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Robert Langer

Universität der Bundeswehr München, Social Sciences and Public Affairs, Faculty Member

Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage, Personal Member

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Robert Langer (M.A. Islamic Studies and Cultural Anthropology Univ. of Heidelberg 2000) is specialised in religious history and ethnography of the Muslim World. He received his Dr. phil. (2004) and his Habilitation with a venia legendi for “Islamwissenschaft” (2016) from the Philosophical Faculty of the Univ. of Heidelberg. From 2020 until 2022, he was deputy professor for the study of religions at the Universität der Bundeswehr München, where he has been full professor since September 2022. 2017-2022, he was Senior Research Fellow at the Orient-Institut Istanbul of the Max Weber Foundation (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) responsible for the research area “history of religions”. 2014-2017, he was Research Group Leader at the Department for the Study of Religions at the Univ. of Bayreuth working on diaspora Shia in Germany. 2003-2014, he worked on non-Sharia-oriented religious traditions in Islamicate contexts in the Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Ritual” and at the Institute for Islamic Studies (Univ. of Heidelberg). Besides his dissertations Pīrān and Zeyāratgāh: Zoroastrian Shrines and Pilgrimage Centres in Modern Iran (Leuven et al. 2008) and Alevi Rituals in Transnational Contexts (Wiesbaden [forthc. 2023]) (both in German), he has published articles and edited volumes on Zoroastrianism, Alevism, Yezidism, diaspora Twelver Shiism, and ritual theory. He taught at the Universities of Heidelberg, Bern (Switzerland), Weingarten, and Bayreuth.
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Monographs by Robert Langer

Alevitische Rituale im transnationalen Kontext: Religiöse Praxis zwischen türkischer Großstadt, westlicher Diaspora und anatolischem Dorf [Alevi Rituals in a Transnational Context: Religious Practice Between Turkish Metropolises, Western Diaspora, and Anatolian Village]

[Habilitationsschrift, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, 13... more

Pīrān und Zeyāratgāh: Schreine und Wallfahrtsstätten der Zarathustrier im neuzeitlichen Iran [Pīrān and Zeyāratgāh: Shrines and Pilgrimage Places of the Zoroastrians in Modern Iran]

Acta Iranica: Encyclopédie permanente des Études Iraniennes, 48, 2008

[peer-reviewed] (Dr. phil. Diss., Philosophische Fakultät, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,... more [peer-reviewed] (Dr. phil. Diss., Philosophische Fakultät, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2002/2004). Mit einer beiliegenden Bilder-DVD. XVIII, 708 pp. + 1 DVD with 1367 digital photographs.
[Reviews: Iranian Studies 44.1 (2011): 141-145 (Rezania); Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 105.2 (2010): 223–231 (Boedeker); Religion 41.1 (2011), 118–122 (Rose); Religiovedenie 3 (2011) 205–206 (Tessmann)].

Hilfsmittel für das Studium der Islamwissenschaft: Kommentierte Bibliographie und Materialien [Resources for Islamic Studies: Annotated Bibliography and Materials]

181 pp.

‚Aserbaidschan‘ in osmanischen Quellen des 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts: Vorgeschichte, Dokumentation und weitere Entwicklung der Verwendung eines Toponyms [‘Azerbaijan’ in 18th and Early 19th Century Ottoman Documents: Prehistory, Documentation and Further Development of the Use of a Toponym]

[unpubl. M. A. Thesis]. 149 pp.

Frauentöpferei: Keramik aus den Dörfern der Großen Kabylei, Algerien [Women’s Pottery: Ceramics from Villages of Great Kabylia, Algeria]

Sonderausstellung des Völkerkundemuseums der v. Portheim-Stiftung vom 25. April bis 4. Juni 1989,... more Sonderausstellung des Völkerkundemuseums der v. Portheim-Stiftung vom 25. April bis 4. Juni 1989, aus Anlaß des 70. Gründungstages der J. u. E. v. Portheim Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kunst und zum zehnjährigen Bestehen des Freundeskreises des Heidelberger Völkerkundemuseums e. V. Zeichnungen v.: Geiger, Ingrid. Textbeitrag im Anh. v.: Böhning, Walter: “Schmuck der Kabylen”. 47 pp.

Edited Books by Robert Langer

Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction

Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients: Heidelberger Studien = History and Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East: Heidelberg Studies, 39. Berlin et al.: Peter Lang, 2018

This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in t... more This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in the last decades. It assembles contributions by researchers from Germany, Great Britain, and Turkey. They focus on the question how religious knowledge and ritual practice are constantly (re-)negotiated and (re-)distributed in Alevism and, as a comparison, in Yezidism. These processes are discussed in regard to the conditions of social and cultural change, transnational migration, and globalised communication. In doing so, the contributions to this volume follow different approaches and discuss fundamental methodological issues.

Reception Processes of Alevi Rituals Practice Between Innovation and Reconstruction: Conference Program (30-31 October 2007)

Rituale als Ausdruck von Kulturkontakt: „Synkretismus“ zwischen Negation und Neudefinition; Akten der interdisziplinären Tagung des Sonderforschungsbereiches „Ritualdynamik“ in Heidelberg, 3.–5. Dezember 2010

Studies in Oriental Religions, 67, 2013

& Laetitia Martzolff, Claus Ambos, Andreas Pries (eds.).

Ocak und Dedelik: Institutionen religiösen Spezialistentums bei den Aleviten [= Alevi Ritüel Bilgisi Sürdüren Ocak Düzeni ve Dedelik Kurumu = ‘Holy Lineages’ and Religious Specialists as Institutions of Alevi Ritual Knowledge]

by Robert Langer and Raoul Motika

Heidelberger Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients, 36, 2013

& Janina Karolewski, Hüseyin Ağuiçenoğlu, Raoul Motika (eds.)

Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual (ed.: Michaels, Axel). Vol. V: Transfer and Spaces

by Robert Langer and Gita Dharampal-frick

& Gita Dharampal-Frick and Nils Holger Petersen (eds.). Including an E-Book-Version in PDF-Format... more

Migration und Ritualtransfer: Religiöse Praxis der Aleviten, Jesiden und Nusairier zwischen Vorderem Orient und Westeuropa [Migration and Transfer of Ritual: Religious Practice of Alevi, Yezidi, and Nusayri Between the Near East and Western Europe]

Heidelberger Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients, 33. Frankfurt am Main et al., 2005

& Raoul Motika and Michael Ursinus (eds.)

Edited Journal Issues by Robert Langer

“The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy”. (Thematic issue of) Die Welt des Islams

& Udo Simon (guest eds.)

Peer-Reviewed Articles by Robert Langer

Shiite "Communities of Practice" in Germany Researching Multi-Local, Heterogeneous Actors in Transnational Space

by Robert Langer and Benjamin Weineck

Journal of Muslims in Europe, 2017

Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified i... more Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice " , it argues that a focus on common practice in which heterogeneous actors engage, enables us to grasp, on the one hand, the varying specific characteristics of different groups and, on the other, their mutual belonging to the wider Shiite field.

Transfer Processes within Sufi Rituals: An Example from Istanbul

[peer-reviewed] EJTS, Thematic issue: “Contemporary Sufism and the Quest of Spirituality: Transgr... more

Ritual as a Source of Conflict

by Robert Langer, Gerard Wiegers, and Udo Simon

Ritual, Media, and Conflict. Ed.: Grimes, Ronald L.; Hüsken, Ute; Simon, Udo; Venbrux, Eric. (Oxford Ritual Studies, 3), 93–132, 2011

[peer-reviewed] & Thomas Quartier, Udo Simon, Jan Snoek, and Gerard Wiegers

Yezidism Between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’

[peer-reviewed] [originally lecture AAR 2009 Montréal]

The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Dealing with Divergence in Muslim Discourses and in Islamic Studies

[peer-reviewed] & Udo Simon. Reprinted in: Maribel Fierro (ed.): Orthodoxy and Heresy in Islam: C... more

Transfer of Ritual

by Robert Langer and Kerstin Radde

[peer-reviewed] & Dorothea Lüddeckens, Kerstin Radde[-Antweiler], and Jan Snoek

Academic Articles by Robert Langer

Lexikon für Kirchen- und Religionsrecht (LKRR). Hg.: Heribert Hallermann et al. Paderborn: Schöningh. Online: (BrillOnline Reference Works) Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV., 2019

The Transfer of the Alevi Cem Ritual from Anatolia to Istanbul and Beyond

Shankland, David (ed.), Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia: The Life and Times of F. W. Hasluck [Hasluck, Frederick William] (1878–1920). Vol. III. (Papers, Second International Conference, University of Wales, Gregynog, 6th–9th May 2006). Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2013

Alevitische Rituale im transnationalen Kontext: Religiöse Praxis zwischen türkischer Großstadt, westlicher Diaspora und anatolischem Dorf [Alevi Rituals in a Transnational Context: Religious Practice Between Turkish Metropolises, Western Diaspora, and Anatolian Village]

[Habilitationsschrift, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, 13... more

Pīrān und Zeyāratgāh: Schreine und Wallfahrtsstätten der Zarathustrier im neuzeitlichen Iran [Pīrān and Zeyāratgāh: Shrines and Pilgrimage Places of the Zoroastrians in Modern Iran]

Acta Iranica: Encyclopédie permanente des Études Iraniennes, 48, 2008

[peer-reviewed] (Dr. phil. Diss., Philosophische Fakultät, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,... more [peer-reviewed] (Dr. phil. Diss., Philosophische Fakultät, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2002/2004). Mit einer beiliegenden Bilder-DVD. XVIII, 708 pp. + 1 DVD with 1367 digital photographs.
[Reviews: Iranian Studies 44.1 (2011): 141-145 (Rezania); Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 105.2 (2010): 223–231 (Boedeker); Religion 41.1 (2011), 118–122 (Rose); Religiovedenie 3 (2011) 205–206 (Tessmann)].

Hilfsmittel für das Studium der Islamwissenschaft: Kommentierte Bibliographie und Materialien [Resources for Islamic Studies: Annotated Bibliography and Materials]

181 pp.

‚Aserbaidschan‘ in osmanischen Quellen des 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhunderts: Vorgeschichte, Dokumentation und weitere Entwicklung der Verwendung eines Toponyms [‘Azerbaijan’ in 18th and Early 19th Century Ottoman Documents: Prehistory, Documentation and Further Development of the Use of a Toponym]

[unpubl. M. A. Thesis]. 149 pp.

Frauentöpferei: Keramik aus den Dörfern der Großen Kabylei, Algerien [Women’s Pottery: Ceramics from Villages of Great Kabylia, Algeria]

Sonderausstellung des Völkerkundemuseums der v. Portheim-Stiftung vom 25. April bis 4. Juni 1989,... more Sonderausstellung des Völkerkundemuseums der v. Portheim-Stiftung vom 25. April bis 4. Juni 1989, aus Anlaß des 70. Gründungstages der J. u. E. v. Portheim Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kunst und zum zehnjährigen Bestehen des Freundeskreises des Heidelberger Völkerkundemuseums e. V. Zeichnungen v.: Geiger, Ingrid. Textbeitrag im Anh. v.: Böhning, Walter: “Schmuck der Kabylen”. 47 pp.

Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction

Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients: Heidelberger Studien = History and Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East: Heidelberg Studies, 39. Berlin et al.: Peter Lang, 2018

This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in t... more This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in the last decades. It assembles contributions by researchers from Germany, Great Britain, and Turkey. They focus on the question how religious knowledge and ritual practice are constantly (re-)negotiated and (re-)distributed in Alevism and, as a comparison, in Yezidism. These processes are discussed in regard to the conditions of social and cultural change, transnational migration, and globalised communication. In doing so, the contributions to this volume follow different approaches and discuss fundamental methodological issues.

Reception Processes of Alevi Rituals Practice Between Innovation and Reconstruction: Conference Program (30-31 October 2007)

Rituale als Ausdruck von Kulturkontakt: „Synkretismus“ zwischen Negation und Neudefinition; Akten der interdisziplinären Tagung des Sonderforschungsbereiches „Ritualdynamik“ in Heidelberg, 3.–5. Dezember 2010

Studies in Oriental Religions, 67, 2013

& Laetitia Martzolff, Claus Ambos, Andreas Pries (eds.).

Ocak und Dedelik: Institutionen religiösen Spezialistentums bei den Aleviten [= Alevi Ritüel Bilgisi Sürdüren Ocak Düzeni ve Dedelik Kurumu = ‘Holy Lineages’ and Religious Specialists as Institutions of Alevi Ritual Knowledge]

by Robert Langer and Raoul Motika

Heidelberger Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients, 36, 2013

& Janina Karolewski, Hüseyin Ağuiçenoğlu, Raoul Motika (eds.)

Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual (ed.: Michaels, Axel). Vol. V: Transfer and Spaces

by Robert Langer and Gita Dharampal-frick

& Gita Dharampal-Frick and Nils Holger Petersen (eds.). Including an E-Book-Version in PDF-Format... more

Migration und Ritualtransfer: Religiöse Praxis der Aleviten, Jesiden und Nusairier zwischen Vorderem Orient und Westeuropa [Migration and Transfer of Ritual: Religious Practice of Alevi, Yezidi, and Nusayri Between the Near East and Western Europe]

Heidelberger Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients, 33. Frankfurt am Main et al., 2005

& Raoul Motika and Michael Ursinus (eds.)

“The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy”. (Thematic issue of) Die Welt des Islams

& Udo Simon (guest eds.)

Shiite "Communities of Practice" in Germany Researching Multi-Local, Heterogeneous Actors in Transnational Space

by Robert Langer and Benjamin Weineck

Journal of Muslims in Europe, 2017

Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified i... more Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger's concept of "communities of practice " , it argues that a focus on common practice in which heterogeneous actors engage, enables us to grasp, on the one hand, the varying specific characteristics of different groups and, on the other, their mutual belonging to the wider Shiite field.

Transfer Processes within Sufi Rituals: An Example from Istanbul

[peer-reviewed] EJTS, Thematic issue: “Contemporary Sufism and the Quest of Spirituality: Transgr... more

Ritual as a Source of Conflict

by Robert Langer, Gerard Wiegers, and Udo Simon

Ritual, Media, and Conflict. Ed.: Grimes, Ronald L.; Hüsken, Ute; Simon, Udo; Venbrux, Eric. (Oxford Ritual Studies, 3), 93–132, 2011

[peer-reviewed] & Thomas Quartier, Udo Simon, Jan Snoek, and Gerard Wiegers

Yezidism Between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’

[peer-reviewed] [originally lecture AAR 2009 Montréal]

The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Dealing with Divergence in Muslim Discourses and in Islamic Studies

[peer-reviewed] & Udo Simon. Reprinted in: Maribel Fierro (ed.): Orthodoxy and Heresy in Islam: C... more

Transfer of Ritual

by Robert Langer and Kerstin Radde

[peer-reviewed] & Dorothea Lüddeckens, Kerstin Radde[-Antweiler], and Jan Snoek

Lexikon für Kirchen- und Religionsrecht (LKRR). Hg.: Heribert Hallermann et al. Paderborn: Schöningh. Online: (BrillOnline Reference Works) Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV., 2019

The Transfer of the Alevi Cem Ritual from Anatolia to Istanbul and Beyond

Shankland, David (ed.), Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia: The Life and Times of F. W. Hasluck [Hasluck, Frederick William] (1878–1920). Vol. III. (Papers, Second International Conference, University of Wales, Gregynog, 6th–9th May 2006). Istanbul: The Isis Press, 2013

Die Inschrift 'wider das Kuhopfer' des Manekji Limji Hataria am zarathustrischen Schrein von Bānū-Pārs von 1856

Johannes Zimmermann, Christoph Herzog, & Raoul Motika (eds.): Osmanische Welten: Quellen und Fallstudien. Festschrift für Michael Ursinus. (Bamberger Orientstudien, 8), 401--412, 2016

Therapeutisch-religiöse Ritualperformanzen im sufischen Kontext: Das Beispiel Oruç Güvenç

Gritt Klinkhammer, Eva Tolksdorf (ed.): Somatisierung des Religiösen: Empirische Studien zum rezenten religiösen Heilungs- und Therapiemarkt. (Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik, 7) Bremen: Universität Bremen, 219--236., 2015

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit Oruç Güvenç und seiner Gruppe tümata, mit der er in Westeuropa m... more Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit Oruç Güvenç und seiner Gruppe tümata, mit der er in Westeuropa mehrtägige „Wirbeltanznächte“ mit anschließenden Workshops veranstaltet. Anhand der vom Autor beobachteten Wirbeltanznächte und Workshops am Institut für medizinische Psychologie der Universität Heidelberg sowie anhand weiteren Feldmaterials von der Gruppe aus der Türkei wird analysiert, inwiefern diese Workshops als körper- und erfahrungsbezogenes sowie therapeutisches religiös-spirituelles Angebot begriffen werden können.

The Establishment of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate Press

Geoffrey Roper (ed.): Historical Aspects of Printing and Publishing in Languages of the Middle East (Islamic Manuscripts and Books, 4), 181–192, 2014

& Ahmet Taşğın

Christiane Brosius, Axel Michaels and Paula Schrode (eds.). Ritual und Ritualdynamik: Schlüsselbegriffe, Theorien, Diskussionen. (UTB, 3854), 188–196, 2013

& Jan A. M. Snoek

Ritualwissenschaft als Kulturtheorie? [Ritual Science as Culture Theory?]

Myrtenzweig und Zuckerhut: Ein Sāl-Ritual im Zarathustrierviertel von Yazd

Langer, R. (Mai 2012). "Myrtenzweig und Zuckerhut: Ein Sāl-Ritual im Zarathustrierviertel von Ya... more

Hacı Bektaş Velî’nin Almanya’ya Varışı: Göç ve Diaspora Çerçevesinde Yurtdışındaki Alevilikte Dinsel Ritüel Dönüşüm-Değişimler

Langer, R. (2010) “Hacı Bektaş Velî’nin Almanya’ya Varışı: Göç ve Diaspora Çerçevesinde Yurtdışın... more Langer, R. (2010) “Hacı Bektaş Velî’nin Almanya’ya Varışı: Göç ve Diaspora Çerçevesinde Yurtdışındaki Alevilikte Dinsel Ritüel Dönüşüm-Değişimler [The Arrival of Hacı Bektaş Velî in Germany: Transformations and Changes of Religious Ritual in Alevism Outside Turkey in Con-text of Migration and Diaspora]”. Doğumun 800. Yılında Hacı Bektaş Velî Sempozyumu (Nevşehir, 17-18 Ağustos 2009): Bildiriler. Ed.: Kılıç, Filiz. (AKDTYK Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayını, 399; Bilimsel Toplantılar Dizisi, 49) Ankara: T. C. Başbakanlık Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, 379–388.

'Marginalised Islam': The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational 'Communities of Practice'

Langer, Robert (2010) "‘Marginalised Islam’: The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Plurali... more Langer, Robert (2010) "‘Marginalised Islam’: The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational ‘Communities of Practice’." In Ritual Matters, ed: Christiane Brosius and Ute Hüsken, 88--123. London, New York, New Delhi: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Almanya’daki Alevi Ritüellerinde ve Kültürel-Dinsel Yaşamında Anadolu Kökenli Müziğin Önemi (= The Importance of Music with Anatolian Roots in the Cultural-Religious Life and Rituals of the Alevis in Germany)

Langer, Robert. "Almanya’daki Alevi Ritüellerinde ve Kültürel-Dinsel Yaşamında Anadolu Kökenli Mü... more Langer, Robert. "Almanya’daki Alevi Ritüellerinde ve Kültürel-Dinsel Yaşamında Anadolu Kökenli Müziğin Önemi (= the Importance of Music with Anatolian Roots in the Cultural-Religious Life and Rituals of the Alevis in Germany)." In Gap Bölgesinde Alevi Bektaşi Yerleşmeleri ve Şanlıurfa Kültür Mozayığında Kısas: Uluslararası Sempozyum (Sempozyum Bildirileri, 25-27 Mayıs 2007, Şanlıurfa). Birinci Baskı., edited by Doğan Bermek, Ali Yaman, Saadet Açıkelli and Bedirhan Toprak, 227–33. İstanbul: CEM Vakfı, 2007.

Alevitische Rituale

Langer, Robert. "Alevitische Rituale." In Aleviten in Deutschland: Identitätsprozesse Einer Relig... more

The Alevi Animal Sacriﬁce (Kurban) Between Professionalisation and Substitution: Recent Developments in the Context of Migration and Urbanization1

Langer, Robert (2008) "The Alevi Animal Sacrifice (Kurban) between Professionalisation and Substi... more Langer, Robert (2008) "The Alevi Animal Sacrifice (Kurban) between Professionalisation and Substitution: Recent Developments in the Context of Migration and Urbanization." In Transformations in Sacrificial Practices: From Antiquity to Modern Times: Proceedings of an International Colloquium, Heidelberg 12–14, July 2006. , ed: Claus Ambos, Axel Michaels and Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, 25 [mit 9 Abb.]. Berlin, Münster: LIT Verlag

Das Reframing alevitischer Gemeinderituale im Kontext von Ritualtransfer und Migration

Langer, R. (2006). Das Reframing alevitischer Gemeinderituale im Kontext von Ritualtransfer und M... more

Schreine und Wallfahrtsstätten der Zarathustrier: Zur 'sakralisierten Topographie' Irans [= Shrines and Pilgrimage Places of the Zoroastrians: The 'Sacralised Topography' of Iran]

Langer, Robert. "Schreine Und Wallfahrtsstätten Der Zarathustrier: Zur 'Sakralisierten Topographi... more Langer, Robert. "Schreine Und Wallfahrtsstätten Der Zarathustrier: Zur 'Sakralisierten Topographie' Irans [= Shrines and Pilgrimage Places of the Zoroastrians: The 'Sacralised Topography' of Iran]." In Heilige Orte in Asien: Räume Göttlicher Macht Und Menschlicher Verehrung. 1. Aufl., edited by Angelika C.; Messner and Konrad Hirschler, 219-56 (m. 30 Abb.). Hamburg, Schenefeld: EB-Verlag (ebv) Dr. Brandt, 2006.

'Ritual': A Survey of Related Emic Concepts : Arabic

Langer, R. (2006). Arabic ([in:] Part One, 4.: 'Ritual': A Survey of Related Emic Concepts'', ed.... more

Alevitische Kongregationsrituale: Transfer und Re-Invention im transnationalen Kontext

Motika, Raoul, and Robert Langer (2005) "Alevitische Kongregationsrituale: Transfer und Re-Invent... more Motika, Raoul, and Robert Langer (2005) "Alevitische Kongregationsrituale: Transfer und Re-Invention im Transnationalen Kontext [= Alevi Congregational Rituals: Transfer and Re-Invention in Transnational Context]." In Migration und Ritualtransfer: Religiöse Praxis der Aleviten, Jesiden und Nusairier zwischen Vorderem Orient und Westeuropa, ed: Robert Langer, Raoul Motika and Michael Ursinus, 73-107. Frankfurt am Main, [… u. a.]: Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften

2005 (Robert Langer, Dorothea Lüddeckens, Kerstin Radde, and Jan Snoek) Ritualtransfer [Transfer ... more 2005 (Robert Langer, Dorothea Lüddeckens, Kerstin Radde, and Jan Snoek) Ritualtransfer [Transfer of Ritual]. In: Langer, Robert; Motika, Raoul; Ursinus, Michael (eds.): Migration und Ritual-transfer: Religiöse Praxis der Aleviten, Jesiden und Nusairier zwischen Vorderem Orient und Westeuropa. (Heidelberger Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des modernen Vorderen Orients, 33) Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissen-schaften, 23-34.

From Private Shrine to Pilgrimage Centre: The Spectrum of Zoroastrian Shrines in Iran

Langer, R. (2004). "From Private Shrine to Pilgrimage Centre: The Spectrum of Zoroastrian Shrines... more Langer, R. (2004). "From Private Shrine to Pilgrimage Centre: The Spectrum of Zoroastrian Shrines in Iran." In Zoroastrian Rituals in Context (International Symposion, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg, April 10-13, 2002). M. Stausberg. Leiden, Boston, Brill: 563-592, Abb.XII/561-XVI/516.

Heidelberg'de Alevilik Araştırmaları / Forschung zum Alevitentum in Heidelberg

Alevilerin Sesi: Die Stimme der Aleviten in Deutschland, 186 (10), 24--25; 34--35., Oct 1, 2014

Aleviler ile yakm isbirli{i igerisinde yürütülen mükemmel arastrmalar Heidel berg'de Alevi I i k ... more Aleviler ile yakm isbirli{i igerisinde yürütülen mükemmel arastrmalar Heidel berg'de Alevi I i k Aragtr rmalan Heidelberg'deki aragtrmacrlarrn Alevililin tarihi, kültärä ve ritüelleri hakkrnda yaptrklarr galrgmalan ayncahkh krlan tam da bu. $imdi ise srada bu egsiz projenin uzun vadeli f,rnansmanr konusu var.

Das Alevitentum im deutschen akademischen Kontext: Bisheriger Stand und zukünftige Ziele

Alevilerin Sesi [= Die Stimme der Aleviten]

Langer, Robert (2012) "Alevitentum Im Deutschen Akademischen Kontext." In Alevilerin Sesi [= Die ... more

Erstes Internationales Sah Ibrahim Veli Symposium

Langer, Robert; Ögütçü, Hasan Gazi; Khan, Hasan Ali (2011) "Erstes Internationales Sah Ibrahim Ve... more

Unter dem Blauen Himmel der Steppe (Schamanismus: Wie aus Schamanen Derwische wurden)

Langer, R. (2000). "Unter dem Blauen Himmel der Steppe (Schamanismus: Wie aus Schamanen Derwische... more

Strandgut der Geschichte: Über das Verhältnis von Sammeln und Identität

Langer, Robert (1998). "Strandgut der Geschichte: Über das Verhältnis von Sammeln und Identität [... more

Werkzeug, Schmuck und Amulett [= Tool, Decoration, and Amulet]

Langer, R. (1989). "Werkzeug, Schmuck und Amulett [= Tool, Decoration, and Amulet]." Sammler Jour... more

[Review of] Kamel, Susan: Wege zur Vermittlung von Religionen in Berliner Museen. Black Kaaba Meets White Cube, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2004 (Berliner Schriften zur Museumskunde, Bd. 18). Br., 235 S., 17. Abb., ISBN 3-8100-4178-5, EUR 24,90.

Langer, Robert (2006) "[Rez. V.:] Kamel, Susan: Wege Zur Vermittlung Von Religionen in Berliner M... more

"Pir-e Herisht, one of the main desert-shrines in Iran", Fire-vase and incense sticks on the pillar (altar) inside a small shrine in Yazd", A field-shrine (The Shrine of the Forty Children) in Iran"

by Robert Langer and Michael Stausberg

Stausberg, M. i. (2008). Zarathustra und Zoroastrianism: A Short Introduction London, Oakville, C... more Stausberg, M. i. (2008). Zarathustra und Zoroastrianism: A Short Introduction London, Oakville, CT, Equinox Publishing.
Langer, Robert 3 Photos printed: "Pir-e Herisht, one of the main desert-shrines in Iran", Fire-vase and incense sticks on the pillar (altar) inside a small shrine in Yazd", A field-shrine (The Shrine of the Forty Children) in Iran"

Laienrituale am Feuerpfeiler in einem Schrein in Zeynabad (Yazd-Gebiet / Iran)

in Stausberg, M. (2005). Zarathustra und seine Religion. Mit 8 Abb. u. 2 Karten. Originalausg. Mü... more

Manuscript Scholar or Field Worker?: Ethno-Historical Research on the Alevi Tradition

by Janina Karolewski and Robert Langer

A Recent Revival of Shii Studies in Germany: Three Panels on the Field

by Christian Funke, Verena Klemm, and Robert Langer

Shii Studies Review, 2018

Religionen in Iran: Bericht zur Iran-Exkursion der Leibniz Universität Hannover und der Universität Bayreuth vom 25. Februar bis zum 9. März 2017

by Christian Funke and Robert Langer