Affiliation
PhD in Anthropology at University College London
Biography
Zora Kostadinova holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from University College London. Her thesis is on Naqshbandi Sufism and ethical self-cultivation in postwar Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. It examines the interconnectedness between religious subjectivities, historical temporalities, critical events and ethics. Her special interest is focused on the emergence of adab as postwar Muslim sociality, on the revitalisation of Sufi practices in Southeast Europe and intergenerational transmission of Islamic knowledge.
Publications related to the project’s theme:
‘“And When the Heart is Sick, the Whole Body is Sick”: Repairing the Person and the Urban Fabric through Everyday Sufi Ethics in Post-war Sarajevo, Südosteuropa, Journal of Politics and Society, section Urban Ethnography, Guest Editor Ger Duijzings), 65/1 (2018)
‘“An Education of the Heart”: Revival of Sufism in Bosnia-Herzegovina”, Maydan, an online publication of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University, 22 January 2018 (“An Education of the Heart”: Revival of Sufism in Bosnia-Herzegovina – Maydan (themaydan.com))
Personal URL:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/languages-and-culture-research-students-folder/zora-kostadinova
