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Tue 07 Jun 2022

The UGTT: A ‘Counter-Power’ in Contentious Times – Notes from the Field

New Thread #IdentitiesandBeliefs of the MECAM Series starts with an article by Alyssa Miller and Arbia Selmi

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Tue 05 Apr 2022

New TRAFO Blog Series »Envisioning Work: The Visual Cultures of Labor«

curated by EUME Fellows Hala Auji and Nurçin İleri, and launched with a call for contributions.

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Figure 1. This image belongs to a series of photographs taken during the construction of electric infrastructure in Istanbul, ca. 1912–1913. Installation of the cable unwinding from the electric reel to the duct, 13 August 1912. From the private collection of Cengiz Özkarabekir.
Mon 04 Apr 2022

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants for Scholars, Journalists and Artists at Risk from Afghanistan

The Academy in Exile is pleased to announce that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to support Academy …

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Thu 31 Mar 2022

EUME Berliner Seminar Summer Term 2022

In the Summer Term 2022, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Standpoints and Beginnings II«.

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Tue 29 Mar 2022

EUME Fellow Arturo Monaco's Book Shortlisted for Sheikh Zayed Book Award

Congratulations to Arturo Monaco (EUME Fellow 2018) for being shortlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award!

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Thu 17 Mar 2022

ERC Consolidator Grant “Beyond Restitution” at the Forum Transregionale Studien

Anthropologist Banu Karaca will join the Forum with a ERC Consolidator Grant. Another ERC grant was awarded to Islam …

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Mon 13 Dec 2021

Philipp-Schwartz-Initiative: Das Forum Transregionale Studien nimmt eine weitere gefährdete Wissenschaftlerin auf

In der zehnten Runde der Philipp-Schwartz-Initiative hat das Forum Transregionale Studien zum siebten Mal die …

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Tue 02 Nov 2021

Entanglements of the Maghreb: Cultural and Political Aspects of a Region in Motion

Book presentation by Imen Louati and Julius Dihstelhoff, members of the editorial group »MECAM«, on our TRAFO Blog. Also …

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Thu 30 Sep 2021

EUME Berliner Seminar Winter Term 2021/2022

In the Winter Term 2021/2022, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Standpoints and Beginnings«.

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Thu 23 Sep 2021

10 Fellowships within the Framework of the “Academy in Exile”

The Volkswagen Foundation has announced a special funding for refugee scholars and scientists from Afghanistan

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Tue 21 Sep 2021

The Politics of the Female Body in Contemporary Turkey: Reproduction, Maternity, Sexuality

By Ayşe Dayı and Hilal Alkan in our TRAFO Blog series »New Books«

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Mon 13 Sep 2021

EUME Fellows 2021/22

The research program Europe in the Middle East — The Middle East in Europe (EUME) welcomes its Fellows of 2021/2022.

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Tue 15 Jun 2021
Tue 18 May 2021

Nationalism on the Shop Floor: The Silahtarağa Electric Power Plant in the Early 1920s

By Nurçin İleri in our TRAFO Blog series »Factory Reloaded«

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A general plan of Silahtarağa factory complex with existing units (in white) and additionally planned units to be built after 1921.
Tue 11 May 2021

Re-shaping the “Socialist Factory” in Egypt in the Late 1960s–1970s

By Malak Labib in the TRAFO Blog series »Factory Reloaded«

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Fri 23 Apr 2021

EUME Fellow Iman Mersal wins prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award

For her book “Fee Athar Enayat Al Zayyat” (In the Footsteps of Enayat Al Zayyat), the Egyptian author, poet and …

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Mon 12 Apr 2021

The National Frame: Art and State Violence in Turkey and Germany

Read on our TRAFO Blog: Banu Karaca introduces her new book

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Banu Karaca, The National Frame: Art and State Violence in Turkey and Germany (New York: Fordham University Press, 2021).
Mon 29 Mar 2021

EUME Berliner Seminar Summer Term 2021

In the Summer Term 2021, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Universals and Fragments II«.

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Mon 08 Feb 2021

2021 NEA Literature Translation Fellowship awarded to EUME Fellow Mona Kareem

Congratulations to Mona Kareem (EUME Fellow 2018/19) for winning a 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Literature …

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