Prof. Dr. Levent Tezcan
Current affiliations
- Professorship for social science research of Islam in Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries (Prof. Tezcan)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Sociology of Islam
- Migration studies
- Islam in Europe
- Potilitcs and Religion in Turkey
- Debates and Discourses on Racism, Discrimination and Diversity
Academic Education | |
| 12/2014 | Habilitation, Sociology, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder |
| 02/1997 - 10/2001 | Ph.D., Sociology, University of Bielefeld |
| 10/1989 - 11/1993 | M.A. Social Sciences, University of Bremen |
| 10/1978 - 07/1985 | M.A. Political Sciences, Ankara University, Turkey |
Work Experience | |
| since 02/2019 | Professor in the Social Sciences to study Islam in Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries, Münster University |
| 10/2015 - 01/2019 | Research Assistant, Bochum University |
| 01/2008 - 09/2015 | Assist. Professor, School of Humanities, Department Culture Studies, Tilburg University / NL. |
| 02/1995 - 12/2006 | Research Assistant, Bielefeld University |
Publications
E. Bokler; S. Demmrich; Ö. Ezli; M. Khorchide; O. Müller; D. Pollack; L. Tezcan (2025) In: S. Abdellah; S. Tultschinetski; J. Junk; M. Freiheit (eds.), Islamismus als gesellschaftliche Herausforderung: Ursachen, Wirkungen, Handlungsoptionen, 327-366. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Tezcan, Levent (2024) Konstanz: Konstanz University Press. doi:10.5771/9783835397682 Book (monograph) | Published | |
Tezcan, Levent (2023) In: Hidalgo, Oliver; Amir-Moazami, Schirin; Baudner, Jörg (eds.), Islampolitik und Deutsche Islam Konferenz. Theoretische Diskurse – Empirische Befunde – Kritische Perspektiven, 67-87. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42193-9 Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Wohlrab-Sahr, Monika; Tezcan, Levent (eds.) (2022) Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi:10.5771/9783748931607 Book (edited collection) | Published | |
Tezcan, Levent (2021) Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-31639-6 Book (monograph) | Published |
Projects
Duration: 01/11/2020 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project | |
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 31/10/2020 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Doctorates
| Asceticism and culture Candidate: Pachurka, Manuel | Supervisors: Tezcan, Levent; Reuter, Astrid Period of time: 01/07/2019 - 02/02/2025 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Muslim practices in educational establishments in Germany and the social arrangements concerning these practices Candidate: Laßen, Arne | Supervisors: Tezcan, Levent; Gärtner, Christel Period of time: 01/07/2019 - 01/07/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Erscheinungsformen von Religion in Flüchtlingsunterkünften Nordrhein-Westfalens – Eine qualitative Analyse Candidate: Natalie Powroznik | Supervisors: Tezcan, Levent Gärtner, Christel Period of time: until 21/01/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |