July 2024 – June 2025: Post-doc at the Arab and Islamic Studies Research Network (ICSRU), Department of the Study of Religion, School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, Denmark;
January 2024 – June 2024: Guest researcher at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
July 2023 – December 2023: Fellowship at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Free University, Berlin, Germany;
July 2022 – June 2023: Post-doc at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, The Arab and Islamic Studies Research Network (ICSRU), Department of the Study of Religion, School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, Denmark;
2016: Associate Professor Certificate;
2006 – 2022: Head of the History of Oriental Philosophy Research Sector, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2003 – 2006: Academic Secretary, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
2002: PhD Diploma, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2001 – 2003: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
1996-2000: PhD candidate, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
1993: Specialist (MA) Diploma, Faculty of History, Odesa State University.
I am a Ukrainian academic with a background in Intellectual History and Philosophy. My initial interests lay in Comparative Mysticism and the Philosophy of Religion. Since the mid-2000s, my research has shifted to the study of Sufism in the West and Muslim minorities in Ukraine and Central-Eastern Europe. Over the past ten years, it has also incorporated ethnographic methods. I have examined Sufi communities in Germany and Sweden, focusing on conversions, the development of charismatic authority, and spiritual practices. I have also researched Muslim networks in Ukraine, analyzing their activities, discourses, and social strategies. My empirical and theoretical findings have been widely published in academic journals and edited volumes. Academic mobility broadened my research perspective. I hold visiting fellowships in the UK, USA, Sweden, and Poland, followed by a two-year post-doc position at Aarhus University in Denmark. I maintain collaborative networks as an associate scholar at Sussex Asia Centre and member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism, and the European Academy of Religion.
Yarosh O. “Negotiating Wasatiyyah: Soft Securitization and Civic Activism in Ukraine”. Religions 2025, 16 (1), p. 1-13.
Yarosh O. “The Vision of Spiritual Perfection in Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri and Post-Tariqa Sufism in Western Europe”. Journal of Muslims in Europe, 13 (3), 2024, Ñ€p. 379-394.
Yarosh O. “Muslim organizations in Ukraine and the challenges of wartime: moderation, mobilization, and resilience”. Minorities at War Cultural Identity and Resilience in Ukraine, edited by Elmira Muratova, Nadia Zasanska, Routledge, pp.135-153.
Yarosh, O. “Reflexive Spirituality in late-modern society: the case of Western Sufism.” Max Weber: Modernity, Religion, Disenchantment, edited by M. Warchala, NOMOS, 2020, pp. 195–213.
Yarosh, O. “Globalization of redemptive sociality: al-Ahbash and Haqqaniyya transnational Sufi networks in West Asia and Central-Eastern Europe.” Journal of Eurasian Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 2019, pp. 22–35.
Yarosh, O. “Universal Sufism and the cultic milieu in Russia at the turn of the XX century.” Mondi, vol. 2, 2019, pp. 101–120.
Yarosh, O. “Religious authority and conversions in Berlin’s Sufi communities.” Moving in and out of Islam, edited by K. van Nieuwkerk, UT Press, 2018, pp. 179–203.
July 2024 – June 2025: Post-doc at the Arab and Islamic Studies Research Network (ICSRU), Department of the Study of Religion, School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, Denmark;
January 2024 – June 2024: Guest researcher at the Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany;
July 2023 – December 2023: Fellowship at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Free University, Berlin, Germany;
July 2022 – June 2023: Post-doc at Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, The Arab and Islamic Studies Research Network (ICSRU), Department of the Study of Religion, School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University, Denmark;
2016: Associate Professor Certificate;
2006 – 2022: Head of the History of Oriental Philosophy Research Sector, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2003 – 2006: Academic Secretary, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
2002: PhD Diploma, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2001 – 2003: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
1996-2000: PhD candidate, Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
1993: Specialist (MA) Diploma, Faculty of History, Odesa State University.
I am a Ukrainian academic with a background in Intellectual History and Philosophy. My initial interests lay in Comparative Mysticism and the Philosophy of Religion. Since the mid-2000s, my research has shifted to the study of Sufism in the West and Muslim minorities in Ukraine and Central-Eastern Europe. Over the past ten years, it has also incorporated ethnographic methods. I have examined Sufi communities in Germany and Sweden, focusing on conversions, the development of charismatic authority, and spiritual practices. I have also researched Muslim networks in Ukraine, analyzing their activities, discourses, and social strategies. My empirical and theoretical findings have been widely published in academic journals and edited volumes. Academic mobility broadened my research perspective. I hold visiting fellowships in the UK, USA, Sweden, and Poland, followed by a two-year post-doc position at Aarhus University in Denmark. I maintain collaborative networks as an associate scholar at Sussex Asia Centre and member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society, the European Network for the Study of Islam and Esotericism, and the European Academy of Religion.
Yarosh O. “Negotiating Wasatiyyah: Soft Securitization and Civic Activism in Ukraine”. Religions 2025, 16 (1), p. 1-13.
Yarosh O. “The Vision of Spiritual Perfection in Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri and Post-Tariqa Sufism in Western Europe”. Journal of Muslims in Europe, 13 (3), 2024, Ñ€p. 379-394.
Yarosh O. “Muslim organizations in Ukraine and the challenges of wartime: moderation, mobilization, and resilience”. Minorities at War Cultural Identity and Resilience in Ukraine, edited by Elmira Muratova, Nadia Zasanska, Routledge, pp.135-153.
Yarosh, O. “Reflexive Spirituality in late-modern society: the case of Western Sufism.” Max Weber: Modernity, Religion, Disenchantment, edited by M. Warchala, NOMOS, 2020, pp. 195–213.
Yarosh, O. “Globalization of redemptive sociality: al-Ahbash and Haqqaniyya transnational Sufi networks in West Asia and Central-Eastern Europe.” Journal of Eurasian Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 2019, pp. 22–35.
Yarosh, O. “Universal Sufism and the cultic milieu in Russia at the turn of the XX century.” Mondi, vol. 2, 2019, pp. 101–120.
Yarosh, O. “Religious authority and conversions in Berlin’s Sufi communities.” Moving in and out of Islam, edited by K. van Nieuwkerk, UT Press, 2018, pp. 179–203.
