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Mirjam Kuenkler
University of Göttingen
Occupation
Associate Professor
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Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Comparative
Gender/Women's Studies
Islamic Law
Iranian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
19th-21st Centuries
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Indonesia
Iran
Specialties
Gov-Opposition Rltns
SocMvmts
State-Rel Rltns
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
French (fluent)
German (native)
Greek (intermediate)
Persian (advanced)
Spanish (elementary)
Swahili (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2008 | Pol Sci | Columbia U
MPhil | 2003 | Pol Sci | Columbia U
MA | 2001 | Pol Stds | U of Cape Town
Abstracts
Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari’s Understanding of the Qur'an as a Prophetic Reading of the World An Authoritarian Juristocracy?: The Role of Law in Structuring Government-Opposition Relations in the Islamic Republic of Iran Female Ulama in the Islamic Republic of Iran – New Opportunities for Old Role Models? No Facade Constitution: Constitutional Law and Political Change in post-1979 Iran Beyond marja’iyyat? Training Women as Religious Authorities Women Islamic scholars and jurists in Shi'i lands