Publications

Political homophobia: The rise of anti-queer rhetoric in Indonesia and Turkey. Journal of Language and Politics, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22050.sch

Jan Busse, Morten Valbjørn, Asel Doolotkeldieva, Stefanie Ortmann, Karen Smith, Seteney Shami, Sérgio Costa, Irene Weipert-Fenner, Jonas Wolff, Saskia Schäfer, Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann, Contextualizing the Contextualizers: How the Area Studies Controversy is Different in Different Places, International Studies Review, Volume 26, Issue 1, March 2024, viad056. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viad056

Who belongs where? Geographies of (inter)religion and urban segregation in Surabaya, Indonesia. Cities,
Volume 141, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104476

Islam Nusantara: The Conceptual Vocabulary of Indonesian Diversity. ISLAM NUSANTARA:Journal for the Study of Islamic History and Culture2(2), 1 – 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.47776/islamnusantara.v3i1.163

“Contrasted Revolutions.” Review of Republicanism, Communism, Islam, by John Sidel. New Left Review, vol. 129, May/June 2021, pp. 125-134. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii129/articles/saskia-schafer-contrasted-revolutions

Breeding Roses and Chasing Unicorns: Reflections from Europe on the Changing Field of Southeast Asian Area Studies. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, Volume 51, Issue 3-4 (2020). https://crossasia-journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/iqas/article/view/13613

Democratic Decline in Indonesia: The Role of Religious Authorities. Pacific Affairs, Volume 92, Issue 2, 235-255 (2019). https://doi.org/10.5509/2019922235

Ahmadis or Indonesians? The polarization of post-reform public debates on Islam and orthodoxy. Critical Asian Studies, Volume 50, Issue 1 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2017.1404925

Islam in the Echo Chamber: Homogenisation and Polarisation in Indonesia and Malaysia. Asiascape: Digital Asia, Volume 5, Issue 1-2, 124 – 158 (2018).

Results of the BUA-funded project “Democracy and Interfaith Initiatives: Civic Education, Democracy, and Religion” (2020-2021).