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Lecture Series | Single Events | Exhibitions | Conferences and Symposia
Lecture Series
ZMO-Colloquium
Programme winter term 2009/10 
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
Rethinking (the Absence of) Fascism in India, c. 1922 - 1945
Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Zachariah (ZMO)
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 6 pm
Young Women‘s Urban Lifestyles
in Riyadh: Between National Reform and Global Dynamics
Lecture by Dr. Amélie Le Renard, Graduate
School of Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie Universität,
Berlin
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 6 pm
Teşvikiye: The Making of an Elite
Neighborhood and Narratives of
Nostalgia in Istanbul
Lecture by Dr. Leyla Neyzi, Sabancı University
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 6 pm
Cyberspace, Diaspora, and the Public
Sphere: Gender and Eritrean Politics Online
Lecture by Prof. Victoria Bernal, University of California, Irvine, USA
Thursday, 25 February 2010, 6 pm
How to Bring a Global Perspective on Gender?
Lecture by Prof Mrinalini Sinha, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 6 pm
Gender and Globalization: 'Islamic Fashion' in
Cyberspace
Lecture by Prof. Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Die Welt in Weltkriegen -
Erfahrungen, Wahrnehmungen und Perspektiven aus
Afrika und Asien
Series of Events of Zentrums Moderner Orient
(ZMO)
Friday, 23 April 2010, 6 pm, ZfL, Schützenstrasse 18, 10117 Berlin, Room 308
Sensible Forschungsthemen – Sensible Quellen
Lecture and discussion about sensitive source material, with Prof. em. Werner Ende, Dr. Patrick Bernhard (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, FU), Dr. habil. Katrin Bromber (ZMO) and Dr. Heike Liebau (ZMO)
Thursday, 6 Mayi 2010,6 pm, HU zu Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin,
Room 1.505
Imperiale Propaganda und kriegsbedingte Mobilität -
Afrikanische Kriegsteilnehmer im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Joint Lecture by Dr. habil. Katrin Bromber (ZMO) and Prof. Brigitte Reinwald (Universität Hannover)
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 6pm, CMB, Friedrichstr. 191, 10117 Berlin
The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab–Israeli War of Narratives
Lecture by Prof. Gilbert Achcar (SOAS), Moderation: Prof. Ulrike Freitag (ZMO), in Cooperation with the Centre Marc Bloch (CMB)
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 6 pm, ZfL, Schützenstrasse 18, 10117 Berlin, Room 308
Deutsche Agenten bei iranischen Stämmen 1942 - 1944.
Ein Augenzeugenbericht
Lecture by Dr. Burkhard Ganzer (formerly ZMO)
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 6 pm, HU zu Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin,
Room 1.505
Strategien der Zusammenarbeit: Aspekte politischer und militärischer
Kollaboration zwischen indischen Nationalisten und der deutschen
Außenpolitik zwischen 1914 und 1945
Panel discussion with Dr. Heike Liebau (ZMO), Dr. Benjamin Zachariah (ZMO)
and Dr. Joachim Oesterheld (HU Berlin)
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 6 pm, TU Berlin, Main Building, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Room H 1058
Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship Versus Democracy
in the 1930s
Lecture by Prof. Israel Gershoni (Tel Aviv Universität), in Cooperation with the Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung (ZfA)
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
Rethinking (the Absence of) Fascism in India, c. 1922 - 1945
Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Zachariah (ZMO)
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
Turks in Weimar and Nazi Germany
Lecture by Prof. Marc David Baer (ZMO)
Ottoman Urban Studies Seminar 2009/10 (every second monday)
November 9, 2009: Introduction - Ulrike Freitag and Nora Lafi
November 16, 2009: Munir Kamal Fakher Eldin (Majdal Shams;
Fellow of EUME 2009/10): The City, the Valley, and the Nation: on a
post-Ottoman ‘land settlement’ in Mandate Palestine, 1921-1948
December 7, 2009: Mark Levine (University of California, Irvine /
CMES Lund): Tel Aviv as a Colonial Post-Ottoman City
January 11, 2010: Ellinor Morack (FU Berlin, Berlin Graduate School
Muslim Cultures and Societies): The housing Question in Post-Ottoman
Izmir and the Population exchange with Greece, 1924-30
January 25, 2010: Nazan Maksudyan (Istanbul Technical University;
Fellow of EUME 2009/10): Changing Social Roles in Post-Ottoman Istanbul:
a Gendered Approach
February 8, 2010: Nabila Oulebsir (Université de Poitiers): French
City or Ottoman ? The Patrimonial Debate in 19th c. and early 20th c.
Algiers
April 19, 2010: Kirsten Scheid (American University in Beirut; Fellow
of EUME 2009/10): Erasure and Distortion: The Ottoman Memory in
Contemporary Beirut Art Production
April 26, 2010: Kyle Evered (Michigan State University): Ankara: the
Republican Urban Project and the Ottoman Heritage
May 10, 2010: Zeynep Celik (New-Jersey Institute of Technology): Colonial Algiers and the Ottoman Heritage: Planning, Architecture and
Governance
May 31, 2010: Zeynep Aygen (University of Portsmouth): ‘Life After
the Ottomans: Heritage and the New National Urban Narrative in
Post-Ottoman Cities of the Balkans’
June 14, 2010: Katherine Fleming (New-York University): Changing
Identities in Post-Ottoman Salonica
June 28, 2010: Sait Ozervarli (Yildiz Technical University): Intellectual
dimensions of continuity and transformation in post-Ottoman Istanbul
July 12, 2010: Conclusion - Ulrike Freitag and Nora Lafi
Baraza - Veranstaltungen
Seit dem Wintersemester 2009/10 findet die baraza als Kooperationsprojekt zwischen der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Lutz Diegner) und dem ZMO (Kai Kresse) statt, jeweils am ersten Donnerstag im Monat am ZMO.
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Falsafa ya Mwana-Bukhalasi katika "Utendi wa Masahibu" -
Zur Philosophie von Mwana- Bukhalasi’s epischem Gedicht "Utendi wa Masahibu" (Drangsal)
baraza with Prof. Hamza M. Njozi (Muslim University of Morogoro, Tanzania)
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Twen'zetu Mtandaoni - Freddy Macha, msanii wa vipaji vingi - Lasst uns ins Internet gehen - Freddy Macha, ein Künstler mit vielen Begabungen
baraza with Dr. Lutz Diegner (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Monday, 3 May 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Uzinduzi wa kitabu cha kusikiliza: Tafsiri ya Kijerumani ya riwaya ya "Mzimu wa watu wa Kale" ya Mohamed Said Abdullah - Zur deutschen Übersetzung und Vertonung des Kriminalromans "Im Geisterwald der Ahnen" von Mohamed Said Abdullah
baraza with Guido Korzonnek (Berlin)
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Usomaji wa mshairi Abdilatif Abdalla - Lesung des Dichters Abdilatif Abdalla
baraza with Abdilatif Abdalla (Universität Leipzig)
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Hotuba na mazungumzo na Mzee Abdilatif Abdalla kuhusu fasihi yake
ya Kiswahili, maisha yake na harakati zake za kisiasa - Vortrag und Gespräch mit Abdilatif Abdalla über seine swahilisprachige Literatur, sein Leben und seinen politischen Aktivismus
baraza with Abdilatif Abdalla (Universität Leipzig)
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Sauti ya Haki: Mazungumzo kuhusu gazeti ya Kiislamu iliyochapishwa Mombasa (1972-82) - Gespräch über die in Mombasa herausgegebene islamische Zeitung Sauti ya Haki (1972-82)
baraza with Kai Kresse (ZMO, Berlin)
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 4 pm, ZMO
Omar Babu Marjan’s "Pendo la Siri" na Prisca Jerono´s "Usaliti" - Analyse der Kurzgeschichten von Omar Babu Marjans "Pendo la siri" (Die Liebe des Geheimnisses) und Prisca Jeronos "Usaliti" (Der Verrat)
Students of Africa Studies present short-stories by Omar Babu Marjan and Prisca Jerono.
In the Context of the EUME-Seminar 2009/10 "Language an Citizenship" :
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 6 pm, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10, Berlin
Orphans into Citizens
Lecture by Nazan Maksudyan (EUME-Fellow 2009/10) and Introduction by Prof. Ulrike Freitag, ZMO
Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 6 pm, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10, Berlin
Religious Secularism
Lecture by Ghada Al-Madbouh (EUME-Fellow 2009/10) and Introduction by Dr. Dyala Hamzah, ZMO
Thursdays, 2 pm in WS 2009/10, Universität Bayreuth, Raum S 120 (GW I, Main Campus)
AFRICA AND BEYOND: TRANSLOCAL PERSPECTIVES
Colloquium with different lectures, among others: Dr. Kai Kresse (ZMO), Dr. Nora Lafi (ZMO) and Dr. Chanfi Ahmed (ZMO);
for detailed information please check the programme
Thursday, 21. Januar 2010, 2 pm, Universität Bayreuth, Raum S 120 (GW I, Main Campus)
A directed landscape: thoughts about war and
mobility from East Africa to South Asia in World
War II
Lecture by PD Dr. Katrin Bromber (ZMO)
In context of the Colloquium Africa and Beyond: Translocal Perspectives
Wednesday, 28. April 2010, 6.30 pm, HU zu Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Invalidenstrasse 118, 10115 Berlin, Room 410
Imperiale Propaganda und Sprachnormierung: Die swahilisprachige
Militärpresse im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Lecture by PD Dr. Katrin Bromber (ZMO)
In context of the Colloquium at the HU "Afrikawissenschaften aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive“
Single Events
Wednesday, 6th October 2010, 7 pm, Neues Stadthaus, Otto-Suhr-Saal, Parochialstrasse 3, 10179 Berlin-Mitte
Keynotelectures of the internationalen Workshop "Under Construction: The Material and Symbolic Meaning of Architecture and
Infrastructure in the Gulf Region"
Lectures by Michael Schindhelm (former Consult of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Government of Dubai, VAE) and Prof. Michael Schwarz (Faculty of Engineering, Ajman University of Science and Technology, VAE), Moderation: PD Dr. Katrin Bromber (ZMO)
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 5.30 pm. Zentrum für Kultur- und Literaturforschung, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, Raum 308
Die Memoiren einer Prinzessin im Harem des persischen Schahs 
Reading with Elisabeth Blonzen
In cooperation with the internationales literaturfestival berlin
Sunday, 19 September 2010, 6.30 pm, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Konferenzraum 2, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10,
10557 Berlin
Hassouna Mosbahi lässt in seinem Roman »Rückkehr nach Tarschisch« nordafrikanische Vergangenheit und Gegenwart lebendig werden
Reading with Roland Schäfer, Moderation: Samuel Shimon
In cooperation with the internationales literaturfestival berlin
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 7 pm, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Dorotheenstraße 12,
10117 Berlin
Global Mufti – medialer Islam von Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Book presentation and discussion with Dr. Bettina Gräf (ZMO), Prof. Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (Universität Kopenhagen) and Prof. Gudrun Krämer (FU Berlin); Moderation: Dr. Andreas Beckmann (Journalist)
In cooperation with the internationales literaturfestival berlin
Sunday, 12 September 2010, 1 pm, ZMO
Der Tag des offenen Denkmals am Mittelhof - Landhaus und Landhausgarten
The ZMO and the Historische Kommision invite you to the Open Day
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 4 pm, S- Bhf Savignyplatz, Ecke Bleibtreustraße
Inder in Berlin während des ersten Weltkriegs - Führung rund um den Savignyplatz
In the context of Tag des offenen Denkmals invites the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des ZMO e.V. to a walk with a guide by Heike Liebau (ZMO)
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 6pm, ZMO
Considerations on Society through Saudi Women’s Art
Lecture by Prof. Maha A. Alsenan, Princess Nora Bint Abdurrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 7.30 pm, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Arabischer Weltgeist im Aufbruch? - Zum Tod von Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
Discussion with Dr. Reginald Grünenberg (Editor of Perlen Verlags), Dr. Sonja Hegasy (ZMO), Nabil Bushnaq (Founder of Ibn Rushd Fund), Stefan Weidner (Editor in Chief of the Magazine Fikrun wa Fann), Dr. Vincent von Wroblewsky (Philosoph and Translator of „Kritik der arabischen Vernunft – Die Einführung“), Introduction by Harald Steinhausen (Perlen Verlag)
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 6 pm, HU zu Berlin,
Invalidenstrasse 118, Room 410,
10115 Berlin
CUBA, UNE ODYSSEE AFRICAINE
(Documentary by Jihan el-Tahri, France, 2007)
To the 50th Anniversary of the independence of the Congo shows the library of the ZMO the ARTE France-production
Tuesday,
29 June 2010, 7.30 pm, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin,
Wallotstraße 19, 14193 Berlin
Carl Heinrich Becker Lecture
der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung: Islam and the Politics of Gender:
Reflections on Afghanistan
Lecture by Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS, London), Introduction by Wolf Lepenies (WiKo) and Ulrike Freitag (ZMO)
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 7 pm, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Simón-Bolívar-Saal, Potsdamer Str. 37, 10785 Berlin
Zur gegenwärtigen Theorie der Interkulturalität: Perspektiven aus Mexiko 
Lecture by Bertold Bernreuter, Moderation: Dr. Kai Kresse (ZMO)
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 6 pm, ZfA,
Raum TEL 811,
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7,
10587 Berlin
The Dönme and Anti-Jewish
Conspiracy Theories in the
Ottoman Empire and Turkish
Republic
Lecture by Prof. Marc David Baer (ZMO)
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 8 pm, ZfL, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, Room 308
Der verstellte Blick. Bedingungen und Perspektiven gegenwärtiger Kulturforschung
Discussion with Renate Haas (Institut für Kulturanalyse Berlin), Sonja Hegasy (ZMO), Andreas Pflitsch (ZfL),
Moderation: Ines Kappert (die tageszeitung)
Monday, 3 May 2010, 6 pm, ZfL, Schützenstraße 18,
10117 Berlin, Room 308
Saudi-Arabien -
Ein Königreich im Wandel?
eds. by Prof. Ulrike Freitag
(Paderborn 2010)
Bookpresentation and Discussion with an Introduction by Prof. Ulrike Freitag, ZMO
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 6 pm, ZfL,
Schützenstraße 18,
10117 Berlin,
Room 308
The Return of Zionism:
Myths, Politics and
Scholarship in Israel
Lecture by Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA, moderated by Prof. Marc Baer (ZMO)
 Documentation of the event at publicsolidarity.de
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 5.30 pm, Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin, Schützenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin, Room 308
Media, Homeland, and Community in Islamic and Area Studies: A Social History and Emerging Trends
Lecture by Prof. Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College and WIKO Berlin
In context of the conference Zeit für Medialisierung and in cooperation with the ZMO
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 5.30 pm, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung.
Schützenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin,
Konferenzsaal
Islam in Kasachstan:
Traditionen und aktuelle Entwicklungstendenzen
Lecture by Sheich Abdsattar Haji Derbissali,
Grand Mufti and Chairman of the Relegious Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan, and with Moderation by Dr. Dina Wilkowsky (ZMO)
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
Der Begriff „Globale Gerechtigkeit“ bei
Henry Odera Oruka -
Eine afrikanische Perspektive auf ein
brennendes Problem
Lecture by Dr. Anke Graneß, Presentation by Kai Kresse (ZMO)
Monday, 22 February 2010, 7 pm, ZfL, Schützenstraße 18 - 10117 Berlin, Room 308
„Parental Authority, Sexuality and Generation between Maghreb and Mashreq”
Public Talk and Discussion with Rita El Khayat and Michael Roes
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 6 pm, ZfA, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7,
10587 Berlin,
Room 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
Zentrum
für
Antisemitismusforschung (ZfA)
Friday, 29 January 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
Annual lecture of "Gesellschaft zur Förderung des ZMO e. V."
Die andere Küste Ostafrikas - Translokale Topographien des Tanganyikasees vor 1900
Lecture by Prof. Achim von Oppen, Universität Bayreuth
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 6 pm, Robert-Bosch-Stiftung, Bismarckstr. 71,
10627 Berlin
Istanbul, mon amour
Lecture by Nedim Gürsel
Friday, 8 January 2010, 6 pm, ZMO
New year's reception and opening of the exhibition 'Wissensstädte - Bibliotheken in Afrika'
Disclosure by Prof. Ulrike Freitag, Director of ZMO
Pictures of the new year's reception
Exhibitions
Conferences and Symposia
October 7th - 10th 2010, ZMO
Under Construction: The Material and Symbolic Meaning of Architecture and
Infrastructure in the Gulf Region
International workshop organized by PD Dr. Katrin Bromber (ZMO), Dr. Steffen Wippel (ZMO) and Prof. Birgit Krawietz (FU Berlin)
Thurday, 23rd September 2010, ZMO
“Indian agrarian and
peasant history – a challenge to current research”
Workshop organized by Dr. Heike Liebau and in honour of our former colleague Petra Heidrich (13. November 1940 - 31. Januar 2006)
September 20th - 24th 2010, Philipps-Universität Marburg
17. DAVO Congress / 31. German Congress of Oriental Studies
The German Oriental Studies Congress takes place regularly every third year. It is the most prominent conference of Oriental Studies Germany convened by the The Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft . Researchers and academics from various disciplines of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies participate.
July 19th – 24th 2010, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
WOCMES 2010 - World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
After the highly successful experiences of the two previous WOCMES meetings held in Mainz (Germany) in 2002 and in Amman (Jordan) in 2006 , WOCMES Barcelona 2010 will bring this unique event within the Mediterranean region.
The conference is organised by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Government of Catalonia.
15th - 17th July 2010, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO),
Berlin
Identifying New Themes
in South Asian History
Workshop organized by Aditya Sarkar (University of Göttingen), Anna Sailer (University of Göttingen), Maria Framke (Jacobs University, Bremen) and Nitin Sinha (ZMO, Berlin)
30th June - 2nd July 2010, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO),
Berlin
‘Out of place’ or ‘Belonging’?
Exile, Hijra and Communities
Workshop organized by Heike Liebau (ZMO), Ben Zachariah (ZMO) and Chanfi Ahmed (ZMO), in Cooperation with the Sheffield Exile Groupe lead by Dr. Martial Staub, University of Sheffield
24th - 25th June 2010, Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO),
Berlin
“Configurations of Muslim Traditions in
European Public Spheres”
Workshop of the Internationalisation Network in Cooperation with the NORFACE-Program „The Emergence of
Islamic Fashion in Europe“
May 23rd - 26th 2010, Tel Aviv
Arab Responses to Fascism and Nazism, 1933–1945:
Reappraisals and New Directions
Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation (ISF),
Department of Middle Eastern and African History, the
Tel Aviv University and the Open University of Israel, with a. o.: Dr. Sonja Hegasy (ZMO), René Wildangel (ZMO), Prof. Peter Wien (University of Maryland)
April 8th - 10th 2010, GWZ Berlin, Schützenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin
Zeit für Medialisierung
Conference about "Medien und Transkulturelle Kommunikation in den Islam- und Regionalwissenschaften" organized by a. o. Dr. Bettina Gräf (FU Berlin)
25th - 26th March 2010, Durham University, UK
Urban History Conference 2010: Transgressive Cities: Practices and Place
Conference a.o. with lectures by Nora Lafi (ZMO) und Florian Riedler (ZMO) in the panel Ottoman Microcosms: Social Norms, their Transgression, and the Urban Space
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