!!Doris Behrens-Abouseif - Curriculum Vitae
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__Languages:__ Arabic, English, French, German (reading, writing, speaking incl.. lecturing), Spanish (reading, speaking), Turkish, Persian (reading)
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__Education__
*July 1992: University of Freiburg, Germany\\July 13, 1992 - Degree: Habilitation (Islamic Studies: “Islamwissenschaft”), Topic of thesis: “Waqf and Architecture in Ottoman Cairo, 16th and 17th Centuries”
*1975-1979 American University in Cairo\\February 28, 1980 - Degree: Master of Arts (Islamic Art and Architecture), Topic of thesis: “Architecture and Topography of North Cairo in the 15th Century”
*1966-1972 University of Hamburg, Germany (Major: Islamic studies; 1st Minor: Semitic studies; 2nd Minor: Old Testament)\\December 7, 1972 - Degree: PhD (Dr.phil.), Topic of thesis: “The Copts in Egyptian Society between the Middle of the 19th  Century and 1923” 
*1965-1966 University of Kiel, Germany “Studienkolleg”, i.e. preparatory year for foreign students\\Degree: Admission to German Universities
*1952-1964 Lycées Français (Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt)\\Degree: Baccalauréat  
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__Career__
*September 1st, 2000-: Professor of Islamic Art & Archaeology (Nasser D Khalili Chair) SOAS, University of London
*1994/95 – 2000:  Privatdozentin (Adjunct Professor) for Islamic History & Art University of Munich       
*1998-1999:  Visiting Professor Harvard University Graduate School of Design 
*Summer 1997: Fellowship Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
*1995-96: Visiting Professor Freie Universität Berlin, Dept. of Islamic Studies
*1993 –1994/95: Privatdozentin (Adjunct Professor) for Islamic Art University of Freiburg
*1992-93: Visiting Professor for Islamic Art Universities of Leuven and Gent
*1990-91 (academic year): Visiting Professor for Islamic Art Harvard University, Dept. of  Fine Arts
*Summer Semester 1989: Visiting Professor for Islamic Art University of Bamberg
*Summer Semester 1987: Teaching Islamic Art University of Bamberg
*February 1980-May 1985: Teaching Islamic Art and Architecture American University in Cairo 
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__International Conferences convened by Prof. Behrens-Abouseif at SOAS__
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*2009    The Arts of the Mamluks
*2003    Islamic Art in the 19th Century
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__Memberships__
*Member of the Academia Europaea since 2006, section ‘Classic and Oriental Studies’
*Member of the Editorial Board of the Mamluk Studies Review, Chicago
*Member of the Editorial Board of Mamlukische Beiträge, University of Bonn
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