Terminkalender
Workshop: How to turn a dissertation into a book?
organised by Torsten Wollina (DeGruyter Verlag) for all cohorts - online
Induction Week - Coffee & Cake
Welcome to the new cohort – with fellows, PIs and the team!
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Induction Week
Introduction of the cohort 2026 The programme will be sent by email!
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Induction Week - Campus Library Tour
For the 2026 cohort and any fellows who are interested...
Ort: Campus Library Fabeckstraße 23/25 14195 Berlin
Post-Archival/-Field Workshop
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag Prof. Dr. Kai Kresse for cohort 2024 and higher
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Coffee & Croissants
End of the year - informal get-together in the Grad School Come along - bring a little something for the small buffet! *** for all member of the BGSMCS -- #003
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Sommerfest
Die BGSMCS feiert zusammen mit der BerGSAS und der GEAS ein Sommerfest im Garten der Arnimallee 11!
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Lecture on The Ḥakawātī Tradition in Palestine and the Diaspora
This lecture explores the Palestinian storytelling tradition of the Ḥakawātī and its contemporary expressions in Palestine and the diaspora. The program begins with a short presentation by Heba Tebakhi, a Palestinian researcher and lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin whose work focuses on Palestinian literature, particularly oral literature and prison literature. Her talk will provide an overview of the Ḥakawātī tradition in Palestine and its historical and contemporary developments. The second part of the event features Palestinian storyteller Sally Shalabi, who will join online to discuss her work as a storyteller in the diaspora and the role of oral storytelling traditions in contemporary Palestinian cultural life. The session concludes with an open discussion with the audience. for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Workshop: Critical Approaches to Research Ethics
organised by Professor Andrea Fleschenberg
Ort: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / online
Lecture Series 4: Nights of History
A lecture with Asef Bayat, organised by Naghmeh Esmaeilpour (HU Berlin) dealing with a critical re-view of historical and political narratives in contemporary Iran for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Elections - Fellow Representatives
The fellow representatives advocate for the concerns of the Graduate School’s fellows, represent their interests before the BGSMCS and other bodies, and promote communication among the fellows. A new team of fellow representatives will be elected today. Online participation is possible.
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Workshop: Critical Approaches to Research Ethics
organised by Professor Andrea Fleschenberg
Ort: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / online
Lecture Series 3: Nights of History
A lecture series by Naghmeh Esmaeilpour (HU Berlin) dealing with a critical re-view of historical and political narratives in contemporary Iran for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Lecture: How to turn the dissertation into a book?
Torsten Wollina (DeGruyter/Brill Publishing) talks about how to turn the dissertation into a book. Presentation & discussion. for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Lecture Series 2: Nights of History
A lecture series by Naghmeh Esmaeilpour (HU Berlin) dealing with a critical re-view of historical and political narratives in contemporary Iran for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Lecture: Sociology of Islam in Morocco
Ort: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Arnimallee 11 14195, Berlin
Workshop: ENIS Springschool 2026
organised by European Network of Islamic Studies, in cooperation with BGSMCS/ZMO
Ort: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Arnimallee 11 14195, Berlin
Lecture Series 1: Nights of History
A lecture series by Naghmeh Esmaeilpour (HU Berlin) dealing with a critical re-view of historical and political narratives in contemporary Iran for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Coffee & Croissants
Everyone brings a little something to eat... for all cohorts
Ort: BGSMCS Arnimallee 11 14195 Berlin
Lecture: Taking Knowledge To/From the Street: The Role of the Academia in a Complex
A lecture by Heba Ezzat (Ibn Haldun University Istanbul) in the framework of the Einstein Political Concepts Workshop (Mohammed Bamyeh / Florian Zemmin). Presentation & discussion. for all cohorts
Ort: FU Holzlaube # -1.2009 (Basement) Fabeckstr. 25-27 14195 Berlin
Buchvorstellung
"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 *** Einführung am 16. April 2025, 14-15h, online.
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Buchvorstellung
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.
Ort: 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.
Buchvorstellung
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).
Ort: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Coffee & Croissants 2
Semesterauftakt - geselliges Beisammensein in der Grad School Kommt vorbei - bringt etwas für das kleine Buffet mit! *** für alle Mitglieder des BGSMCS
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Vortrag: Israel and Palestine: Positions and Perspectives
von Muriel Asseburg / Peter Lintl (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) Moderation: Florian Zemmin für alle Kohorten
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Workshop: Design and Experiences of Outdoor Architecture and Realms
organisiert von Professor Birgit Krawietz
Ort: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195, Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Buchvorstellung
Buchvorstellung Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo von Yoram Meital Moderation: Florian Zemmin für alle Kohorten
Ort: Islamwissenschaftliches Institut Holzlaube, Fabeckstr. 23, 14195 Berlin # 2.2059
Seminar "Post-Archival/-Field"
Professor Elke S. Hartmann Professor Kai Kresse
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Vortrag
Yassin al-Haj Salih Syrian Revolution, the Syrian Cause, the Syrian Question: In Search of a Synthesis Moderation: Florian Zemmin für alle Kohorten
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Vortrag
Mohammad Magout Otherness in the Ottoman Syrian Press: Representations of Social Deviance and Religious Heterodoxy Moderation: Florian Zemmin für alle Kohorten
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18 14195 Berlin
Writing Together!
Gemeinsam Schreiben Leitung: Ruben Schenzle
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Q & A Graduate School Bewerber*innen!
Webinar (auf Englisch) am 8. Oktober 2024, 14-15 Uhr
Ort: Wir treffen uns auf Webex: tinyurl.com/bd6zcat Password: graduate
Vortrag
"Making Differences in Berlin: Transforming Museums and Heritage in the 21st Century" Vortrag: Dr. Jonas Tinius (Saarland Universität) Moderation: Professor Claudia Liebelt/ Professor Kai Kresse für alle Kohorten
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Buchvorstellung
"Contemporary Islamic Political Thought in Egypt" von Ebtisam Aly Hussain Moderation: Professor Cilja Harders für alle Kohorten
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Seminar "Post-Archival/-Field"
Professor Ulrike Freitag Professor Elke S. Hartmann Professor Kai Kresse (tbc) Professor Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Ort: Märkisches Gildehaus Tagungs- und Congreßhotel Schwielowseestraße 58 14548 Schwielowsee OT Caputh
Deutschunterricht
Regina Tunke Die erste Vorstellung findet statt am 9.10.2023, 13:30 Uhr. Es werden für das Wintersemester 2023/24 und das Sommersemester 2024 zwei Seminare (Anfänger/Fortgeschrittene) an der BGSMCS angeboten.
Ort: BGSMCS Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
Open Colloquium for Doctoral Students (all cohorts)
organisiert von Dr. Olly Akkerman (Islamwissenschaft/ FU Berlin)
Ort: Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Hittorfstr. 18 14195, Berlin
Workshop: The Social Construction of Space
organisiert von Professor Birgit Krawietz
Ort: 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
Ort: 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.
Ort: Freie Universität Berlin, Holzlaube Fabeckstraße 23-25, 14195 Berlin Room N° 2.2059
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
Pre-Field Workshop
Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo (HU Berlin) For Doctoral Cohort 2022
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
Digital Research Colloquium "Living in a Bubble? University Campuses in Delhi and the City Around"
Anna Schnieder-Krüger For registered participants
Ort: 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