Concepts and Genealogies of Modernity

Ort: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10
17.00 - 19.00 h 

17 Okt | Nation and State
Tamim Al-Barghouti
(Cairo; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)
The Umma, the Nation, the Dawla and the State. Synonymous Antonyms
Moderation:
Ulrike Freitag
(Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin)

31 Okt | Secularism and Apocalypse
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
(Ben Gurion University, Ber-Sheeva)
Secularism and the Apocalypse. Some Reflections from the Study of Zionism
Moderation:
Fawwaz Traboulsi
(Lebanese American University, Beirut; Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs 2007/08)

14 Nov | Body and Soul
Mohammed Tabishat
(United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)
The Body in Europe and Islam
Moderation:
Dhruv Raina
(Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2007/08)

28 Nov | Civilization and Translation
Samah Selim
(Marseille, Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2007/08)
Translating Race: Gustave Le Bon, Ahmad Fathi Zaghloul and the Nahdah in Egypt
Moderation:
Tamim Al-Barghouti
(Cairo; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)

12 Dez | Liminality and Extremes
Salman Bashier
(Haifa University, Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2007/08)
Beyond Postmodernism: An Islamic Liminal Conception of Religious and Philosophical Thought
Moderation:
Nicolai Sinai
(Corpus Coranicum, BBAW, Potsdam) 

9 Jan | Knowledge and Reform
Marc Aymes
(Paris; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)
Provincializing Empire: Discourses of Knowledge and Regimes of Knowability during the Ottoman 'Reorganizations' (Tanzimat)
Moderation:
Margrit Pernau
(Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin)

23 Jan | Identity and Ideology
Sherif Younis
(Helwan University, Cairo; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)
The Concept of Identity in Political Islamic Thought in Post-Colonial Egypt
Moderation:
Gudrun Krämer
(Freie Universität Berlin)

6 Feb | Dhimma and Minority
Magdi Guirguis
(Cairo; EUME-Fellow 2007/08)
Non-Muslims in Muslim Societies. The Copts in Ottoman Egypt
Moderation:
Gudrun Krämer
(Freie Universität Berlin)