
Turkish (advanced)
Arabic (elementary)
French (elementary)
Latin (elementary)
Education
PhD | 2009 | Institute of Oriental Studies | University of Leipzig, Germany
MA | 2001 | Department of Cultural Geography | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Abstracts
Turkish Metal: Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality Tired of Religion? Becoming Atheist in Turkey Dreams of Empire: The Role of Ottoman Nostalgia in Turkish State Propaganda