Dr Asmaa Soliman
Visiting Fellow
European Institute
Email: asmaa.soliman.11@ucl.ac.uk
Biography
Asmaa Soliman is Visiting Fellow at the European Institute. She is also Teaching Fellow and Pathway Representative for Societies at UCL’s Arts and Sciences Department. Asmaa has worked for several universities, research institutions and media companies in Egypt, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. These include UCL, LSE, Maastricht University, the Economic and Social Research Council UK (ESRC), Aljazeera English, Qantara-Deutsche Welle, Arts Versa, the European Network against Racism (ENAR) and Alhayah TV. She has acted as a media producer, researcher and teacher, mainly in fields relating to intercultural relations, multiculturalism, religion, migration, media culture, racism and Europe-Middle East relations.
Asmaa has an interdisciplinary study background. She holds a PhD with majors in Sociology, Politics and Culture from UCL’s Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry. Her thesis examined European Muslims’ engagement in the public sphere in the context of identity. She completed her bachelor in Arts & Culture with a specialisation in Media Culture at Maastricht University in 2009. She received her first master in Media Culture with Distinction from Maastricht University in 2010. She finalised her second master in International Politics with Distinction at City University London in 2011.
Research Interests
Her major research interests include the sociology of religion, religion and the arts, religion and media, religion and the public sphere, intercultural relations, youth culture, identity, Muslim communities in Europe, multiculturalism, migration, Europe-Middle East relations.
Selected Publications
Her publications range from book chapters to articles and reviews. She is currently working on publications for the British Journal of Sociology, Ethnicities and I. B. Tauris. She is also involved in co-editing the book Muslims, Multiculturalism and Trust: New Directions, which will be published by Palgrave Macmillan. Her latest publications include: