Professor

M.A.   History, Southeast Missouri State University, 2004.
Ph.D.  History, University of Leeds, 2008. 

Bio

Susanne Kranz is a Historian with a special interest in left-oriented activism, women’s studies, South Asia and East Germany. She joined the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University in January 2010 as an Assistant Professor. Susanne completed her M.A. in History in the U.S. where her research focused on autonomous and governmental women’s movements in communist East Germany. Her research for her Ph.D. at the University of Leeds in the U.K continued from this general interest in leftist women’s activism investigating left-oriented, party-affiliated women’s organizations in contemporary India.

Office: Dubai Academic City, (Wing C, R-L1-007)
Phone: +9714 402 1570
Email: susanne.kranz@zu.ac.ae

Teaching Areas

World History
Global Awareness
Women, Society and Politics
South Asian History and Politics
Gender, German Women’s History
Research Methods 

Research and Professional Activities

Left-oriented autonomous and party-affiliated women’s organizations in India, specifically in Tamil Nadu (1980s-early 2000s); Women’s movements in a global perspective; Independent and governmental women’s groups/activism in East Germany (1970s to early 1990s).