Prof. Dr. Abdulkader Tayob

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietReligionswissenschaft,Islamwissenschaft, Arabistik, Semitistik
KeywordsIslam in Africa, decolonization, Africa, religious education, mosques, imams and sermons, modern Islamic discourse

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandSüdafrika
OrtRondebosch
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Cape Town
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Religious Studies

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Kai KresseGeisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V., Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Kai KresseLeibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung02.11.2020

Programm(e)

2019Georg Forster-Forschungspreis-Programm

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Abdulkader Tayob’s research spans a wide spectrum of overlapping themes and fields. Based in Religious Studies, Tayob is well-versed in historical interpretations of early Muslim reformers, and well-known for his research on the dynamic forms of reception and appropriation of Islamic intellectual history and key thinkers among contemporary Muslim communities, especially in Africa. His research has set standards for the contemporary study of Islam in South Africa, and his approach was applied to the study of Muslim contexts in other countries in Africa and elsewhere. During his time in Germany, Tayob will work with colleagues at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient on conceptual decolonization and the overcoming of Eurocentrism in scholarship and analytic language.