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Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient

 

Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) is the only research institution in Germany that deals with the Middle East, Africa, Eurasia, South and Southeast Asia in an interdisciplinary and historically comparative perspective. The focus of research is the interaction of predominantly Muslim societies and their relationships with non-Muslim neighbouring regions.

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The ZMO triannual yearbook is published

Shared World. People, Faiths, Ideas, Practices: New Directions in Research 2023-2025

(Il)Literate Africa? The Ajami Tradition, the Manuscript Heritage and the New Knowledge Factory in Sudanic Africa

We are excited to announce the first lecture of our Summer Colloquium by Amidu Olalekan Sanni on 31 March 2026.

Hassan Heshmat – Ein Visionär seiner Zeit

A digital exhibition with five audiostations on the Egyptian artist Hassan Heshmat (1920-2006).

Reason is a light which is certainly needed to illuminate the darkness, but it can also be useful in full daylight.

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri

Research

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State and Society

How do social groups, movements, and networks create, represent, and challenge state and society in their [...]
Featured Image of the Research Group “Lives and Ecologies”

Lives and Ecologies

How do humans seek to shape their lives, together with humans and other living beings, under conditions [...]
Featured Image of the Research Group “Religion and Intellectual Culture”

Religion and Intellectual Culture

This research unit examines the interplay between religion, intellectual culture, and everyday life [...]
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ZMO is part of several networks, working groups, and research alliances.
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