Announcements
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
Philip Geisler's Lecture "Display and Performativity: Theorizing the Agency of Islamic Art in the Museum" at the Louvre
On June 15, 2021, our doctoral fellow Philip Geisler will give a talk titled "Display and Performativity: Theorizing the Agency of Islamic Art in the Museum" at the conference "Le musée en scène : regards critiques sur la muséographie 1969-2019." The two-day conference is organized by the Musée du Louvre and the École du Louvre in Paris.
May 12, 2021
Book Talk: Ulrike Freitag, "A History of Jeddah"
Apr 13, 2021
New BGSMCS Directors in April
Prof. Isabel Toral and Prof. Ulrike Freitag will take over the office of directors at the Graduate School in April 2021. A big thank you to Prof. Konrad Hirschler for serving as director in the past three years.
Mar 10, 2021
6 short-term postdoc scholarships
Up to 6 short-term postdoc scholarships are available in the research group " Authoritarianism and Global Capitalism: Emancipatory Counter-Strategies in and from the Middle East", funded and organised by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. Successful applicants will be affiliated with BGSMCS, EUME or the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Politics at Freie Universität Berlin. Deadline is on 1 March, 2021. Read the call here: https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/43721 .
Jan 29, 2021
2nd Southern Theory Lecture with Prathama Banerjee
December 10, 2020, at 5 pm CET Please see the link below for information about how to join the event.
Nov 16, 2020
Updated Corona Measures
Oct 22, 2020
Web Q&A for applicants
We will have a short introduction and Web Q&A on October 7 and 9.
Sep 22, 2020
Applications will open on September 30, 2020
We will publish a new call for applications on 30 September. The application deadline is on November 11, 2020.
Sep 02, 2020
Ken Chitwood joins the BGSMCS
Dr. Ken Chitwood has joined the BGSMCS as our new Fritz Thyssen Foundation Post-doctoral Research Fellow.
May 28, 2020