Announcements
Video of Farid El-Ghawaby's presentation @ Juma Al Majid Center for Culture & Heritage (Dubai)
Mar 28, 2022
Special Lecture: "Decolonising Knowledge: Theory and Practice"
Join us for this special lecture with Singapore-based scholars Prof. Syed Farid Alatas and Dr. Leon Moosavi on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 2pm–4pm.
Feb 03, 2022
Online Panel "Global Displays of Islamic Art Today: Agency, Identity, and Politics"
Our doctoral fellow Philip Geisler will talk about "Configuring Multiculturalism: Heritage and Narrative at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum and Granada’s Museo de la Alhambra" as part of a virtual panel and discussion sponsored by the Islamic Art and Material Culture Collaborative (IAMCC), Toronto.
Jan 28, 2022
Philip Geisler becomes Max Planck Fellow
Our fellow Philip Geisler will become a doctoral 4A_Lab-Fellow of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (Max Planck Institute) in 2022. 4A Laboratory: Art Histories, Archaeologies, Anthropologies, Aesthetics is a research and fellowship program designed in cooperation with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (Institute for Art History in Florence) – Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Max Planck Society) and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), including their respective museums and research institutions. Further partners are the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Forum Transregionale Studien.
Jan 28, 2022
Nora Haakh receives the "Anerkennungspreis" of the Tiburtiuspreis
The prize is awarded by the Landeskonferenz der Rektoren und Präsidenten der Berliner Hochschulen (LKRP).
Dec 20, 2021
Hilde Domin Programme for students / doctoral candidates at risk
Doctoral Candidates at risk can apply for a nomination in the DAAD's hilde Domin Programme. Please see the link for all details.
Dec 06, 2021
New board members & new PIs
Prof. Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) and Prof. Claudia Liebelt (FU Berlin) have been elected as new board members. Prof. Elke Hartmann (FU Berlin) and Prof. Florian Zemmin have joined BGSMCS as PIs/supervisors.
Dec 06, 2021
Hanna Nieber receives the Steppat-Prize for her dissertation
The award is for her dissertation "Drinking the Written Qur’an: Healing with Kombe in Zanzibar Town"
Dec 06, 2021
Nora Haakh receives the special award in "Culture" from the city of Augusburg
The award is for her doctoral thesis on "Majnun und Layla in der Contact Zone: Übertragungen aus dem Arabischen ins Deutsche im zeitgenössischen Theater".
Dec 06, 2021
Hale Sasmaz Presents Her Paper at International Conference
Our doctoral fellow Hale Sasmaz is going to present her paper about Turkish journalist Sabiha Sertel's years in exile at an international conference titled "Narrating Exile in and between Europe and the Ottoman Empire/Modern Turkey". The conference is organized by the Turkey Studies Network (TSN) and will be held in Amsterdam on 11-12 November 2021.
Nov 08, 2021
Philip Geisler at MESA’s 2021 Annual Meeting
Our doctoral fellow Philip Geisler co-organizes the panel "Islamic Art and the Politics of Museum Display" at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). The panel explores the politics of curatorial practices, museum displays, and art discourses in public and private museums including the Malek National Museum (Tehran), the National Museum and the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (Istanbul), the Louvre Museum (Paris), the Alhambra Museum (Granada), and the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto from 2000 until today. Philip Geisler will contribute a paper titled "Islamic Art as a Multicultural Mythology in Spain and Canada.“ The panel is sponsored by the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA) and will take place online on November 30th, at 11:30 AM (EST).
Oct 25, 2021
Virtual Stories: Digital Artistic Agency of Middle Eastern Children and Youth
Call for art works of young Middle Eastern digital artists
Oct 12, 2021
"The Study of Islam & Muslim Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean in Transdisciplinary Perspective"
Registration for the online colloquium on October 20−21 is open now. Join us for one or all of the panels, the launch of Ken Chitwood's new book "The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean" and Aisha Khan's keynote.
Sep 28, 2021
Call for Applications for scholarships and places in our doctoral programme 2022
We are happy to announce a new call for applications for grants and places in our doctoral programme for the calendar year 2022/2023. Please note that the application deadline is November 1, 2021, 12 noon CET.
Sep 22, 2021
Besnik Sinani Wins DAVO Dissertation Award 2021
Congratulations to our alumnus Besnik Sinani for winning the DAVO Dissertation Award 2021! He was honoured by the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) for his dissertation "The Ba Alawi Sufi Order in Saudi-Arabia: State, Orthodoxy, and Deviance in Contemporary Islam". .
Sep 21, 2021
Jannis Grimm Receives the GPSA Dissertation Prize 2021
Jannis Grimm was awarded the 2021 dissertation prize of the German Political Science Association (GPSA) for his dissertation titled "Contesting Legitimacy: Protest and the Politics of Signification in Post-Revolutionary Egypt" which was submitted in 2020. We warmly congratulate!
Sep 06, 2021
Philip Geisler at Berlin’s International Literature Festival
Our doctoral fellow Philip Geisler will host various events at Berlin’s International Literature Festival. On September, 14, at 6 PM, he will host a discussion about "Decolonizing Worlds: Loot, Booty, Art“ with Götz Aly, Bénédicte Savoy, and Nana Oforiatta Ayim that addresses current debates about the political and institutional treatment of colonial looted art, restitution, as well as practices of exhibiting objects in new contexts.
Sep 03, 2021
Online World Café: "Path to the PhD. Which funding suits me?"
The WorldCafé on "Wege in die Promotion. Welche Stiftung passt zu mir?" is jointly organised by BGSMCS and Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien (FSGS) . The series aims at providing an overview on the scholarship opportunities of German research foundations, and to start a dialogue between foundations and students interested in doing a PhD. In the webinar meetings, you have the opportunity to ask your questions to officials of different foundations. The webinars will be in German. Participation is possible without registration. Please find further information here (in German).
May 12, 2021
