Dr Esra Ozyurek Baer COW 2.08

This course is available on the MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in European Studies: Ideas and Identities, MSc in European Studies: Ideas and Identities (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in History of International Relations, MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union, MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Religion in the Contemporary World and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Muslims are a well established minority in Europe, constituting approximately 5% of the European population. This course embraces an anthropological approach focuses on diverse experiences of Muslims in different West European countries, such as the UK, Germany, France where they came as migrants, and in East European countries, such as Bulgaria and Bosnia, where they are indigenous populations. We will especially focus on how Muslim life is heavily shaped by questions fundamental to European politics such as secularism, citizenship, racism, and gender relations. The last section of the class will be devoted to transnational connections Muslim communities in Europe have with Muslim communities outside Europe.

20 hours of seminars in the LT. 2 hours of seminars in the ST.

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.

Brown, Wendy. 2008. Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire. Balibar, Etienne. 1991. Is There a ‘Neo-Racism’? Stolcke, Verena. 1995. Talking Culture: New Boundaries, Shryock, Andrew. 2010. Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend. Norton, Anne. 2013. On the Muslim Question. Scott, Joan. 2009. The Politics of the Veil.  Bunzl, Matti. 2005. “Between Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Some Thoughts on the New Europe.” Laurence, Jonathan. 2012. Emancipating Muslims. Ozyurek, Esra. 2014. Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in Contemporary Germany.

Exam (60%, duration: 2 hours).
Essay (40%, 3000 words) in the LT.