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Elke Stockreiter

Sub-Saharan African History

Office: 168 SH

Office hours:
T 5:15-7:00PM
W 6:15-7:00PM
Th 5:15-6:00PM
and by appointment

Tel: (319) 335-3841

Email: elke-stockreiter@uiowa.edu

Research

Teaching

Publications

Awards &
Service

Research

Elke Stockreiter joined the History Department in 2008. She was previously engaged in a research project on Islamic literature and networks in the south-western Indian Ocean at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Elke's research interests center on Muslim societies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aiming to obtain a deeper understanding of these societies, her research merges the separate academic disciplines of African social history and Islamic studies. Her research explores Islamic law and gender relations in colonial African societies, as well as the institution of slavery and identity formation among Sub-Saharan African Muslims. Drawing on Islamic court records from Zanzibar Town, her dissertation discusses new evidence on female agency and the workings of Islamic law during the British colonial period. Elke received her Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 2008.

 

Teaching

Elke offers courses focusing on Islam, slavery, and women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies from East and West Africa receive particular attention in her courses.

  • 16W:124 Crossing the Indian Ocean
  • 16W:125 Women in African History
  • 16W:126 Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 16:247 / 44:286 Crossing Borders Seminar: "Skirts and Trousers on the Line" (co-taught with Mériam Belli)

 

Publications

  • "Child Marriage and Domestic Violence: Islamic and Colonial Discourses on Gender Relations and Female Status in Zanzibar, 1900-1950s", in Domestic Violence and the Law in Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Emily Burrill, Richard Roberts and Elizabeth Thornberry, eds. (Ohio University Press, forthcoming)
  • Arabic Literature of Africa, Vol. III b, Sean R. O'Fahey, Anne K. Bang and Elke E. Stockreiter, eds. (Brill, in progress)
  • Alessandra Vianello and Mohamed M. Kassim, eds., "Servants of the Sharia: The Civil Register of the Qadis' Court of Brava 1893-1900". Sudanic Africa 16 (2005), 157-162. (Book review)
  • "Islamisches Recht und sozialer Wandel: Die Kadhi-Gerichte von Malindi, Kenya, und Zanzibar, Tanzania". Stichproben. Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien 2/3 (2002), 35-61.

 

Awards & Service

  • Visiting Fellowship, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge (2010)
  • Visiting Research Fellowship, Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin (2009)
  • Norwegian Government Scholarship (2007)
  • Graduiertenförderung, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (2006)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council Award, UK (2003)
  • University of London Central Research Fund (2003)
  • Research Support Grant, Royal Historical Society (2003)
  • SOAS Bursary for Master Degree, University of London (2000)
  • Research Fellowship, University of Vienna (2000)

 
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