Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag
Director
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-0
Email: zmo(at)zmo.de
Research project:
Regional focus:
Arab countries (notably Arabian Peninsula and Bilād al-Shām), Indian Ocean
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Dr. Sonja Hegasy
Vice Director, Head of Public Relations & Knowledge Transfer
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-223
Email: sonja.hegasy(at)zmo.de
Research project:
Regional focus:
Middle East and North Africa
Prof. Dr. Kai Kresse
Vice Director, Head of Research Unit "Religion and Intellectual Culture"
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-230
Email: Kai.Kresse(at)zmo.de
Research project:
Regional focus:
Africa, especially East Africa and the Swahili coast, also to Southern Africa; transregional connections, especially across the Indian Ocean and the Muslim world; open for projects to all regions.
PD Dr. Stefan B. Kirmse
Senior Research Fellow and Research Coordinator
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-220 E
Email: Stefan.Kirmse(at)zmo.de
Research project:
In Pursuit of Legality and Justice: Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (also see the project-blog).
Research topic:
Culture on Trial I: Russian Colonialism, Georgian Jews, and the Trans-local His- tory of Blood Libel, 1850–1914; Culture on Trial II: Everyday ‘Crime’ in Central Asia. The Imperial, Soviet and Post-Soviet States Dealing with Bride Kidnapping and the Payment of Bride Price, 1860–Present
Regional focus:
Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, Caucasus
Maija Susarina
Assistant to the Director and Academic Coordinator for Joint Research Projects
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-104
Email: maija.susarina(at)zmo.de
Elisa Nobel-Dilaty
Knowledge Transfer Officer
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-224
Email: Elisa.Nobel(at)zmo.de