Hacer Z. Gonul

Hacer Z. Gonul is a postdoctoral researcher in the Remote Ethnography project (REMOTE XUAR) at Palacký University Olomouc and an associate member of the Research Center for East Asian Studies (EASt). With over a decade of fieldwork experience in China, she focuses on the securitisation of Muslim minorities under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the regulation of religious practices.

• Current Role: Postdoctoral Researcher at Palacký University Olomouc
• Affiliation: Associate Member, Research Center for East Asian Studies (EASt)
• Education: PhD from Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Her research critically examines how the CCP’s policies frame Muslim minorities like the Hui and Uyghurs as threats while enforcing a narrow definition of 'legitimate religious practice.' She co-edited the book Hui Muslims in China (Leuven University Press, 2016).

Scientific Awards & Scholarships

• FRESH (F.R.S-FNRS) PhD Scholarship
• Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge