Curriculum Vitae - Graduate School of the Humanities

Florian Zemmin – Curriculum Vitae
Education
since 11/2015
PhD student and Assistant for Islamic Studies at the Institute of Islamic
Studies and Recent Oriental Philology, University of Bern,
since 09/2012
Member of the Graduate School at the Institute of Advanced Study in
the Humanities
and the Social Sciences, University of Bern
11/2011–10/2015
PhD student and research assistant at the Institute of Islamic Studies
and Recent Oriental Philology, University of Bern, funded by the Swiss
National Science Foundation
[01/2011-10/2011
Parental leave]
09/2008–10/2010
M.A. Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (Major) and Science of
Religion (Minor), University of Bern, supported by a Master Grant from
the University of Bern (summa cum laude)
10/2007–03/2008
Turkish Course at the University of Bamberg
09/2005–07/2008
Arabic Course at the University of Bayreuth, with additional courses
taken in Syria, Egypt and Yemen
10/2003–03/2007
B.A. Cultural Studies with a Focus on Religion (Major) and Intercultural
German Studies (Minor), University of Bayreuth; exchange semester at
the University of Lausanne (summa cum laude)
Publications
Monograph:
Islamische Verantwortungsethik im 17. Jahrhundert. Ein weberianisches Verständnis der
Handlungsvorstellungen Kātib Čelebis (1609-1657). Bonner Islamstudien, vol. 26, ed.
Stephan Conermann. Berlin: ebv, 2011.
Edited volume:
Florian Zemmin, Colin Jager, Guido Vanheeswijck (eds.): Working with A Secular Age.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor's Master Narrative. (=Series: Religion and
Its Others, vol. 3). Boston/Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016.
Book chapters (peer-reviewed):
“A Secular Age and Islamic Modernism,” in: Working with A Secular Age [see: Edited
volume], pp. 307-329.
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“An Annotated Bibliography of Responses to A Secular Age,” in: Working with A Secular Age
[see: Edited volume], pp. 385-419.
“Introduction,” (together with Colin Jager and Guido Vanheeswijck) in: Working with A
Secular Age [see: Edited volume], pp. 1-19.
Articles (peer-reviewed):
„Vom gesellschaftlichen Engagement für den Islam zum islamischen Engagement für die
Gesellschaft – Verschiebungen In Tariq Ramadans Plädoyer für eine ganzheitliche
Moderne.” Asiatische Studien 66/3 (2012), pp. 749–810 [Abstract in English].
“Was hat Max Weber mit Kātib Čelebi zu tun? Ein Annäherungsversuch an Gottfried Hagen.”
Asiatische Studien, 68/2 (2014), pp. 549–556 [Abstract in English].
“Integrating Islamic Positions into European Public Discourse: The Paradigmatic Example of
Tariq Ramadan.” Journal of Religion in Europe 8/1 (2015), pp. 121–146.
Conference Convenor
Working with A Secular Age – Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles Taylor’s Conception of
the Secular; International Conference, Berne, Switzerland, 5–8 March 2014
Selected Presentations
09/2014
The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Mouthpiece of Islamic Modernism, al-Manār.
Orient-Institut Beirut/Forum Transregionale Studien: Summer Academy:
“Language, Science, and Aesthetics”, Beirut
09/2013
Moderne in islamischer Tradition. Die Verortung von Gesellschaft in der
Zeitschrift al-Manār (Kairo, 1898-1939). DAVO-Werkstattgespräche im
Rahmen des 32. Deutschen Orientalistentags, Münster
04/2013
Modernity in Islamic Tradition. Religion and society as interdependent
normative orders in the monthly journal al-Manār (1898-1939).
7. Schweizerische Nachwuchstagung der Asienwissenschaften, Emmental
09/2010
Islamische Verantwortungsethik im 17. Jahrhundert. Ein weberianisches
Verständnis der Handlungsvorstellungen Kātib Čelebis (1609-1657).
31. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Marburg
10/2009
“Wer also sind wir?” Tariq Ramadan und sein Entwurf einer neuen Identität
für Muslime in Europa. Evangelisches Bildungswerk, Bayreuth
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06/2007
Der Islam und der Westen im Werk Tariq Ramadans – Portrait eines
konservativen muslimischen Reformers. Begegnungstag der Religions- und
Missionswissenschaftlichen Institute in Neuendettelsau
Teaching
Spring 2016: B.A. course: ‘Islām’ as a term [in German]
Autumn 2015: B.A. course: Modern Islamic Reformers [in German]
Autumn 2013: B.A. course: Modern Islamic Reformers [in German]
M.A./PhD workshop, together with Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schulze: Working with A
Secular Age
Spring 2013: B.A. course: Social and Cultural History of Egypt during Colonial Times [in
German]
B.A./M.A. course: ‘Islām’ as a term [in German]
Work experience within or related to the academic field
09/2009–12/2010
Student assistant to Prof. Dr. Anke von Kügelgen, Institute of Islamic
Studies and Recent Oriental Philology, University of Bern
02–03/2008
Contract for specific work: Annoted bibliography on orientalism, Prof.
Dr. Christoph Bochinger, Institute for Science of Religion, University of
Bayreuth
04–07/2007
Contract for specific work: Annoted bibliography on Islamic theology in
Europe, Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger
04/2006–03/2007
Student assistant to Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger
09–10/2006
Internship at the Goethe Institut, Cairo
08/2004–07/2005
President of the International Students’ Assistance Network (Betreuungskreis internationaler Studentinnen und Studenten), University of
Bayreuth
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