Wintersemester 2011/12

Wintersemester 2011/12

Wintersemester 2011/12

Readings in History, Politics and Society

Ort: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10
17.00-18.30 h

12 Okt | Between Biblical and Exilic Consciousness
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
(Ben-Gurion University / EUME)
Palestine, Zionism and the Question of the Secular
Moderation:
Gish Amit
(Ben-Gurion University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Kommentar:
Ihab Saloul
(Maastricht University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)

26 Okt | Islamic Education and World Philology
Khaled El-Rouayheb
(Harvard University / Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2011/12)
The Rise of ''Deep Reading'' in Early-Modern Ottoman Scholarly Culture
Moderation:
Islam Dayeh
(Koordinator Zukunftsphilologie / Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für Literaturwissenschaftliche Studien)

9 Nov | Inventing World Literature
Michael Allan
(University of Oregon / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Taha Husayn, André Gide and the Literary Imagination of Religious Difference
Moderation:
Adam Mestyan
(Budapest / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)

23 Nov | Islam as a Template for Modern Judaism
Susannah Heschel
(Dartmouth College / Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2011/12)
Theology, and Politics in the European Jewish Imagination, 1833 to 1933
Moderation:
Angelika Neuwirth
(Freie Universität Berlin / Mitglied des EUME Kollegiums)

7 Dez | Late Ottoman Urban Culture
Adam Mestyan
(Budapest / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
The Civilizing Mission in the Theatre: The Adventures of Seraphin Manasse Between Istanbul, Paris, Cairo, Alexandria, and Izmir (1860s-1880s)
Moderation:
Edhem Eldem
(Boğaziçi University / Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2011/12)

21 Dez | The Eminence of a Reflection
Adania Shibli
(Bir Zeit University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Revisiting the Legacy of Al-Ghazali''s Theories on Visual Representations in European Thought
Moderation:
Michael Allan
(University of Oregon / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)

11 Jan| Workers in the City
Nurşen Gürboğa
(Marmara University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Istanbul as the City of Lower Classes: Şirket-I Hayriye Steamship Workers (1890-1940)
Moderation:
Ulrike Freitag (Zentrum Moderner Orient / Mitglied des EUME Kollegiums)

25 Jan| The Arab World in Revolution
Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim (Georgetown / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Nora Lafi (Zentrum Moderner Orient /  Mitglied des EUME Kollegiums)
Adam Mestyan (Budapest / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Ihab Saloul (Maastricht University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Cilja Harders (Freie Universität Berlin /  Mitglied des EUME Kollegiums)

8 Febr| Utilitarianism and Puritanism
Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim
(Georgetown / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Islamic Legal Reform and Sunni Pluralism between Tradition, Salafism, and Modernism: The Case of Egypt from the 19th Century until the Contemporary Period
Moderation:
Nahed Samour
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)