curriculum vitae:
| since February 2009 | Ph. D. student and research assistant at the graduate school of the cluster of excellence "Religion and Politics in Modern and Pre-Modern Cultures" at the University of Münster |
| 2005-2009 | Ph. D. student at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Frankfurt/Main |
| 1998-2004 | Student of Sociology, Psychology and German Linguistics at the University of Frankfurt/Main; final thesis: "The veiling of the female head in Islam - Symbolisation of religious obedience, cultural affiliation or female emancipation?" |
Ph. d. Project:
The identity formation process of Turkish adolescents of the contemporary generation in Germany
Research interests:
- Socialisation research
- Generational research
- Sociology of religion
- Sociology of migration
- Methods of reconstructive social research
Function within the Cluster/Membership in Projects and Groups:
- Member of the study group Sociology of Religion
Publications:
- Der Grundsatz des Laizismus in der Türkei. In: Robert, Rüdiger/Schlicht, Daniela/Saleem, Shazia (eds.): Kollektive Identitäten im Nahen und Mittleren Osten - Studien zum Verhältnis von Staat und Religion. Münster: Waxmann, 2010, pp. 399-418.
- Der Stellenwert islamischer Religiosität bei jungen Muslimen in Deutschland (with Christel Gärtner), in: Forum21 - Europäische Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpolitik, 2/2010.
Conference contributions:
- 11-17 July 2010: 17th ISA World Congress of Sociology: Sociology on the move, Gothenburg, Thema (with Christel Gärtner): The Transformation of Islamic Religiosity among Young Muslims in Germany
- 15-17 April 2010: Conference of the International Society of Empirical Research in Theology: Religious Identity and National Heritage, Rom, Thema (with Christel Gärtner): The Relation of Religious Identity and National Heritage of Young Muslims in Germany
- 22-31 July 2009: 30th ISSR Conference: The Challenges of Religious Pluralism, Santiago de Compostela; Contribution: Secular and Religious Myths among Turkish Adolescents in Germany
- 08-12 May 2006: PHD-AG Transdisziplinäre Migrations- und Biographieforschung, Frankfurt/Main; Contribution: Adolescence and Migration. A Case Study of a Young Kurdish Woman in Germany
Contact:
Zehra Ergi M. A.Johannisstraße 1-4
Room 103
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23338
Fax: +49 251 83-23340
zehra.ergi@uni-muenster.de
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Detlef PollackInstitute of Sociology
Chair of Sociology of Religion
Johannisstraße 1-4
Room 107
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23380
pollack@uni-muenster.de
