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Dr. Jakob Krais, Scholar-In-Residence
Jakob Krais has obtained his PhD in Islamic Studies from Freie Universit盲t Berlin in 2016 with a dissertation on historiography and nation-building in Qaddafi鈥檚 Libya. He has taught at several universities in Germany and was affiliated with the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) and the Centre Marc Bloch, both in Berlin. Over the last years, he has done research on sports and modernity in colonial Algeria. At the CCMS, Jakob will write his second book which focuses on notions about 鈥渕uscular Islam,鈥 gender, and middle-classness in late colonial Algeria鈥檚 Muslim reform movement. Based on autobiographical and press material, the book will also trace Muslim reformists鈥 entanglements with local and transnational Christian and Jewish actors in the fields of youth, education, and sports. Jakob鈥檚 publications include: 鈥淢uscular Muslims: Scouting in Late Colonial Algeria between Nationalism and Religion.鈥 International Journal of Middle East Studies 51, no. 4 (2019); 鈥淕irl Guides, Athletes, and Educators: Women and the National Body in Late Colonial Algeria.鈥 Journal of Middle East Women鈥檚 Studies 15, no. 2 (2019); 鈥淢astering the Wheel of Chance: Motor Racing in French Algeria and Italian Libya.鈥 Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 39, no. 1 (2019); 鈥淵outh and Sports in Algeria鈥檚 Diplomatic Struggle for International Recognition (1957-1962).鈥 The Maghreb Review 42, no. 3 (2017); Geschichte als Widerstand. Geschichtsschreibung und nation-building in Qa岣忈笍膩f墨s Libyen. W眉rzburg: Ergon, 2016.