Open Day at ZMO

Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient cordially invites you to its beautiful premises in Berlin-Nikolassee. In addition to inspiring short lectures, we offer you tours through our historic building, the Mittelhof, and the possibility to visit our in-house library. Get to know us and our work and enjoy our garden with coffee and cake.

The Open Day takes place in the framework of Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) from 12-17 September 2022.

We look forward to seeing you!

Our program:

13:30 Welcome, Awarding Steppat-Preis

14:00 Lecture: Getting Personal with Edward Said – Norman Saadi Nikro

14:30 Guided tour through the house in German

15:00 Lecture: On Exiles and Alternatives: An Ethnography with Writers in Alexandria, and a Little Bit Berlin – Samuli Schielke

15:30 Guided tour through the house in English

16:00 Lecture: Digital Humanities in the Making: The Islam Burkina Faso Collection – Frédérick Madore

Program PDF