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Kurstin Gatt
An Analysis of the Islamic State’s Rhetoric
Freie Universität Berlin
Friedrich Schlegel-Graduiertenschule
Doctoral candidate
14195 Berlin
Kurstin Gatt is currently working on his doctoral thesis at the Friedrich Schlegel-Graduate School of Literary Studies at the Free University Berlin. Gatt’s research interests include:
1. Political Discourse in the Arab world
2. Militant Jihadist Poetry
3. Radical Islamist Ideology
4. Arabic Dialectology
Mr. Gatt is currently working on the rhetoric of the Islamic State organization, taking into consideration poetry published by the organisation. He is supervised by Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gruendler and Prof. Dr. Islam Dayeh.
Presentations
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24.06.2017 |
A presentation entitled "Spreading Ideology Through Poetry: How ISO Is Exploiting the Arabic Literary Tradition to Encourage Arab and International Recruits" as part of a lecture at the FU Berlin entitled 'Radikalisierung. Dimensionen eines Phänomens im Spannungsfeld von Literatur, Politik und Religion'. |
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08.06.2017-09.06.2017 |
Poster Presentation at the 6th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics in Bratislava entitled ‘Minsel: A Maltese Etymological Database - Work in Progress’ |
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05.05.2017-06.05.2017 |
Research Colloquium in Bamberg entitled 'Arabic Popular Culture'. Title of presentation, “An Analysis of the Islamic State's Rhetoric: A preliminary Study on Anāšīd ğihādīya”. |
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05.2014 |
DAAD Conference in Halle. Title of Presentation, "Maltese-A European Language with Semitic Roots: A Linguistic Analysis." |
