Maayan Karen Raveh Humboldt Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt Resident at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: October 2025 Research topic at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »The Language of Trilateral Dialogue: Analyzing the Intersection of Religious Discourse, Power Dynamics, and Global Narratives in Muslim-Jewish-Christian Dialogue in the Middle East« Project outline: This research examines linguistic and discursive strategies in Muslim-Jewish-Christian dialogue initiatives in the Middle East. It explores how power dynamics and global discourses influence these strategies and their impact on fostering mutual understanding and cooperation. The study addresses challenges in translating religious concepts across linguistic, religious, and political divides, considering debates on critical realist approaches to religion. It investigates key terms and narratives in dialogue initiatives, their translation across boundaries, the influence of historical legacies and geopolitical events on discourse, asymmetries affecting participation, and the interaction of global discourses with local perspectives. By illuminating the role of language and discourse in interreligious dialogue, this research aims to contribute to more effective and inclusive dialogue models that consider complex power and discourse realities in the Middle East. (Maayan Karen Raveh) Research partner: Maayan Raveh is a fellow at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften at the invitation of Professor Chrisitian Wiese, Martin Buber Professor for Jewish religious philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her stay is funded by the Frankfurt research focus »Dynamics of Religion«. Scholarly profile of Maayan Karen RavehMaayan Karen Raveh is a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Frankfurt and the Academic Director of the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University, where her dissertation examined Christian theological approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She received the Polonsky Prize, a President’s Scholarship at the Mandel School for Advanced Studies, and a Truman Research Fellowship for the Advancement of Peace. Her current research focuses on religious leadership, interreligious dialogue, and political theology in conflict zones, with particular attention to Israel and Palestine.Website: Selected publications:
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