Marcel Maussen

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Marcel Maussen (1972) obtained his Master's degree in political science (with honour) and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam in 1996. In 1997 he obtained a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and studied the discourses of the extreme right and anti-racist movements in France. He recently published Ruimte voor de islam? Stedelijk beleid, voorzieningen, organisaties (Space for Islam? Urban policy, facilities and Muslim organisations) (2006) and The Governance of Islam in Western Europe: A State of the Art (2007). 

Since December 1st 2008 Marcel Maussen has been appointed as Assistant Professor at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) and the Department of Political Science.

PhD Defense

On February 12 2009 Marcel Maussen succesfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Constructing Mosques. The governance of Islam in France and the Netherlands.

Promotores: Prof. dr. Maarten Hajer and Prof. dr Meindert Fennema

Members of the committee: Prof. dr. John Bowen, prof. dr. Veit Bader; prof. dr. Jos de Beus, prof. dr. Frances Gouda and prof. dr. Jan Rath

Text back cover: The integration of Muslim immigrants is frequently seen as a direct consequence of a country’s political tradition. These traditions themselves are often portrayed in clichéd terms. The patterns of incorporation that emerge following the entry of newcomers depend, on closer inspection, on the interplay among a complex set of factors that varies across time periods. This comparative study of policies adopted by the state to accommodate the religious practices of Muslims traces developments in France and the Netherlands in a historical perspective, beginning with the period of French and Dutch colonial rule and ending with the most recent bouts of controversy. The analysis examines discussions about mosque building in Marseilles and Rotterdam , tracing how Islam was represented in colonial exhibitions and in debates at the millennium over what constitutes “appropriate” mosque architecture. The author concludes that colonial governing approaches have shaped post-war policies of accommodation of Islam to a far stronger degree in France than in the Netherlands .

Cover: Constructing Mosques. The governance of Islam in France and the Netherlands

English Summary

Nederlandse Samenvatting

Read Chapter 1 The governance of Islam and the construction of mosques in Western Europe

Research and Teaching Interests

Research interests include the accommodation of religious diversity and in particular of Islam in Western Europe and practices of tolerance in Europe. He currently works as a teacher at the Department of Political Science.  

Maussen teaches a variety of courses at the Department of Political Science and at the International School of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISHSS). In the year 2009-2010 he teacheson SocialInequality, the Governance of Religion in aEuropean Perspective and on the regulation of Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Netherlands.

Course on Regulating Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Netherlands

Course on Social Inequality

Course on The Governance of Religion in a European Perspective

Selected Academic Publications

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Last update: May, 29th, 2005