Dates
Book launch
"ARAB BERLIN" (Dr. Nahed Samour) Dynamics of Transformation Berlin is increasingly emerging as a hub of Arab intellectual life in Europe. In this first study of Arab culture to zoom in on the thriving metropolis, the contributors shed light on the dynamics of transformation with Arabs as agents, subjects, and objects of change in the spheres of politics, society and history, gender, demographics and migration, media and culture, and education and research. The kaleidoscopic character of the collection, embracing academic articles, essays, interviews and photos, reflects critical encounters in Berlin. It brings together authors from inter- and multidisciplinary fields and backgrounds and invites the readers into a much-needed conversation on contemporary transformations. Time & Location Jul 01, 2025 | 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hörsaal 010/011 Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin Further Information Prof. Dr. Schirin Amir-Moazami schirin.amir-moazami@fu-berlin.de
Pre-archive Workshop
Dr. Görkem Akgöz Introduction on 16 April 2025, 14-15h, online.
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Book launch
Contemporary Islamic Political Thought in Egypt by Ebtisam Aly Hussein Moderation: Cilja Harders ******************* About this book: Ebtisam Aly Hussein takes a hermeneutic approach toward reading the writings of Islamic intellectuals Jamal al-Banna and Tariq al-Bishri across several decades in order to explore contemporary Islamic political thought under authoritarianism. How is authority over the public sphere in religious and political terms established? How do al-Banna and al-Bishri discuss the state in Islam, Shari'a application, political violence, and identity politics? And how did their writings interact with autocratic practices under Nasir, Sadat and Mubarak? Ebtisam Hussein is an European Neighborhood Council (ENC) academic council member and Associate Professor of Political Science at Cairo University (on leave). She served as Associate Professor of Middle Eastern studies (Feb 2019-Jan 2022) at Sun Yat-sen University (China) and earned her PhD in 2014 from the Free University of Berlin at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies. Organised by Cilja Harders at OSI/ FU Berlin, in cooperation with Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies. Please register with polvoro@zedat.fu-berlin.de in order to receive the link to the event.
Location: online
Talk
On Tue sday, 27 May, 2-4pm , we shall have Prof. Issa Ziddy (Religious Studies, State University of Zanzibar, SUZA) as a visiting speaker at BGSMCS grad school, presenting a talk on his research on 'Transmission of Islamic learning in Zanzibar, 19th-20th century' . The talk will take place in the seminar room in Hittorfstrasse 18. All are welcome, and please forward to any further interested parties! Prof. Ziddy is visiting FU-Berlin through the ErasmusPlus university exchange program. He will be available for a meet and greet event the day after, on Wed. 28 May at BGSMCS (library) , with possibilities to arrange individual consultations during the period of his stay (till 6 June) for any interested MA and PhD students as well as postdocs. And he will give a talk at ZMO (on his research on local regional biographies of sheikhs) on Thursday, 5 June, 1pm. He has worked and published on Islam in East Africa, particularly Tanzania and Zanzibar; on human rights, gender roles, and Muslim women, also and particularly from a legal perspective.
Book launch
THE JOURNAL MAWĀQIF: AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF POST-1967 BEIRUT (IN THREE ACTS) by Yvonne Albers Moderation: Vivienne Schommer ******************* About this book: This book is a story of a generation of Arab intellectuals in the late 20th century told through the biography of the famous Beiruti journal Mawāqif (1968–1994), which was founded and edited by the Syrian poet Adunis, and co-edited by a changing group of acclaimed Arab writers, thinkers and artists, including Khalida Said, Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, Elias Khoury, and Edward Said, to name but a few. At the heart of its narrative is the city of Beirut, a trans-Arab intelligentsia hotspot during the Long 1960s, then a war-torn capital in the late 1970s and 1980s, and ultimately a distant home imagined by the exiled Arab community in the early 1990s. Mawāqif ’s biography mirrors that of a post-1967 Arab intellectual generation and its once-revolutionary project, and shows the deep interconnectedness of the modern intellectual (al-muthaqqaf) as social figure and of journal-making as this figure’s constitutive practice. Yvonne Albers ‘ current research focuses on time and temporality in/of the modern Arab periodical, and on global circulations of theory since the early 20th century. Her recent book Beirut und die Zeitschrift Mawāqif has been published last year (Brill 2023). Together with Anne-Marie McManus and Barbara Winckler she is co-editing a volume on The Journal as Form: An Introduction to Arab Periodical Studies (De Gruyter 2025).
Location: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Coffee & Croissants 2
Semester kick-off - informal get-together in the Grad School Come along - bring a little something for the small buffet! *** for all member of the BGSMCS
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Lecture: Israel and Palestine: Positions and Perspectives
by Muriel Asseburg / Peter Lintl (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) Moderation: Florian Zemmin for all cohorts
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Workshop: Design and Experiences of Outdoor Architecture and Realms
organised by Professor Birgit Krawietz
Location: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195, Berlin
Pre-field Workshop
PD Dr. Samuli Schielke / Nayera Abdel Rahman Soliman
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin # Library
Pre-field Workshop
PD Dr. Samuli Schielke / Nayera Abdel Rahman Soliman
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Pre-field Workshop
PD Dr. Samuli Schielke / Nayera Abdel Rahman Soliman
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Methods and Theories Seminar
Dr. Amaan Merali
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin # Bibliothek
Booklaunch
Booklaunch Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo by Yoram Meital Moderation: Florian Zemmin for all cohorts
Location: Islamic Studies Institute Holzlaube, Fabeckstr. 23, 14195 Berlin # 2.2059
Seminar "Post-Archival/-Field"
Professor Elke S. Hartmann Professor Kai Kresse for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Lecture
Yassin al-Haj Salih Syrian Revolution, the Syrian Cause, the Syrian Question: In Search of a Synthesis Moderation: Florian Zemmin for all cohorts
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Methods and Theories Seminar
Dr. Amaan Merali
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin # Library
Lecture
Mohammad Magout Otherness in the Ottoman Syrian Press: Representations of Social Deviance and Religious Heterodoxy Moderation: Florian Zemmin for all cohorts
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Colloquium 2
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz for fellows of the third year
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Q & A Graduate School Applicants
Webinar: Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 2-3 pm, CET PhD Program History and Cultural Studies & Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies
Location: Join us via Webex: tinyurl.com/bd6zcat Password: graduate
Lecture
Dr. Jonas Tinius (Saarland University) "Making Differences in Berlin: Transforming Museums and Heritage in the 21st Century" Moderation: Professor Claudia Liebelt and Professor Kai Kresse For All Cohorts
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Historical Contextualisation of the Palestine - Israel Conflict
Student Organised Summer Term Panelists: Prof. Sherene Seikaly Prof. Ilan Pappe Moderation: Udi Raz +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @Location: BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Algeria's Guerilla Warfare
Student Organised Summer Term Film-Screening "Battle of Algiers" Discussion with Naoual Belakhdar For All Cohorts
Location: @Location: BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Defining Anti-semitism in Academia
Student Organised Summer Term +++ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm +++ Panelists: Dr. Nahed Sammour Dr. Hana Tzuberi Moderation: Prof. Gudrun Krämer +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Postponed! Booklaunch: "Contemporary Islamic Political Thought in Egypt" by Ebtisam Aly Hussain
POSTPONED! A new date will be announced in due course. Speaker: Ebtisam Aly Hussain Moderation: Professor Cilja Harders For All Cohorts ++++ hybrid ++++ Webex Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m08e799389d8d8de7c87ef5611a6fec4f Meeting Code: 2785 339 4453 * Password: 5U958DndJZ3
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
The Struggles of Ordinary People to Extraordinary Events - Colloquium
Student Organised Summer Term Speaker: Prof. Asef Bayat Moderation: Dr. Samuli Schielke PhD Fellow Presentations: Mariam Aboughazi Soufiane Chinig Doaa Kaddah Felix Wessel +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @Location: BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin (Library) or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Booktalk
Student Organised Summer Term Speaker: Prof. Rashid Khalidi Moderation: Dr. Sophie Richter Devroe +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @Location: BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Online Only! Scholar Activism/ Positionality: Intersection between Academia and Politics
Student Organised Summer Term +++ online only +++ Panelists: Dr. Rosa Castillo Dr. Hossam el-Hamalawy Moderation: Dr. Samuli Schielke +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @Location: online only! Online link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or Email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Online only! Research and Politics: Anti-Palestinian Racism in Germany
Student Organised Summer Term +++ online only +++ Panelists: Sophia Hoffinger Udi Raz Moderation: Prof. Schirin Amir-Moazami +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Historical Contextualisation and Complexity of German - Israeli Relation
Student Organised Summer Term Panelists: Prof. Esra Özyürek Dr. Daniel Marwecki Moderation: Nagat Emara +++ for all cohorts +++
Location: @BGSMCS, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin or via ONLINE link: https://shorturl.at/dqLM9. or email: abougham90@zedat.fu-berlin.de.
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Writing session together ... with Ruben Schenzle
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Seminar "Post-Archival/-Field"
Professor Ulrike Freitag Professor Elke S. Hartmann Professor Kai Kresse Professor Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Location: Märkisches Gildehaus Tagungs- und Congreßhotel Schwielowseestraße 58 14548 Schwielowsee OT Caputh
German Class
Regina Tunke The introduction will be held on 9/10/2023, 1:30 pm. There will be two seminars (beginner/advanced) offered at BGSMCS for the winter semester 2023/24 and summer semester 2024.
Location: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Open Colloquium for Doctoral Students (all cohorts)
organised by Dr. Olly Akkerman (Islamic Studies/ FU Berlin)
Location: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Workshop: The Social Construction of Space
organised by Professor Birgit Krawietz
Location: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Lecture: Jerusalem´s Secret Relations with States and Minorities in the Middle East, 1948-2022
Elie Podeh, Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Location: Room 2.2058 Fabeckstr. 23/25 14195, Berlin
International Lecture Series: Interrogating Coloniality: Post- and Decolonial Thought and Practice
This lecture series is organised by Dr. Mahmoud Al Zayed and Prof. Schirin Amir-Moazami in the framework of RePLITO.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin, Holzlaube Fabeckstraße 23-25, 14195 Berlin Room N° 2.2059
Seminar "Pre-Archival"
organised by Dr. Jovo Miladinović (Universität Konstanz)
Location: Online (Register at BGSMCS)
Seminar "Theories and Methods"
Schirin Amir-Moazami (FU Berlin) For doctoral cohort 2022
Colloquium
Mohammad Gharaibeh (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Asien trans/regional" (in German)
Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) For registered participants
3rd-Year Colloquium
Birgit Krawietz (FU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2020
Reading course "Classical Turkic for advanced readers"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Printed Turkic texts from the early 20th century (in Arabic script)"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Ibn Khaldun’s theory of society and its reception"
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For registered participants
1st-Year Colloquium
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
1st-Year Colloquium
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
Colloquium
Mohammad Gharaibeh (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Asien trans/regional" (in German)
Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) For registered participants
3rd-Year Colloquium
Birgit Krawietz (FU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2020
Reading course "Classical Turkic for advanced readers"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Printed Turkic texts from the early 20th century (in Arabic script)"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Ibn Khaldun’s theory of society and its reception"
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Theories and Methods"
Schirin Amir-Moazami (FU Berlin) For doctoral cohort 2022
Colloquium
Mohammad Gharaibeh (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Asien trans/regional" (in German)
Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Classical Turkic for advanced readers"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Pre-Field Workshop
Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo (HU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
Reading course "Printed Turkic texts from the early 20th century (in Arabic script)"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Ibn Khaldun’s theory of society and its reception"
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Theories and Methods"
Schirin Amir-Moazami (FU Berlin) For doctoral cohort 2022
Digital Research Colloquium "Living in a Bubble? University Campuses in Delhi and the City Around"
Anna Schnieder-Krüger For registered participants
Location: Online
Pre-Archive Workshop
Jovo Miladinović (Universität Konstanz) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
Colloquium
Mohammad Gharaibeh (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Pre-Archive Workshop
Jovo Miladinović (Universität Konstanz) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
Reading course "Asien trans/regional" (in German)
Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Classical Turkic for advanced readers"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Printed Turkic texts from the early 20th century (in Arabic script)"
Ingeborg Baldauf (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Seminar "Ibn Khaldun’s theory of society and its reception"
Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin) For registered participants
Colloquium
Mohammad Gharaibeh (HU Berlin) For registered participants
Reading course "Asien trans/regional" (in German)
Claudia Derichs (HU Berlin) For registered participants
3rd-Year Colloquium
Birgit Krawietz (FU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2020