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Fabio Vicini
Istanbul 29 Mayis University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
University of Verona
Lungadige Porta Vittoria, 17 Palazzo Zorzi-Polfranceschi
Verona Please Select 37129
Italy
ABOUT
Fabio Vicini is Assistant Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at Istanbul 29 Mayis University. Previously also PhD fellow at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies and Zentrum Moderner Orient, he has received his PhD in Anthropology and History in 2013 from SUM Italian Institute for Humanities – University of Siena with a dissertation titled: “Islamic Education, Reasoning Practices and Civic Engagement. The Gülen and Suffa communities in Turkey.” The dissertation has won the Middle East Studies Association’s (MESA) 2013 Malcolm H. Kerr Award in the Social Sciences. Fabio Vicini's interests include Anthropology of Islam in Turkey and the Middle East, Anthropology and Sociology of Religion, Ethics, Islamic Political Philosophy, Religious and Political Movements, Anthropology of Education and Learning.
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Middle East/Near East Studies
Turkish Studies
Islamic Thought
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
All Middle East
Egypt
Specialties
Anthropology And Sociology Of Islam
Anthropology Of Morality And Ethics
Educational Anthropology
Languages
English (fluent)
Turkish (fluent)
French (advanced)
Spanish (elementary)
Italian (native)
Education
PhD | 2013 | Anthropology and History | SUM - Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
Abstracts
'Modern' Methods, Old Cosmologies: Reflecting on Existence in one Nur community in Istanbul “Reading the Book of the Universe”: On Modernity, Reflection and Islam in Turkey