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Wed 18 Sep 2024

EUME Berliner Seminar Winter Term 2024/25

In the Winter Term 2024/25, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Limits and Possibilities«.

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Tue 17 Sep 2024

On ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ and the War on Palestine: Gender Violence, and the Struggle for Transnational Feminist Solidarity

Fatemeh Shams reflects on the “Women Life Freedom” Movement in Iran and the ongoing war in Gaza, under the lens of …

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Wed 11 Sep 2024

Not Just Arts: The Political Economies of Palestinian Cultural Productions in Haifa, Ramallah and Berlin

Audio recording of the talk by Hashem Abushama (Oxford University / EUME Fellow 2023-25) at the EUME Berliner Seminar on …

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Thu 05 Sep 2024

Cities of the Future in the Arab Literary Imagination

Audio recording of the talk by Teresa Pepe (University of Oslo) at the EUME Berliner Seminar on 15 May 2024, as part of …

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Thu 05 Sep 2024

When Writing Stutters: Adania Shibli and Zeina Halabi in Conversation

The conversation first appeared on Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary Art Journal as part of the Transgeneration Series …

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Wed 21 Aug 2024

Eman Elmenr and Khaled Saghie are rewarded with Critical Writing Grants by AFAC

Former EUME Fellows Eman Elmenr and Khaled Saghie are rewarded with two Critical Writing Grants by the Arab Fund for …

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Thu 28 Mar 2024

Domicide: Architecture, War, and the Destruction of Home in Syria

Ammar Azzouz introduces his recently published book on domicide, the deliberate killing of home, on the TRAFO - Blog for …

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Thu 21 Mar 2024

EUME Berliner Seminar Summer Term 2024

In the Summer Term 2024, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Legacies and Beginnings II«.

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Mon 11 Mar 2024

New audio recording published: Subversive Mimicry: Translating Zionist Children’s Literature into Arabic - Talk by Loaay Wattad

Audio recording of the talk by Loaay Wattad (EUME Fellow 2023/24) at the Berliner Seminar at 07 February 2024.

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Tue 05 Mar 2024

New audio recording published: The Palestinian Cultural-Artistic Scene: Fragments, Decoloniality and Hope - Talk by Himmat Zoubi

Audio recording of the talk by Himmat Zoubi (EUME Fellow 2018-24) at the Berliner Seminar

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Tue 27 Feb 2024

New audio recording published: Eco-Surrealism, Martyrdom, and the Future: Palestinian Magical Realism Meets Indigenous Climate Fiction - Talk by Sanabel Abdelrahman

Audio recording of the talk by Sanabel Abdelrahman (EUME Fellow 2023/24) at the Berliner Seminar 10 January 2024.

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Thu 22 Feb 2024

“The Deafening Silence from Academic Institutions (…) Serves as a Disheartening Deterrent”

5in10 with Loaay Wattad: The EUME fellow answers 5 questions about his research on Palestinian children's literature and …

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Tue 13 Feb 2024

New audio recording published: Inheriting Anatolia: Representation, Knowledge Production and Imagination - Talk by: Çiçek İlengiz

Audio recording of the talk by Çiçek İlengiz (Postdoctoral Researcher ERC BEYONDREST) at the Berliner Seminar 25 October …

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Thu 08 Feb 2024

Doing Research Under Current Ethics Regimes: Some Observations

Birgit Meyer shares some observations regarding data management and research ethics within the current ethics regimes in …

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Wed 31 Jan 2024

New audio recording published: The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures - Talk by: C. Ceyhun Arslan

Audio recording of the talk by C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University / EUME Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation …

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Wed 24 Jan 2024

New audio recording published: What is Left? Trajectories of Secular Politics in Post-2003 Iraq - Talk by Gennaro Gervasio

Audio recording of the talk by Gennaro Gervasio (U Roma Tre / EUME Fellow 2022-23) at the Berliner Seminar 22 November …

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Fri 19 Jan 2024

Introducing “Beyond Guidelines”: Navigating Mismatched Expectations between Research Ethics and Institutional Ethics Regimes

Banu Karaca kicks off the new BEYONDREST series on the TRAFO- Blog for Transregional Research.

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Wed 10 Jan 2024

New audio recording published:‘Affectueusement, Laila’: Being a ‘foreign’ Jewish communist woman in post-colonial Egypt - Talk by Rim Naguib

Audio recording of the talk by Rim Naguib (EUME Fellow 2019-23) at the Berliner Seminar, 29 November 2023.

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Thu 04 Jan 2024

Palestine and the Migrant Question in Postcolonial France

Bookreview of “Natives against Nativism: Antiracism and Indigenous Critique in Postcolonial France” by Olivia C. …

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Wed 03 Jan 2024

New audio recording published: Archives, Heritage and Discontent: Who Owns Egypt’s Past? - Talk by Pascale Ghazaleh

Audio recording of the talk by Pascale Ghazaleh (American University Cairo / EUME Fellow 2017-19) at the Berliner …

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