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Dr Katharina Schmoll

  • Position: Lecturer in Media and Communications
  • Areas of expertise: voice, recognition, digital media practices, citizenship, ethnography, the everyday, Arab public spheres, gender, empowerment, modernities, Muslims in Europe, Morocco, MENA, political Islam
  • Email: K.Schmoll@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 5817
  • Location: 1.29 Clothworkers Building North

Profile

My research explores issues of voice, recognition, citizenship and gender with a focus on Muslims in Europe, Morocco and the wider Middle East. Specifically, I am interested in the role of everyday social media practices in strengthening agency, empowerment and social cohesion.

My current research project re-examines the concept of voice from a non-Western, community-oriented perspective based on my thesis findings. 

I hold a PhD in Media Studies and an MA in Global Creative and Cultural Industries from SOAS as well as a BA in Politics and Public Administration from University of Konstanz in Germany.

I am the Reviews Editor of the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Professional memberships

  • IAMCR
  • MeCCSA
  • BRISMES
  • BRAIS

Student education

I teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules including:

Digital Cultures

Feminism, Identity and Media