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Imagining Feminist Futures Across the Global South: Comics in Protest Cultures
Transregional Workshop convened by Rasha Chatta (Freie Universität Berlin / MECAM Fellow 2021) and Jasmin Wrobel (Ruhr-Universität Bochum / MECILA Thematic …
Wed 07 Oct 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Feminist Comics in Arab and Latin American Protest Cultures
Rasha Chatta (FU Berlin / EUME Fellow 2017-21) and Jasmin Wrobel (Ruhr U Bochum), Chair: Rim Naguib (EUME Fellow 2019-27)
Tue 13 Oct 2026 | 17:00–18:30
The Shudder Remains: Voice, Body, and Affect in Contemporary Palestinian Poetry
Daniel Behar (Hebrew U of Jerusalem / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: tba
Wed 21 Oct 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Protest in a Post-Gramscian Moment: From the Middle East to Liberal Democracies
Asef Bayat (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Chair: Myriam Ahmed (INTERACT / FU Berlin)
Wed 28 Oct 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Memories of Violence: The Hama Massacre (1982) in Syrian Literature
Anna Christina Scheiter (Albert-Ludwigs-U Freiburg), Chair: Rashof Saleh (MECAM / FTS)
Wed 11 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Heritage Beyond the National Frame
Pascale Ghazaleh (AUC / EUME Fellow 2017-19), Chair: Georges Khalil (EUME / Forum Transregionale Studien)
Wed 18 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Religion, Marxism, and Social Change: Emile Tuma’s Social Movements in Islam
Abed Kanaaneh (Tel Aviv U / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin)
Wed 25 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Amazigh Cultural Artifacts in German Museums: Recirculation and Fair Engagement
Valentina Schiattarella (MECAM), Chair: tba
Wed 16 Dec 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Ironic Uncanniness: Temporal Disorientations and Futures with no Telos in Post-2024 Syria
Saphe Shamoun (EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: tba
Wed 06 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
The Politics of Intention in Palestine-Israel
Liron Mor (U of California, Irvine / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Anne-Marie McManus (SYRASP / Forum Transregionale Studien)
Wed 13 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Disposable no More: The Urgency of a New Palestinian Political Strategy
Bashir Abu-Manneh (U of Kent), Chair: Himmat Zoubi (Mada al-Carmel / EUME Fellow 2018-27)
Wed 20 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
On the Beginnings of Palestinian Solidarity in the Mexican Mahjar
Francisco Reyes (LAI / FU Berlin), Chair: Shir Alon (U of Minnesota Twin Cities / EUME Fellow 2025/26)
Wed 27 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Crossing Borders, Rethinking Juridical Boundaries: The Israeli-Palestinian Case
Rawia Aburabia (Sapir Academic College School of Law / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Suhad Bishara (Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel …
Wed 10 Feb 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Between Turāth and Decolonial Discourse: The Crisis of Language after Gaza
Jad Kiadan (EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: tba