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 Place birth : Germany
Email : catanzaro@lmu.de More : She is honorary for special tasks (Persian)
Actual Position
Lecturer for Persian Language and Iranian History and Culture
since Nov. 1998 Institute for Middle Eastern Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
(Germany)
Research Interests
Iranian History of 19th and 20th century, especially Institutions of Learning and History of the
Press
Ottoman-Venetian Relations
Professional Experience
Nov. 1996 - Oct. 1998 Teaching Advanced Persian, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich.
Sept. 1996 - July 1998 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, Institute of Italian Philology, LudwigMaximilians-Universität, Munich.
Aug. 1994 - Oct. 1998 Studentische Hilfskraft, Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, LudwigMaximilians-Universität Munich.
Jan. 1993 - July 1994 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft
Nov. 1988 - Dec. 1992 Studentische Hilfskraft, Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, LudwigMaximilians-Universität, Munich
Aug. 1988 - Dec. 1993 Studentische Hilfskraft, Institute of Italian Philology, LudwigMaximilians-Universität, Munich.
Schooling
1995-1999 Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg,
Degree: Dr. phil., June 1999, mark: magna cum laude.
T itle of PhD thesis: Vom Statussymbol zum Allheilmittel für alle
sozialen Übel - zur Rolle der Universität Teheran beim Aufbau
der iranischen Nation
1994/95 Tehran University (Iran).
1990-94 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich,
Major: Middle Eastern Studies;
Minor: History of South-Eastern Europe and Italian Philology,
Degree: Magister Artium (M.A.) der Philosophie, July 1994; mark:
excellent.
Title of thesis: Die iranische Zeitung Rûh ul-Qods. Ihre Themen
und Haltungen
Aug.-Oct. 1990 Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples (Italy).
Oct. 1989 - July 90 Assistant Teacher for German at Secondary School Liceo Classico
in Taranto (Italy).
1985-1989 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich,
Major: Italian Philology;
Minor: Middle Eastern Studies and History of South-Eastern
Europe.
1976-1985 Secondary School: Gymnasium, Munich.
Fellowships and grants
1998 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), research grant in order
to work in libraries and archives inTehran.
1996 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), travel grant to attend symposium
"Querelles privées & Contestations publiques. Le rôle de la presse dans la formation de l'opinion
publique au Proche-Orient", Aix-en-Provence, July 2-4, 1996.
1995 Italian Ministry of Culture, research grant in order to work at Archivio di
Stato di Venezia.
1994/95 Cultural Department of the Iranian Embassy at Bonn, fellowship in order to
study in Iran.
1990 Cultural Department of the Italian Embassy at Bonn, fellowship in order to
study in Italy.
Languages
German (native), English (very good), French (good), Italian (excellent), Spanish (fair, reading
knowledge), Greek (fair, reading knowledge), Latin (good, reading knowledge only).
Persian (excellent), Turkish (good), Ottoman Turkish (very good, reading knowledge only).
Publications
1. "Inquisition Files as a Source for Ottoman History" (to be published in Archivum
Ottomanicum).
2. „Die deutsche Wissenschaftsemigration in den Iran“, in: Proceedings of the symposium
„Deutsche Exilwissenschaftler in der Türkei 1933-1945“. Beiruter Texte und Studien - Türkische
Welten, ed. by the Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Istanbul (in
print).
3. Anonymus (Anton Freiherr von Schönfeld), Des Schah von Persien Aufenthalt in Österreich
1873: mit einer Untersuchung von Christl Catanzaro und Eberhard Krüger, München 2003.
4. „Germany viii. German Cultural Influence in Persia“, in: Encyclopedia iranica, vol. X, fasc. 6
(2001), pp. 564-67 (also on http://www.iranica.com/articles/v10f5/v10f515g.html)
5. "Zwischen Statussymbol und Allheilmittel für alle sozialen Übel - zur Rolle der Universität
Teheran beim Aufbau der iranischen Nation" (Ph.D. thesis, Bamberg, 1999).
6. „Michael Klapps Reisetagebuch des Nasreddin-Schah - Plagiat oder Fiktion?“, in:
Annäherung an das Fremde. XXVI. Deutscher Orientalistentag vom 25. bis 29.9.1995 in Leipzig,
ed. by Holger Preissler and Heidi Stein, Stuttgart 1998, pp. 411-18.
7. "Diplomatische Untersuchungen", in: Javad Safi-Nezhad and Eberhard Krüger, Traditionelle
iranische Landwirtschaft in Dokumenten, München 1995, pp. 3-10; Persian edition: Kešâvarzî-ye
sonnatî-ye îrân bar asâs-e asnâd-e Êonûb-e tehrân, Teheran 1375 (1996/97), pp. V-XII.
8. "Leserbriefe in Sûr-e Esrâfîl und Rûh ul-Qods als Forum des Informationsaustausches für
die Intelligenzija der Mašrûtîyat-Zeit, in: Presse und Öffentlichkeit im Nahen Osten, ed. by
Christoph Herzog, Raoul Motika and Anja Pistor-Hatam, Heidelberg 1995, pp. 15-22.
Papers read and symposia organized
4e Conférence Européenne d’Études Iraniennes, Paris, September 6-10, 1999 (paper „German
Emigrants to Iran during the Third Reich“)
XXVII. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Bonn, September 28 - October 2, 1998 (paper „Ein
Allheilmittel für alle sozialen Übel? Zum Beitrag der Universität Teheran beim Aufbau der
iranischen Nation“)
Symposium of the Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft: „Deutsche
Exilwissenschaftler in der Türkei 1933-1945,“ Istanbul, December 5-7, 1997 (paper „Die
deutsche Wissenschaftsemigration in den Iran“, to be published, see above)
International Symposium on the Iconography of the Ottoman Sultans III: "Problems of the
Sultans' Iconography", Wien, April 6-13, 1997 (organization and administrative duties)
12th symposium of the Comité International d'Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes, Prag,
September 9-13, 1996 (paper "Inquisition Files as a Source for Ottoman History", to be
published, see above)
3e Rencontre franco-allemande sur la presse au Proche et Moyen-Orient: "Querelles privées &
Contestations publiques. Le rôle de la presse dans la formation de l'opinion publique au ProcheOrient", Aix-en-Provence, July 2-4, 1996 (paper "The Public Debate on the Future Form of
Government During the Iranian Revolution 1979/80")
XXVI. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Leipzig, September 25-29, 1995 (paper published, see above)
VII. International Congress on the Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire (1300-
1920), Heidelberg, July 25-29, 1995 (administrative duties and a short paper introducing
Turcology as a field to beginning students)
International Symposium on the Iconography of the Ottoman Sultans II: "Individual Sultans",
Oxford, March 27-29, 1995 (organization and administrative duties)
Colloquium "Letters to the Editor: Newspapers and Public Opinion in the Islamic World",
Heidelberg, July 8-9, 1994 (paper published, see above)
International Symposium on the Iconography of the Ottoman Sultans I: "The Portrait Series",
Venezia, January 29-30, 1994 (organization and administrative duties)
Workshop "Newspapers of the Middle East: Methods of their Interpretation", Heidelberg, June
10, 1993
Other
Member of “LMU-Rabauken e.V.”, the first parents’ initiative workplace creche at LudwigMaximilians-Universität, Munich
Preparation and organization of one privat and three student excursions to Iran, between April,
1997, and Oct., 2001
Preparation and organization of a student excursion to Venice, June, 1996
General secretary of the Bayerisch-Iranische Gesellschaft i.Gr., Dez., 1996 - July, 1999
Founding member and member of the steering committee, Persische Bibliothek München e.V.
1995-98
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