Đermana Kurić

Đermana Kurić - RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Biography

Đermana Kurić is a Research Associate in the BILQIS project at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway.

 Previously, she served as an Adviser on Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination at the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw, Poland (2016-2021) with her work specifically focusing on policies countering intolerance and discrimination against Muslims across 57 OSCE participating States. As a policy adviser and a researcher she worked with state and non-state actors, national and international bodies, academic institutions, civil society organisations and groups, and religious communities, across Europe. Some of those included the OSCE, CLAIM, ENAR, Ecumenical Women’s Initiative, Center for Education and Research Nahla, Institution of the Islamic Community of BiH, Center for Advanced Studies, etc.  

 She received her BA degree in English Language and Literature, University of Sarajevo (2004), MA degree in Religious Studies from the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, University of Sarajevo (2009) (in cooperation with Arizona State University, University of Oslo and the University of Copenhagen) and is currently a PhD candidate in Sociology of Religion with her thesis focusing on Bosnian Muslim Women in Socialist and Post-Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the Faculty of Political Studies, University of Sarajevo.

 Her research interests include human rights, religion and secularism; Islam and Muslims in Europe; anti-Muslim racism; and Muslim women’s identity, agency and religion.

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