Prof. Dr. Rainer Oßwald
Islamic Studies with a special focus on Africa
Academic Degrees
| 1989 | Habilitation: Islamic Studies, University of Kiel |
| 1983 | Doctorate: Islamic Studies, University of Tübingen |
| 1978 | Magister degree in Islamic Studies, University of Tübingen |
Professional Background
| Since1997 | Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Bayreuth |
| 1992 – 1997 | Heisenberg fellowship recipient and Privatdozent at the University of Kiel |
| 1985 – 1992 | Academic assistant and research associate at the University of Kiel |
| 1984 | Advisor for the Orient Institute of German Oriental Society in Beirut |
| 1980 – 1983 | Work on the DFG project "Microfilming and cataloging Arabic handwriting in Mauretania |
| 1978 – 1979 | Cultural project with the Federal Foreign Office in Maretania |
| 1973 – 1978 | Degree in Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Tübingen and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London |
Islamic Studies with a special focus on Africa
- Islamic law (Fiqh)
- slavery
- history of Islam in West Africa
Islamic Studies with a special focus on Africa
Selected publications
1993
Oßwald, Rainer
Schichtengesellschaft und islamisches Recht : die Zawāyā und Krieger der Westsahara im Spiegel ...
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1993. - XI, 462 page
1988
Rebstock, Ulrich; Oßwald, Rainer; Wuld-ʿAbd-al-Qādir, Aḥmadū
Katalog der arabischen Handschriften in Mauretanien
Beirut ; Stuttgart : In Kommission bei Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1988 . - (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 30)
Islamic Studies with a special focus on Africa
Prof. Dr. Rainer Oßwald
University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Phone: 0921 / 55-3555
E-mail: Rainer.osswald@uni-bayreuth.de
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