Doctorate

 

Ege Karar (Deaf) - „Deaf, Turkish, Muslim“ (Promotionsstipendium aus dem Diversity Fund der RWTH Aachen)

Ege Karar, Dipl. Soz.päd. is a research assistant and PhD candidate working at the Competence Center for Sign Language and Gesture (SignGes) of the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen), Germany. He currently holds a doctoral scholarship from the Diversity Fund of the RWTH Aachen. His doctoral thesis Taub, Türkisch und Muslimisch researches the multiple identities of German Deafs who are also of Turkish origins and are Muslims. Ege Karar’s involvement with this research topic arises from his own experiences as a Deaf German with a Turkish background.

Do deaf muslims e.g. develop a transcultural identity, based on three or four cultures (german, turkish, sign language, muslim culture)?

The doctoral intend is supervised by Prof. Dr. Irene Mittelberg and Prof. Dr. Klaus Willmes-von Hinckeldey.

 

Kirsten Zäh (Deaf) - „German Sign Language Culture and its Impact on Inclusion“ (Promotionsstipendium aus dem Diversity Fund der RWTH Aachen)

Kirsten Zaeh, M.A. is a research assistant and PhD candidate working at the Competence Center for Sign Language and Gesture (SignGes) at the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen), Germany. She currently holds a doctoral scholarship from the Diversity Fund of RWTH Aachen. Her doctoral thesis ‚Deutsche Gebärdensprachkultur und ihre Auswirkungen auf Inklusion‘ researches how the German Sign Language Culture interchanges with its surrounding hearing culture and how the ongoing process of inclusion influences the German Deaf Identity and the usage of German Sign Language (DGS).

These implications are a factor für the self-image of the sign language community as a group with its cultural identity, as well as the questioning of previous cultural- and social scientific concepts. Is there e.g. a contradiction concerning the labeling as a linguistic and cultural minority and the miedicinal status of a disability, as it perceived in large parts of society?

The doctoral intend is supervised by Prof. Dr. Irene Mittelberg and Prof. Dr. Klaus Willmes-von Hinckeldey.