Doris Behrens-Abouseif#
| Membership Number: | 2342 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30642.php |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2000 Professor of Islamic Art & Archaeology (Nasser D Khalili Chair) SOAS, University of London
- 1994/1995 - 2000 Privatdozentin (Adjunct Professor) for Islamic History & Art University of Munich
- 1980 - 1985 Teaching Islamic Art and Architecture American University in Cairo
- 1972 PhD (Dr.phil.) Topic of thesis: “The Copts in Egyptian Society between the Middle of the 19th Century and 1923.” at University of Hamburg
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Islamic Art and Architecture
Honours and Awards
- 1981 Creswell-Award of the American University in Cairo
- 2006 Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Mamluk Studies Review, Chicago
- Member of the Editorial Board of Mamlukische Beiträge, University of Bonn
