Cluster Principal Investigators
The five topics Interdisciplinary Research Fields (IRF), a process that will be accompanied by the academic expertise of Principal Investigators (PI) from Germany and Tunisia. This will enable broader interdisciplinary and comparative exchange between fellows conducting research on the five key areas.
Prof. Olaf Müller (Professor, French and Italian Literature and Culture, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Romance Philology/Germany)
Prof. Friederike Pannewick (Professor, Arabic Literature and Culture, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies/Germany)
Prof. Malte Hagener (Professor, Media Science / Theory and Aesthetics of Film, Philipps-Universität Marburg/Germany)
Prof. Samia Kassab-Charfi (Professor, French Literatur, French Department, The University of Tunis/Tunisia)
Prof. Mohamed Ben Hamouda (Professor, Music, Arts and Crafts, Department of Music and department of Arts and Crafts, Université de Sfax/Tunisia)
Prof. Emna Beltaief (Professor, French language and literature, University of Tunis/ Tunisia)
Georges Khalil (Scientific Coordinator, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin/ Germany )
Dr. Christian Junge (Middle East Studies, Arabic literature, Philipps-Universität Marburg/Germany )
Prof. Gharsallah, Wissem (Professor, Artistic practices, visual imagination and theories of creation, University of Tunis /Tunisia)
Dr. Sonja Ganseforth (Research Associate, Economic Geography and Labour Market research, University of Leipzig/ Germany)
Prof. Mourad Ben Jelloul (Professor, Geography / Regionalization and Regional and Urban Development, University of Tunis/ Tunisia)
Prof. Ahmed Khouaja (Professor, Historical and cultural sociology, University of Tunis/ Tunisia)
Dr. Alma Hafsi (Psychology, University of Tunis/ Tunisia)
Prof. Susanne Buckley-Zistel (Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Conflict Studies/Germany)
Prof. Anika Oettler (Professor, Sociology / Social Development and Comparative Social Structure Analysis, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institute of Sociology /Germany)
Prof. Thorsten Bonacker (Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Center for Conflict Studies/Germany)
Prof. Yasmina Kefi Ghodbane (Professor, Philosophy, University of Tunis /Tunisia)
Prof. Nessim Zenaien (Professor, Postcolonial/Colonial Studies of the Maghreb, Philipps- Universität Marburg/ Germany)
Prof. Hayet Ammamou (Professor, (Islamic) History, University of Tunis / Tunisia)
Prof. Esther Möller (Professor, Global history (with a focus on the Middle East), Philipps-Universität Marburg / Germany)
Prof. Fathi Jarray (Professor, Histoire, University of Tunis/ Tunisia)
Prof. Mohamed Jerbi (Professor, Histoire, University of Sfax/ Tunisia)
Prof. Rachid Ouaissa (Professor, Middle East Politics, Center for Near and Middle East Studies (CNMS), Philipps-Universität Marburg / Germany)
Prof. Benedikt Stcuhtey (Professor, Modern History, History and Cultural Studies, Philipps- Universität Marburg / Germany)
Prof. Eckart Conze (Professor, Modern and Contemporary History, History and Cultural Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg / Germany)
Prof. Nejiba Chkir Ben Jemaa (Professor, Geography and Environment / Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sfax, Université de Sfax/Tunisia)
Dr. Katharina Nicolai (Middle East Politics and Society, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg/Institut für Politische Wissenschaft / Germany)
Prof. Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury (Professor, Political Science / Global Refugee and Migration Studies, Lebanese American University Beirut )
Prof. Mohamed Faker Klibi (Professor, Economics / Business Administration & Accounting, University of Tunis/ Tunisia )
Dr. Olfa Kammoun (Economics: Innovation and industrial Economics, University of Tunis / Tunisia)
Dr. André Bank (Politics of the Middle East Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Germany)
Prof. Fadma Aït Mous (Professor, Sociology/ Economic Science , Faculty of humanities and social sciences, Hassan II University of Casablanca / Morocco)
Prof. Zoubir Arous (Professor, Sociology, University d’Alger II / Algeria)
Prof. Mohamed Kharrat (Professor, Arab-Islamic language, literature, and civilization, University of SfaxI / Tunisia)
Dr. Nada Ouerghi (Design image, and civilization, Institut supérieur des beaux-arts de Tunis, University of Tunis / Tunisia)