Dr. Helena Rust

Scientific assistant

Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (SACS)

Since 2025 Scientific assistant, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (Middle East and Muslim Societies)

Since 2024 Academic associate, Gender Studies, University of Zurich

2022–2024 Coordinator of the Swiss Association for Gender Studies, University of Neuchâtel

2022–2023 Research assistant, Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies

2016–2022 Research assistant, Chair of Gender Studies and Islamic Studies, University of Zurich

Anthropology and Aesthetics in Arabic Sexual Science, 1900–1940

Gender and sexuality in Islamicate societies

Reception of Darwinism in the Arab region

Arabic debates on modernity and civilization

Provenance research and restitution