Nur Yasemin Ural

Forschungsschwerpunkt: Ungleichheitsdynamiken

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Biografie

Nur Yasemin Ural is a sociologist and, since April 2025, an associate researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch, where she co-organizes the research focus on “Inequality Dynamics.” Her work focuses on secularity, religion, affect, as well as issues of belonging and minority communities in Europe. She is also an associate researcher at UMR 9022 “Héritage” (CNRS/CY Cergy Paris Université) and, since 2020, at the SFB “Affective Societies” at Freie Universität Berlin. Her PhD from EHESS Paris on burial practices of Turkish-origin minorities in Germany and France was awarded summa cum laude in 2016. Previously, she worked as a research associate at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Leipzig. Her current research investigates the material dimensions of secularity and the affective dynamics of plural societies. Methodologically, she combines ethnographic approaches with discourse-analytical perspectives. She has taught at universities in Germany, France, and Switzerland, including Leipzig, Berlin, and St. Gallen. Her research projects have been supported by the DAAD, the American Academy of Religion, and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. She is also actively involved in organizing international workshops and conferences. Ural is a member of the German Sociological Association and the German Association for the Study of Religion.

Mutterinstitut:

Uni Leipzig

FORSCHUNG

Stipendium

Stipendium CROUS Frankreich (2007-2008) Stipendium des DAAD (2011-2012) Stipendium des CIERA (2012) Stipendium des CMB (2012-2013);

Bourse CROUS France (2007-2008)Bourse de Longue Durée de DAAD (2011-2012)Bourse du CIERA 2012Bourse de Fin de Thèse du Centre Marc Bloch (2012 – 2013);

Stipendium CROUS Frankreich (2007-2008)Stipendium des DAAD (2011-2012)Stipendium des CIERA (2012)Stipendium des CMB (2012-2013)

Titel der Dissertation:

In der Diaspora Sterben: Bestattungspraxis der Minderheiten aus der Türkei in Europa; Mourir en Diaspora : Les pratiques funéraires des minorités originaire de Turquie en Europe; Dying in Diaspora: Funerary Rituals of Minorities Originating from Turkey in Europe

Betreuer*in

Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Göle

Forschungsthema

Sociology of Migration, Body and Embodiment, Sociological Theories, Postcoloniality, Collective Memory, Islam in Europe, Anthropology of Death and Death Rituals.

Publikationen

Monographien und Sammelbänder:

The Secular Matter, mit Donovan Schaefer, Manuskript eingereicht bei der Duke University Press.

Affect and Emotion in Multi-Religious Secular Societies, mit A. Berg, M. Haken, C. v. Scheve, London: Routledge, 2019.

The Politics of Affective Societies: An Interdisciplinary Essay, mit Bens, J., Diefenbach, A., John, T., Kahl, A., Lehmann, H., Lüthjohann, M., Oberkrome, F., Roth, H., Scheidecker, G., Thonhauser, G., Walter-Jochum, R. & Zik, R., Bielefeld: Transcript, 2019.

Sonderausgaben (Herausgeberschaft):

Material Secularities, mit Birgit Meyer & Magnus Echtler in Secular Studies, Brill, 2025.

The Future of Religious Pasts: Religion and Cultural Heritage-Making in a Secular Age, mit Marian Burchardt in Cultural Studies, 2024.

Source Book:

“Global Secularity Volume VII: Americas, Western Europe, Conclusion”, mit Roberto Blancarte, Sita Steckel, Todd Weir, Berlin: DeGruyer, under contract, (vor. Ende 2026).

Artikel (Peer review):

“Muslim Bodies in Secular European Cemeteries”, Special Issue by Elisabeth Topkara & Paula Barbier (eds) Multiculturalism and Politics of Death in Europe, Ethnicities, 2025: 600–617.

“Affective Secularity”, Special Issue Material Secularities by Birgit Meyer, Magnus Echtler & Nur Yasemin Ural in Secular Studies, 2025: 202–221.

“Introduction: Material Secularities” with Echtler and Meyer, Special Issue by Meyer, Echtler & Ural Material Secularities in Secular Studies, 2025: 175–182.

„Introduction“, Special Issue The Future of Religious Pasts: Religion and Cultural Heritage-Making in a Secular Age, mit Marian Burchardt in Cultural Studies, 38 (5) 2024: 717-732.

„From Religious Emotions to Affects: Historical and Theoretical Reflections on Injury to Feeling, Self and Religion“ mit Anna Berg, Culture and Religion, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2019.1603168

„A Genealogy of Muslims Dying in France. Strasbourg Cemetery as a Contested Space“, Sociology of Islam, Brill, 2014, S.1-20.

„La mémoire des morts : Les pratiques des choix funéraires des minorités originaires de Turquie en France et en Allemagne“, New Cultural Frontiers, n°3, 2012, S. 69-90.

Artikel in Sammelbändern:

« Inclusion conditionnelle, religion et appartenance dans la formation de l’identité européenne », in Demesmay, Claire. und Sebaux, Gwénola. (eds.), Migration, échanges franco-allemands de jeunes et appartenance européenne, Quebec: Septentrion (erscheint 2026), gleichzeitig mit der deutschen Version, Waxmann Verlag.

„What Emotions Teach us about Religion: Sociological Approaches and the “Affective Turn”“ mit Marian Burchardt In: Flam, Helena (Hg.), Handbook: Emotions and Institutions, Edward Elgar 2023. 330-56.

„Grenzmarkierende Gefühle: Hass“, In: Zink, V. & Diefenbach, A. (Hg.), Einfühungsband: Affekt- und Emotionsforschung, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023. 237-44.

„Sara Ahmed: The Cultural Politics of Emotions”, In: Schützeichel R., Kontanze, S. und V. Zink (Hg.) Schlüsselwerke der Emotionssoziologie Wiesbaden: VS. 2022. S. 31-39.

„Introduction”, mit A. Berg, C. von Scheve & M. Haken In: von Scheve, Ural, Berg, Haken (Hg.), Affect and Emotion in Multi-Religious Secular Societies, London: Routledge, 2019. S:1-13.

„Freedom of Speech and Secular Affect in German Public Debates”, mit Anna Berg, In: von Scheve, Ural, Berg, Haken (Hg.), Affect and Emotion in Multi-Religious Secular Societies, London: Routledge, 2019. S. 228-44.

„Recht auf Satire – Recht auf Beleidigung? Gesetz, Sprache und Affekt im ‚Fall Böhmermann‘ “. In: Brokoff, J. & Walter-Jochum, R. (Hg.): Hass/Literatur. Beiträge zu einer Theorie- und Diskursgeschichte. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2019. S. 397-416.

Organisation von Veranstaltungen

Sacré Cochon: Religion, Staatsangehörigkeit und Essen