Announcements

Prof. Beatrice Gründler Awarded with Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University

We warmly congratulate our PI Beatrice Gründler to receiving an honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Nov 08, 2022

Call for Applications: SCRIPTS Digital Autumn School "How to apply to Grad School in Social Sciences"

Extended Deadline: 02 Nov 2022, 2 pm CET

Oct 27, 2022

Postdoc Position at the BGSMCS

Apply as a Research Assistant at the BGSMCS until November 21, 2022

Oct 11, 2022

Book presentation "Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism" by Nora Derbal

On October 11, 2022, 5 pm, our alumna Nora Derbal will discuss her new monography with Elad Giladi and Inken Wiese at ZMO. Moderated by Ulrike Freitag. You are cordially invited to join us for the book presentation!

Sep 26, 2022

Panel discussion with Gudrun Krämer: "Between Islamism and Western modernity"

Panel discussion of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)", September 12, 2022.

Sep 09, 2022

Public lecture by Lewis R. Gordon (8 July) and workshop "What is it to be human?" (7-8 July)

You are cordially invited to attend the public lecture by Prof. Dr. Lewis R. Gordon entitled “The Human Question”. The lecture will be held in person and NO registration is required . Time & location of the public lecture : Friday, 08 July 2022, 6.00 pm, Freie Universität Berlin Auditorium, Hörsaal 1b, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin. Find more details about the public lecture and the speaker here . This lecture is organized in the framework of the Replito international workshop on “ What is it to be human? Engaging the possibilities of living together ” . Find the detailed program here . The workshop will be held in person atBerlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Address: Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin . To register for the workshop, please contact: ( m.alzayed@fu-berlin.de ) For more information about these and other Replito events/activities, please click here .

Jul 05, 2022

Jannis Grimm Receives APSA MENA Dissertation Award 2022

Congratulations to our alumnus Jannis J. Grimm for winning the APSA MENA Dissertation Award 2022! He was honoured by the MENA section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his dissertation "Contested Legitimacies. Repression and Revolt in Post-Revolutionary Egypt".

Jun 21, 2022

Lecture Series: Researching Asia - Digital Research Methods in (Post-)Pandemic Times

Your are cordially invited to a lecture series coordinated by the Working Group "Researching Asia in Times of a Pandemic" by Andrea Fleschenberg (HU), Sarah Holz (HU) and Salman Khan (King's College).

Jun 07, 2022

Hansjörg Dilger: Book Launch "Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania"

May 19, 2022

Video of Farid El-Ghawaby's presentation @ Juma Al Majid Center for Culture & Heritage (Dubai)

Mar 28, 2022

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.

Mar 25, 2022

Ken Chitwood presents his research at BGSMCS with a lecture entitled 'Towards a "Bahamas-to-Bengal" Complex?'

Mar 02, 2022

Constanze Fertig presents her research at the 19th Annual Duke-UNC Middle East and Islamic Studies Graduate Student Conference

Mar 02, 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.