Chinese Studies

Vivien Markert, M.A. 马思薇

Research Assistant and PhD candidate, Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen

 

Academic Career

  • 2019: Research Assistant and PhD candidate, Department of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen
  • 2019: M.A. in Politics and Society of East Asia, University of Tübingen
  • 2016/17 Semester abroad at Xinjiang University, Urumqi
  • 2015: B.A. in Sinology / Sociology, University of Tübingen
  • 2012/13: Semester abroad at National Chengchi University, Taipei
  • 2012: Semester abroad at Peking University

Research Focus

Vivien Markert is a research assistant and PhD candidate since October 2019 at the Chair of Greater China Studies. Her research focuses on Islam in China. For her Ph.D., she analyzes the current Sinicization campaign under the Xi administration. The thesis examines shifting academic, political and public discourses on Islam and how the ‘Xinjiang Model’ now also affects the Hui ethnic minority, who so far have been considered to be China’s “Model Muslims”. Through the lens of Critical Security Studies, the thesis looks at the Sinicization of Islam as part of an ongoing securitization process, taking place within discourse and the securitization of everyday Islamic practices.