Summer Term 2014

Summer Term 2014

Summer Term 2014


Sectarianism, Pluralism and Politics

Location: Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin
5:00 - 6:30 pm

23 Apr | Magdi Guirguis (Kafr El-Shaikh University / EUME Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung 2012-14)
Sectarian Traditions: The Policies of the Coptic Church During the Era of Pope Shenouda (1971-2012)
Introduction: Georges Khalil (Forum Transregionale Studien)

7 May | Walid El-Houri (American University Beirut / EUME Fellow 2013-14)
Politics, Hegemony and Space: Theoretical Notes for Analyzing Tactics of Protest and Power in Egypt
Introduction: Samer Frangie (American University Beirut / EUME Fellow 2013-14)

14 May | Ali Aghaei ( Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation Tehran / EUME Fellow 2013-14) & Isabel Lang (PhD Candidate FU Berlin)
Controversial Biblical Memory: The Exegetical Genre of the Isra'iliyat
Introduction: Islam Dayeh (FU Berlin / ZP) | Commentary: Angelika Neuwirth (FU Berlin / EUME)
In Cooperation with SFB Episteme in Bewegung, FU Berlin

21 May | Burak Onaran ( Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi / Affiliated EUME Fellow 2013-14)
At the Crossroards of Secularism, Islamic Reform and Biopolitics: The Helal Pork Debate and State Pig Farms in Early Republican Turkey (1920-1950)
Introduction: Kader Konuk (Universität Duisburg-Essen / EUME)

4 June | Joseph Farag (University of London / EUME Fellow 2013-14)
Write of Return: Palestinian Literature in Exile
Introduction: Friederike Pannewick (Philipps Universität Marburg / EUME)

18 June | Refqa Abu Remaileh (EUME Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung 2013-15)
Exile in the Homeland: The Cultural Heritage in Palestinian Narratives
Introduction: Naomi Davidson (University of Ottawa / EUME Fellow 2013-14)

25 June | Yuval Evri (Tel Aviv University / EUME Fellow 2013-14)
Translating Arab-Jewish Tradition: From Al-Andalus to Palestine
Introduction: Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin (Ben Gurion University of the Negev / EUME)
Audio stream on soundcloud

2 July | Abdulrahman Helli (Aleppo University / EUME Fellow 2013-14)
Religious Pluralism in Modern Hermeneutics of the Quran: The Interpretation of Verses 9:5,29-60:1,8-9 as a Model
Introduction: Amr Osman (Qatar University / Zukunftsphilologie Fellow 2013-14)