Dr. Laila Makboul Advanced PostDoc working with Prof. Dr. Serena Tolino Fachbereich Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften E-Mail laila.makboul@unibe.ch Office S126 Postal Address University of Bern Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies SACS Lerchenweg 36 3012 Bern Consultation Hour after arrangement via email
Academic career 2024 – present: Advanced Postdoctoral Researcher on the SNF-funded project “TraIL”, Faculty of Humanities - University of Bern 2020-2024: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral researcher Global Fellow, PI of the project “GlAntiFem.”. 2020-2022: Visiting Researcher, School of Humanities and Social Sciences - The American University in Cairo 2022-2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Humanities - University of Oslo 2019: PhD in Middle East Studies, Faculty of Humanities - University of Oslo 2015-2016: Visiting Researcher, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies 2015-2019: PhD Fellow, Faculty of Humanities – University of Oslo 2012: MA in Middle East Studies, Faculty of Humanities - University of Oslo 2011: Visiting student, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riyadh 2009: BA in Middle East Studies, Faculty of Humanities - University of Oslo
Current research Running: Advanced Postdoctoral Researcher of the project “TraIL”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Concluded: Postdoctoral Global Fellow and PI of the project “GlAntiFem,” funded by the European Union 2020Horizon Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship. Agreement No. 896274. Concluded: PhD fellow on the project “The New Middle East: Emerging Political and Ideological Trends” funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Research interests Gender and labour in the Modern history of the Middle East Culture and modern Islamic revivalism Nationalism and pan-Islamism Post- and decolonial thought
