Mag. Dr. Gisela Kitzler, BA
Gisela Kitzler
T: +43-1-4277-43421
Kitzler, G. (2021). “Anyone who loves our Lord, put your hands up!”: Religious motifs in popular urban Egyptian music: the case of mahraganāt lyrics. In F. Sagir (Ed.), Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities (pp. 65-82). Waxmann Verlag. Freiburger Studien zur Kulturanthropologie Vol. 4

Kitzler, G. (2021). Conceptualizing mahraganāt – a Popular Egyptian Music Genre. In P. Konerding (Ed.), Approaches to Arabic Popular Culture (pp. 97-134). University of Bamberg Press. Bamberger Orientstudien Vol. 14

Kitzler, G. (Accepted/In press). LINGUISTIC MISPLACEMENT AS A MEANS OF CREATING HUMOR: THE CASE OF THE POPULAR EGYPTIAN MOVIE “AL-LIMBI FI ZAMAN IG-GĀHILIYYA”. In G. Chikovani, & Z. Tskhvediani (Eds.), Studies in Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics: Proceedings of the 13th AIDA International Conference (pp. 389 - 399).


Kitzler, G., Krasa, D., & Alden, M. (2019). Kalāmunā A2: Der Arabischkurs. (1 ed.) Hueber.



Kitzler, G. (Interviewee). (2017). “Spielräume Nachtausgabe: Gib mir die Flöte und sing!“. Radio show, Österreichische Rundfunk (Ö1).

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Gisela Kitzler

Lecturer

  • Department of Near Eastern Studies
Postal address:
Austria

Senior Lecturer für Arabisch

Research Interests

Arabische Dialektologie (primär Ägyptisch-Arabisch)

Arabische Populärkultur, insbes. Populärmusik

Language attitudes und arabische Soziolinguistik

Arabisch als Fremdsprache (methodische und didaktische Ansätze)

Publications

“Anyone who loves our Lord, put your hands up!”: Religious motifs in popular urban Egyptian music: the case of mahraganāt lyrics

Kitzler, G., 2021, Rocking Islam: Music and the Making of New Muslim Identities . Sagir, F. (ed.). Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 65-82 (Freiburger Studien zur Kulturanthropologie, Vol. 4).

Conceptualizing mahraganāt – a Popular Egyptian Music Genre

Kitzler, G., 2021, Approaches to Arabic Popular Culture. Konerding, P. (ed.). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, p. 97-134 (Bamberger Orientstudien, Vol. 14).

LINGUISTIC MISPLACEMENT AS A MEANS OF CREATING HUMOR: THE CASE OF THE POPULAR EGYPTIAN MOVIE “AL-LIMBI FI ZAMAN IG-GĀHILIYYA”.

Kitzler, G., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Studies in Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics: Proceedings of the 13th AIDA International Conference. Chikovani, G. & Tskhvediani, Z. (eds.). Kutaisi, Georgien, p. 389 - 399

Abu-Chacra, F.: Arabische Grammatik mit Übungen.

Kitzler, G., 2019, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 109, p. 371-373.

Kalāmunā A2: Der Arabischkurs

Kitzler, G., Krasa, D. & Alden, M., 2019, 1 ed. Hueber.

Ramsay, G.: Blogs & Literature & Activism. Popular Egyptian blogs and literature in touch.

Kitzler, G., 2019, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 109, p. 394-395.

Soliman, I.A.; Al-Wakeel, S.: Mastering Arabic through Literature. The Short Story al-Rubaa.

Kitzler, G., 2019, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 109, p. 397-399.

“Spielräume Nachtausgabe: Gib mir die Flöte und sing!“

Kitzler, G., 18 Mar 2017

Akademischer Werdegang

2016 - 2021 Doktoratsstudium der Arabistik, Universität Wien
2006 - 2012 Diplomstudium Arabistik und Germanistik, Universität Wien

Auslandsaufenthalte

2012 - 2015 Lektorin für Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Kairo, Ägypten
2009 - 2010 Erasmus-Aufenthalt an der Universidad de Cádiz, Spanien

Weitere Aktivitäten

2019 bis dato: 2. Vorsitzende des "Fachverbands für Arabisch als Fremdsprache"
seit 2021: 2. Vizepräsidentin "Orientalische Gesellschaft" Wien

Linguistic misplacement as a means of creating humor: the case of the popular Egyptian movie “Al-Limbi fi zaman ig-gāhiliyya.”(2014).

Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)

12 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Musik in der arabischen Welt

Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)

5 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Groove am Nil: Kairos pulsierende Musikszene abseits von glitzernden TV-Shows

Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)

27 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Religious motifs in popular urban Egyptian music: the case of mahraganāt-lyrics.

Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)

28 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Egyptian Subculture-Pop: šaʕbi and mahraganāt

Gisela Kitzler (Speaker)

6 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Near Eastern Studies

Ersthelferin

Spitalgasse 2
1090 Wien
Room: 2D-O1-28

T: +43-1-4277-43421

gisela.kitzler@univie.ac.at