Lea Müller-Funk

Lea Müller-Funk
Nationality:
Austrian
Tel.:
+43 (0)699 172 734 53
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2011 – 2016
JO I N T P H D I N PO L IT IC AL S C I E NC E A ND A R A BI C ST U DI E S – CERI /
Sciences Po Paris (FR) & Institute for Near Eastern Studies / University Vienna (AT)
+ PhD title: Transnational Politics Beyond the Arab Uprisings. Egyptian
Activism in Vienna and Paris (in English). Supervisors: Catherine Wihtol de
Wenden (Sciences Po, CERI), Stephan Procházka (University of Vienna).
+ Summa cum laude.
+ Fieldwork in Cairo (2012, 2013), Vienna (2012-2014) and Paris (2013).
2009 – 2010
M A I N C O M P A R AT I VE PO L IT IC S ( S P EC I AL I S AT IO N M I DDL E E A ST A N D
M U SL I M W O RL D) – Sciences Po Paris (FR)
+ MA thesis: The political influence of al-Akhbar in Lebanon: A daily in
search for partisans? (in English). Supervisor: Bernard Rougier.
+ Distinction.
+ Fieldwork in Beirut (2010).
2005 – 2010
M A G I ST E R I N AR A B IC A N D I SL AM IC S TU D IE S – University Vienna (AT)
+ 2007-2008: Erasmus exchange year at the Institut National des Langues et
Cultures Orientales (INALCO), Paris (FR).
+ 2009: Research affiliation at the American University of Beirut (LB).
+ MA thesis: Hezbollah through the eyes of Lebanese print media. A media
analysis of the Lebanon war 2006 in an-Nahar et as-Safir (in German)
Supervisor: Stephan Procházka.
2006 – 2009
B A I N PO L IT IC AL S C I E NC E – University Vienna (AT)
+ Bachelor thesis: The development of the right of asylum in Austria since
1968 (in German). Supervisor: Eva Kreisky.
+ Honours.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
since 04/2016
A SS O C I AT ED PO ST DO C TO R AL R ES E A RC H ER
+ CERI / Sciences Po Paris (FR)
+ Interdisciplinary Research Centre Human Rights / University Vienna (AT)
12/2015 – 03/2016
S HO RT- TE RM C O NS UL TA N C Y – Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (NL)
+ Collaboration in the evaluation of the UN project ‘National Agenda for
the Future of Syria’ (NAFS) based at ESCWA Beirut
+ Translation, coding and analysis of interviews (Atlas.ti)
08/2015 – 02/2016
RE S E AR C H FEL L O W A N D L EC TU R ER – Institute for Near Eastern Studies,
University Vienna (AT)
+ Dissertation Completion Fellowship (Vienna University)
+ Teaching BA seminars (Introduction to Research and Research Methods)
08/2011 – 07/2015
P H D R ES E A RC H ER A N D U N IV E RS IT Y A SS I ST A NT – Institute for Near Eastern
Studies, University Vienna (AT)
+ Conceptualisation and organisation of scientific conferences, research
workshops, and study trips (to Morocco, Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia)
+ Teaching (BA seminars – Arabic Grammar and Research Methods, MA –
Arabic Literature)
+ Collaboration in writing project proposals (Horizon2020, FP7)
+ Participation in the research project VICAV, an international project
aiming at the collection of digital language resources documenting
varieties of spoken Arabic
+ Review coordinator and co-managing editor of the journal WZKM
+ Member of the working group to reform the MA curriculum
+ Member of the study conference of the Philological and Cultural Faculty
+ Personal research activities, conferences and scientific publications
2011 – 2014
FR EE L A NC E JO U R N AL IS T – Wiener Zeitung (AT)
+ Freelance contributor to the Integration and Migration Department of the
Austrian daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung
+ Co-recipient of the Leopold-Ungar Journalistic Award (Nov. 2012)
11/2010 – 07/2011
TR A I NE E – Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna (AT)
+ Junior position at the Department of the European Council and the
Council of the European Union
+ Coordination and preparation of the monthly meeting of the Council of
the European Union in its General Affairs Council & Foreign Affairs Council
training and of the weekly Coreper II
+ Coordination of inter-ministerial information, working group reports and of
briefings on ambassadorial level
+ Drafting speech and press elements, researching and compiling reports
relevant to the responsibilities of the department and the councils
09 – 10/2010
07/2007
P R I NT E R N – Alliance for International Medical Action, Paris (FR)
+ Drafting of the newsletter, texts for the homepage about the NG)’s
medical projects in Gaza, Iraq, Haiti and Niger
+ Drafting project proposals for international donors and foundations
I NT ER N – Der Standard, Vienna (AT)
Intern at the Department for Domestic Affairs of the Austrian daily Der
Standard
OTHER PROJECTS
2011 – 2012
I NT EG R AT IO N S H AU S V IE N N A (AT)
+ Collaboration in an integration project of the Austrian NGO
Integrationshaus as “learning partner” for minor and young adult asylum
seekers.
2005 – 2007
RO M A N O C E N TR O (AT)
+ Collaboration in an integration project of the Austrian NGO Romano
Centro as education buddy for Sinti and Roma children with learning
difficulties.
LANGUAGES
German – native
English – fluent
French – fluent
Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic/Syro-Lebanese dialect) – very good knowledge
Dutch – basic knowledge
SOFTWARE
Word – advanced
PowerPoint – advanced
Excel – intermediate
SPSS/STATA – basic
Atlas.ti – advanced
Gephi – advanced
SCHOLARSHIPS
Dissertation Completion Fellowship (Vienna University) – August-December 2015
Short-term grant abroad (Vienna University) – September 2012 and July/August
2009
Short-term research scholarship (Sciences Po) – March/April 2010
Meritorious scholarship (Vienna University) – 2005/2006
CONFERENCES
(SELECTION)
10/12/2014
M IG R AT IO N S I N T H E M E DI TE R R A NE A N : AC RO SS BO RD E RS A N D
DI SC I PL I NE S , S A P IE NZ A U N I VE R SI T Y – Rome (IT)
Paper “The influence of migration flows and political opportunities
structures on transnational politics: A comparison of transnational
mobilisations in the Egyptian (post)revolutionary process in Vienna and
Paris” (English).
17/10/2014
DI A S PO R A S, M IG R A N TS E T E X IL E S : Q U EL S R O L E S D A N S L E S
RE VO L UT IO N S E T L E S T R A NS IT IO N S PO L IT IQ U ES DU M O ND E AR A B E ? –
WAFAW, Tunis (TU)
Paper “Transnational mobilizations in the Egyptian (post)revolutionary
process. Reflections on comparing transnational political participation”
(English)
27/09/2014
D AV O C O NG R ES S 2 0 1 4 – University Cologne (GE)
Paper “Managing Distance: Examining Shifting State Policies Governing
Egyptian Emigration and Egyptians Abroad” (English)
17/06/2014
BR I SM ES C O NF ER E NC E 2 0 1 4 - University of Sussex (UK)
+ Paper “Gender and transnational mobilisation in the Egyptian (post-)
revolutionary processes. Examples from Paris” (English)
0 4 / 1 2/ 2 0 1 3
C E NT R E I NT E RD I SC I PL I N A IR E D ’ ET UD E S D E L ’ ISL A M D A N S L E M O N DE
C O NT EM PO R A I N ( C I S M O C ) - Catholic University of Louvain (BE)
+ Paper “Diasporic mobilisations in the (post-)revolutionary process in
Egypt” (French)
2 5 / 0 6/ 2 0 1 3
BR I SM ES C O NF ER E NC E 2 0 1 3 - University College Dublin (IR)
+ Paper “Transnational dynamics in the Arab Spring revolutions. An analysis
of social media profiles” (English)
1 0 / 0 5/ 2 0 1 2
L EC T U RE SE R IE S “T H E A R AB S PR I NG – T H E M ID DL E E A ST I N T R A N SI TIO N ”
- Institute for Political Science, University Vienna (AT)
+ Paper “Changes and transformations in Arabic Popular Culture since
2011” (German) (together with Stephan Procházka and Anna Telic)
0 9 / 0 3/ 2 0 1 2
RE S E AR C H W O R KS H O P “ A R AB S PR I NG RE V I SI TE D” - Institute for Near
Eastern Studies, University Vienna (AT)
+ Organisation of the workshop and paper “Enfin mes couleurs sont libres.
Street Art and Graffiti in post-revolutionary Tunisia” (German)
0 7 / 1 2/ 2 0 1 1
TA G U N G Z U R M E D IE N - U ND P RE S SE G E SC H I C H TE : W ER W IL L M IC H ? E I N E
K RI TI SC H E S T A ND O R T BE ST IM M U N G D ER P RE SS EF O R SC H U NG I N
Ö ST E RR E IC H - Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University Vienna (AT)
+ Paper “Journalists as political actors in Lebanon” (German)
2 4 / 0 9/ 2 0 1 0
3 1 ST D E UT SC H ER O R IE NT AL I ST E NT AG : S P I EG EL U N G E N , PR O J E KT IO N E N,
RE FL E X IO N E N - University Marburg (GE)
+ Paper: “al-Akhbar: A Lebanese daily in search for partisans?
Understanding the phenomenon of postcommunist and pro-Hizbullah
tendencies in a Lebanese newspaper” (English)
SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2016 (forthcoming). “Diaspora Mobilizations in the Egyptian
(Post)Revolutionary Process. Comparing Transnational Political Participation in Paris and
Vienna.” Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies (Social Mobilization and Political
Participation in the Diaspora during the “Arab Spring”): xx-xx.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2014. “Transnational Politics, Women & the Egyptian Revolution: Examples
from Paris.” Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East Migration Studies 3: 29-55.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Müller-Funk, Lea; Procházka, Stephan. 2016. “Einleitung“ In Unterwegs in Saudi-Arabien:
Historische, gesellschaftliche und kulturwissenschaftliche Hintergründe. Edited by Stephan
Procházka. Vienna: Selbstverlag des Instituts für Orientalistik der Universität Wien, 9-18.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2016. “Inventing an Egyptian transnational nation: Homeland politics in
the Arab Spring Uprisings between migration processes, diasporic policies and political
opportunity structures.” In Migration in the Mediterranean: Socio-Economic Perspectives.
Edited by Elena Ambrosetti, Donatella Strangio and Catherine Wihtol de Wenden.
London: Routledge, 192-212.
Müller-Funk, Lea et al. 2014. “Einleitung“ In Kulturelle Schnittstelle Mesopotamien,
Anatolien, Kurdistan. Geschichte. Sprachen. Gegenwart. Edited by Lea Müller-Funk et al.
Vienna: Selbstverlag des Instituts für Orientalistik der Universität Wien, 5-15.
BOOK REVIEWS
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2016 (forthcoming). “Review A Global Middle East. Mobility, Materiality
and Culture in the Modern Age, 1880-1940. Edited by Liat Kozma, Cyrus Schayegh and
Avner Wishnityer.” WZKM 106: xxx-xxx.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2014. “Rezension Pour un Féminisme Méditerranéen. Von Fawzia
Zouari.“ WZKM 104: 350-352.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2013. “Review Discrimination and Tolerance in the Middle East. Edited by
Kristiaan Aercke, VaEīd Behmardī and Ray Mouawad.” WZKM 103: 505-506.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2013. “Rezension Alltagsmobilitäten. Aufbruch marokkanischer
Lebenswelten. Herausgegeben von Jörg Gertel und Ingo Breuer.“ WZKM 103: 441-444.
THESES
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2016. Transnational Politics Beyond the Arab Uprisings. Egyptian Activism
in Vienna and Paris. PhD thesis. University Vienna / Sciences Po Paris.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2010. The political influence of al-Akhbar in Lebanon: A daily in search for
partisans? MA thesis. Sciences Po Paris.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2010. Die Hizbullah im Blickwinkel arabischer Printmedien. Eine
Medienanalyse des Libanonkrieges 2006 in an-Nahar und as-Safir. Magister thesis.
University Vienna.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2009. Die Asylrechtsentwicklung in Österreich seit 1968. BA thesis.
University Vienna.
ONLINE & MEDIA
PUBLICATIONS
(SELECTION)
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Migrationsforschung: Für wen forsche ich?“ Das Magazin der
Österreichischen Liga für Menschenrechte. January 2015, p. 6.
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Eine Studienexkursion in das Land der Superlative. Zwei Wochen
Saudiarabien“. UniVienna bloggt. 15/05/2014. http://blog.univie.ac.at/einestudienexkursion-in-das-land-der-superlative-zwei-wochen-saudiarabien/
al-Jaderi, Afnan; Müller-Funk, Lea. „IQ? EQ? CQ? Der kulturelle Intelligenzquotient gewinnt
an Bedeutung“. Together. Beilage der Wiener Zeitung. 28/06/2014.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/_em_daten/_wzo/2014/07/22/140722_1450_together_web.p
df
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Romaplatz und Sintiweg. Manchmal erinnern nur noch Straßennamen
an Österreichs Roma“. Together. Beilage der Wiener Zeitung. 28/06/2014.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/_em_daten/_wzo/2014/07/22/140722_1450_together_web.p
df
Müller-Funk, Lea et al. „Exkursion: Kulturelle Schnittstelle Irak und Türkei.“ uni: view magazin.
05/11/2013.
http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/uniblicke/detailansicht/artikel/exkursionkulturelle-schnittstelle-irak-und-tuerkei/
Beig, Stefan; Müller-Funk, Lea. „Die eigene Identität neu verhandeln.“ Wiener Zeitung.
30/11/2012.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/integration/gesellschaft/?em_cnt=504891
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Früher war das wie im Dorf“. Wiener Zeitung. 08/11/2012.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/integration/gesellschaft/?em_cnt=499722
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Die muslimische Frau gibt’s nicht“. Wiener Zeitung. 26/06/2012.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/integration/gesellschaft/?em_cnt=468117
Müller-Funk, Lea; Prochazka, Stephan; Telic, Anna. „Inspirationsquelle Arabischer Frühling“.
uni: view magazin. 14/03/2012. http://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/wissenschaftgesellschaft/detailansicht/artikel/inspirationsquelle-arabischer-fruehling/
Müller-Funk, Lea. „Auf dem Tahrir-Platz von Wien“. Wiener Zeitung. 07/02/2012.
http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/integration/gesellschaft/?em_cnt=433761