Carl Heinrich Becker Lecture
Carl Heinrich Becker Lecture
Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933) was an Orientalist who is remembered as one of the founders of modern Islamic Studies in Germany and for his vision of entangled Histories and Culture of Europe and the Muslim world. As Prussian Minister of Culture and Education he supported the study of foreign languages, histories and culture as a part of national education and as a means to avoid conflict.
Named after the German Orientalist and Prussian Minister of Culture and Education, Carl Heinrich Becker, this lecture series addressed a broader public with central themes and questions of the research program Europe in the Middle East—The Middle East in Europe. The Carl Heinrich Becker Lecture series was held annually from 2007 to 2011 with distinguished scholars in the field of Middle Eastern cultures and societies.
Here you find more information on the particular lectures and the corresponding publications.
Carl Heinrich Becker Lectures
Tue 14 Jun 2011 | 19:00–21:00
Exile and Bi-Nationalism: From Gershom Scholem to Edward Said
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Tue 29 Jun 2010 | 19:00–21:00
Islam and the Politics of Gender: Reflections on Afghanistan
Deniz Kandiyoti (University of London)
Tue 19 May 2009 | 19:00–21:00
Shari'a and the Secular State in the Middle East and Europe
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (Emory University in Atlanta)
Wed 05 Mar 2008 | 19:00–21:00
Rome, New Rome and Baghdad: Pathways of Late Antiquity
Aziz Al-Azmeh (Central European University in Budapest)
Mon 21 May 2007 | 19:00–21:00