Professor Caroline Tee
Professor
Biography
I am Professor of the Anthropology of Islam, specialising in religion, society and the state in modern Turkey.
Teaching and Supervision
Undergraduate modules: TH4068 Global Islam TH5069 Contemporary Islam TH6069 Religion, Violence and Nationalism TH6051 Dissertation Postgraduate modules: TH7059 Contemporary Islam TH7080 Studying Theology and Religion TH7025 Research Dissertation
Research and Knowledge Exchange
My research is interested in the diverse ways in which Islam is lived in the contemporary world. It focuses on the intersection between religion, democratic politics and other major institutions of modernity such as modern science, secular education, and civic engagement. I have carried out extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, and have published primarily on the subject of the Alevi minority and the socio-religious movement led by the US-based imam Fethullah Gülen. I have an emerging research interest in the anthropology and cultural history of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, one of the world's most iconic sacred buildings. I am series editor (with Ashraf Hoque) for the Edinburgh Studies in Anthropology of Islam book series at Edinburgh University Press, and lead editor of the Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey (Oxford University Press, 2024). From 2024-2027, I am Principal Investigator for 'Muslims, the Secular, and Existential Risk' which is funded by Templeton Religion Trust to the value of £1.2m.