Welcome at the Pages of the ZMO
The Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) is the
only German research institute devoted to an interdisciplinary
and comparative study of the Middle East, Africa, South and Southeast
Asia from a historical perspective. Current research focuses on
the interaction between predominantly Muslim societies and their
relations with non-Muslim neighbours. ZMO was founded in 1996
as one of six independent, non-profit research centres. Its current
director is Prof. Ulrike Freitag, a Modern Middle East historian.
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in der ZMO-Bibliothek 
Stelle als studentische Hilfskraft
weitere Stelle als studentische Hilfskraft
Exhibitions
Upcoming Events
Monday, 8 February 2010, 5 pm, ZMO
French
City or Ottoman ? The Patrimonial Debate in 19th c. and early 20th c.
Algiers
Lecture by Nabila Oulebsir, Université de Poitiers
In context of the Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar 2009/10 
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 6 pm, ZfA, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7,
10587 Berlin,
Raum 811
The Founding Myths of
Turkish Antisemitism
Lecture by Rifat Bali (EPHE). The discussion will be moderated by Prof. Marc Baer (ZMO). In cooperation with the
Zenrum
für
Antisemitismusforschung (ZfA)
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
How to Bring a Global Perspective on Gender?
Lecture by Prof Mrinalini Sinha, Pennsylvania State University, USA
In context of the ZMO-Colloquium New Perspectives on Gender and Globalization
Latest Publications
Marloes Janson (ZMO) and Dorothea Schulz are guest-editors of the Journal for Islamic Studies (vol. 28, 2008) with the focus on Reconfiguring Gender Relations in Muslim Africa.
Filippo Osella, Benjamin Soares (eds.)
Islam, Politics, Anthropology 
Blackwell Publishers, 2010, 256 p.
a. o. with articles by Kai Kresse (ZMO) and Samuli Schielke (ZMO) |
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Bettina Gräf, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (eds.)
The Global Mufti. The Phenomenon of Yusuf al-Qaradawi 
Hurst, 2009, 256 S.
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Andrea Fischer-Tahir
Brave men, pretty women? Gender and symbolic violence in Iraqi Kurdish urban society 
EZKS, 2009,
216 S. |
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Marc David Baer
The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks
Stanford University Press, 2009, 360 S.
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Marcel van der Linden, Prabhu P. Mohapatra (eds.)
Labour Matters Towards Global Histories: Studies in Honour of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Tulika, New Delhi, 2009.
a. o. with an essay by Nitin Sinha (ZMO):“Protest and mobilisation: Aspects of workers’ resistance and control” |
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Roman Loimeier
Between Social Skills and Marketable Skills
The Politics of Islamic Education in 20th century Zanzibar
In the series: Islam in Africa, Volumne 10
Brill, Leiden, 2009
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Sarah Jurkiewicz
Al-Jazeera vor Ort
Journalismus als ethische Praxis
In the series: Media and Political Communication - Middle East and Islam, Eds.: Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez, Universität Erfurt, Volumne 18
Frank & Timme Verlag, Berlin 2009, 142 S. |
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Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel (eds.)
Cairoscape - Images, Imagination and Imaginary of a Contemporary Mega City
Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition as well as related articles among others by Ulrike Freitag, Sonja Hegasy and Samuli Schielke
argobooks, Berlin, 2009, 250 S.
Press review about Cairoscape
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Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
Kritik der arabischen Vernunft
Die Einführung
Translated by Vincent von Wroblewsky and Sarah Dornhof, with a preface by Reginald Grünenberg and Sonja Hegasy
Perlen Verlag, Berlin, 2009, 232 S.
extract at perlentaucher.de
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Kai Kresse and Trevor H. J. Marchand
(Guest editors)
Knowledge In Practice: Expertise And The Transmission Of Knowledge
Journal of the Interenational African Insitute, Vol. 79, No. 1 2009, Edinburgh University Press, 2009
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