Kristina Mashimi (geb. Dohrn)
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Doctoral Candidate & Research Associate (Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger) (on leave till 31 May 2021, substituted by Ursula Probst)
Doctoral Research: "Beyond Classrooms: Education and Ethics in Schools of the Gülen Movement in Urban Tanzania" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger)
Room 103
14195 Berlin
Office hours
in Landoltweg 9-11, room no. 106
via email appointment only
Please note:
Kristina Mashimi's former name was Kristina Dohrn. In 2018, she changed her name to Mashimi through marriage.
Funded by Sep 2013 by Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies;
since 1st Oct 2013 Research Associate at the Institut of Social and Cultual Anthropology, FU Berlin
Research and Teaching Interests
- Anthropology of Religion (esp. Islam),
- Anthropology of Schools and Education,
- Urban Anthropology,
- Transnationalism and Migration,
- Anthropology of Globalization.
Regional Focus:
Tanzania, Turkey and migratory contexts in Germany.
Current Research Project:
Beyond Classrooms. Education and Ethics in Schools of the Gülen Movement in Urban Tanzania.
Academic Qualifications
09/2013–
Research Associate with Teaching Duties (“Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin”), Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin.09/2012–
PhD Student in Social & Cultural Anthropology at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin. Dissertation: Beyond Classrooms. Education and Ethics in Schools of the Gülen Movement in Urban Tanzania.04/2006–04/2012
Magister in Social & Cultural Anthropology and Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Thesis: 'Living in Hizmet'. The formation of a pious subject in living communities of the Gülen Movement.09/2005–03/2006
Université Paris IV-Sorbonne (Erasmus Scholarship), Ethnology and Religious Studies.01/2005–08/2005
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (DAAD Free Mover Scholarship), Sociology and Political Sciences.04/2003–01/2005
Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany), Social & Cultural Anthropology and Religious StudieOther Professional Experiences
05/2012–09/2012
Desk officer at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Division: Intercultural Dialogue and German Islam Conference, Berlin.03/2010–12/2010
Freelancer at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, planning and realization of the fieldwork in Berlin for a qualitative study on Muslim converts in Germany.11/2009–12/2009
Student Assistance of Prof. Esra Özyürek, University of San Diego during her fieldwork stay in Berlin.06/2009–07/2009
Referee on Islam and Migration for the training courses of the Goethe Institute Berlin.03/2009
Freelancer for the website of the German Islam Conference.02/2008–05/2012
Freelancer at Elişi Evi e.V., Intercultural Association for Women and Girls, organization and realization of learning opportunities for girls, Berlin.Memberships
- Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
Summer Term 2016
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, BA Level: Youth and Future; Hopes, Anxieties, and Aspirations in the African ContextSummer Term 2014
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, BA Level: Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology.Summer Term 2014
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, BA Level: Religiously Motivated Schools.Winterterm 2013/14
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, MA Level: Religion, Migration, and Spacial Mobility.Research Skills and Experiences
03/2013–05/2013, 08/2013–10/2013Exploratory ethnographic fieldwork about the Gülen-inspired Feza Schools in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
01/2011–09/2011Ethnographic fieldwork for the Master thesis on living communities of the Gülen Movement in Germany, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin.
10/2007–10/2009Ethnographic fieldwork on the Gülen Movement in Germany, done periodically within two years as preparatory research for the Master thesis, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin.
Publications
2017, forthcoming
Ethik und Praxis in Wohngemeinschaften der Gülen Bewegung. Berlin: Weißensee Verlag.2017
Die Gülen-Bewegung. Entstehung und Entwicklung eines muslimischen Netzwerks In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (ApuZ) 9-10: 30-35. Online: https://www.bpb.de/apuz/243031/die-guelen-bewegung-entstehung-und-entwicklung-eines-muslimischen-netzwerks2017
A “Golden Generation”? Framing the Future among Senior Students at Gülen-inspired Schools in Urban Tanzania. In: Stambach, A. and Hall K. (eds.): Youth and the Politics of Possibility: Anthropological Perspectives on Student Futures. New York: Palgrave, 51-67.2016
Hansjörg Dilger and Kristina Dohrn (Hg), in Collaboration with International Women Space: Living in Refugee Camps in Berlin: Women's Perspectives and Experiences. Berliner Beiträge zur Ethnologie, Bd. 40. Weißensee Verlag Berlin2016
Kristina Dohrn and Hansjörg Dilger: Engaging Anthropology in the “Refugee Crisis” in Berlin – The Need for New Collaborations in Teaching and Research. In: Hansjörg Dilger and Kristina Dohrn (Hg), in Collaboration with International Women Space: Living in Refugee Camps in Berlin: Women's Perspectives and Experiences. Berliner Beiträge zur Ethnologie, Bd. 40. Weißensee Verlag Berlin, pp 9-11.2014
Translocal Ethics: Hizmet Teachers and the Formation of Gülen-inspired Schools in Urban Tanzania. Sociology of Islam, 1 (3-4): 233-256.Presentations
10/2016
Negotiating Future Pathways for the Gülen Movement in Tanzania. Presentation at the Workshop “The Gülen Movement and the Coup of July 15th in Turkey”, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, USA).07/2016
Learning Morality – Embodying Virtues: Negotiating Moral Education among Female Students at Gülen-inspired Schools in Dar es Salaam. Presentation at the Summer School“Christians and Muslims in Africa. Towards a Framework for the Study of Multi-Religious Settings”, Zentrum Moderner Orient (Berlin).
05/2016
Gülen-inspired Education in Tanzania: Actors, Pedagogies,Responses. Presentation at the conference “Trans-l Encounters: Religious Education and Islamic Popular Culture in Asia and the Middle East”, Philipps Universität Marburg.01/2014
Media Practices in a Translocal Field: Identity and Piety among Hizmet Teachers in Urban Tansania. Presentation at the conference “Media and Religion: The Global View”. Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, University of Colorado, USA.08/2013
New Islamic Actors in Sub-Saharan Africa: Teachers of the Gülen Movement tell their Stories. Presentation at the summer school “(Re-)Configurations of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Summer School on Islamic Practices, Imaginations, Groups, and Actors in the African Context”. Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität Berlin.02/2012
From Selves to Publics: New Cartographies of Religious Practice in Berlin. Presentation during the theme days of the project “Global Prayers. Redemption and Liberation in the City”, a project by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, European University Viadrina, Metro Zones and Forum Transregionale Studien, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
