Viola Thimm

Viola Thimm , PhD, is an Associate Professor of Anthropology ( Privatdozentin ) at the University of Heidelberg. Her research interests include cultural practices of mobility (especially those of transnational migration, pilgrimage and tourism); gender relationships and intersectionality; kinship and family networks; Islam and its sociocultural entanglements; and local economies. Her most recent publications include "(Re-)Claiming Bodies: Gendered Configurations in Islam" (2021) and "Muslim...See more

Viola Thimm , PhD, is an Associate Professor of Anthropology ( Privatdozentin ) at the University of Heidelberg. Her research interests include cultural practices of mobility (especially those of transnational migration, pilgrimage and tourism); gender relationships and intersectionality; kinship and family networks; Islam and its sociocultural entanglements; and local economies. Her most recent publications include "(Re-)Claiming Bodies: Gendered Configurations in Islam" (2021) and "Muslim Women's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility" (2021), co-edited with Marjo Buitelaar and Manja Stephan-Emmrich. See less