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A translocal perspective on Asia and Africa: Research at ZMO
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📚Book Presentation of the Arabic translation of "Shared Margins: An Ethnography with Writers in Alexandria after the Revolution " by Samuli Schielke & Mukhtar Saad Shehata 📚
⌚Thursday, December 4, 5pm.
🧏🏽♀️In Arabic and can be attended in-person at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/%D...
⌚Thursday, December 4, 5pm.
🧏🏽♀️In Arabic and can be attended in-person at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/%D...
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📚Book Presentation of the Arabic translation of "Shared Margins: An Ethnography with Writers in Alexandria after the Revolution " by Samuli Schielke & Mukhtar Saad Shehata 📚
⌚Thursday, December 4, 5pm.
🧏🏽♀️In Arabic and can be attended in-person at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/%D...
⌚Thursday, December 4, 5pm.
🧏🏽♀️In Arabic and can be attended in-person at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/%D...
📍 Montag, 8. Dezember 2025 um 17h am Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient 🕰️
Buchvorstellung von Dr. Muriel Asseburg (@swp-berlin.org)
Anmeldung erforderlich! Bitte melden Sie sich unter [email protected] für die Veranstaltung an.
Weitere Infos: www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
Buchvorstellung von Dr. Muriel Asseburg (@swp-berlin.org)
Anmeldung erforderlich! Bitte melden Sie sich unter [email protected] für die Veranstaltung an.
Weitere Infos: www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📍 Montag, 8. Dezember 2025 um 17h am Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient 🕰️
Buchvorstellung von Dr. Muriel Asseburg (@swp-berlin.org)
Anmeldung erforderlich! Bitte melden Sie sich unter [email protected] für die Veranstaltung an.
Weitere Infos: www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
Buchvorstellung von Dr. Muriel Asseburg (@swp-berlin.org)
Anmeldung erforderlich! Bitte melden Sie sich unter [email protected] für die Veranstaltung an.
Weitere Infos: www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
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In today’s Syria, various groups invoke particular versions of the past to define the nation and/or homeland. What role does the past play in the transition after the regime change in Damascus? An interview with Birgitte Holst by Heike Liebau (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) 👇
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
Uses of the past in post-Assad politics in Syria
Heike Liebau interviews Birgitte Holst on the role of the past in today's politics in Syria.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In today’s Syria, various groups invoke particular versions of the past to define the nation and/or homeland. What role does the past play in the transition after the regime change in Damascus? An interview with Birgitte Holst by Heike Liebau (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) 👇
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
In Zossen, Brandenburg, a war cemetery features an obelisk with Tatar-Muslim names—a remnant of a German prisoners-of-war camp during World War I. Thousands of Kazan Tatar soldiers, caught between three empires, lived there. Leila Almazova writes about this often overlooked chapter in German history
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November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In Zossen, Brandenburg, a war cemetery features an obelisk with Tatar-Muslim names—a remnant of a German prisoners-of-war camp during World War I. Thousands of Kazan Tatar soldiers, caught between three empires, lived there. Leila Almazova writes about this often overlooked chapter in German history
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Frédérick Madore (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient @zmo-berlin.bsky.social) and Vincent Hiribarren (King's College @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) are calling for chapters for a book to come about #DigitalHumanities and #artificialintelligence in #AfricanStudies: distam.hypotheses.org/21726
Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies (call for chapters)
Frédérick Madore (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient / University of Bayreuth - Germany) and Vincent Hiribarren (King’s College London - United Kingdom) are calling for chapters for a book to come about ...
distam.hypotheses.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Frédérick Madore (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient @zmo-berlin.bsky.social) and Vincent Hiribarren (King's College @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) are calling for chapters for a book to come about #DigitalHumanities and #artificialintelligence in #AfricanStudies: distam.hypotheses.org/21726
US President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the controversial de facto ruler of oil-rich Saudi Arabia, to the White House on Tuesday.
In this DW interview, Ulrike Freitag analyses the visit of MBS to the White House and future prospects of the two countries' relationship.
In this DW interview, Ulrike Freitag analyses the visit of MBS to the White House and future prospects of the two countries' relationship.
Why did Trump roll out the red carpet to Saudi Arabia? | DW News
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November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
US President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the controversial de facto ruler of oil-rich Saudi Arabia, to the White House on Tuesday.
In this DW interview, Ulrike Freitag analyses the visit of MBS to the White House and future prospects of the two countries' relationship.
In this DW interview, Ulrike Freitag analyses the visit of MBS to the White House and future prospects of the two countries' relationship.
We are happy to announce and invite you to the second #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Alice von Bieberstein (HU Berlin).
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/te...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/te...
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We are happy to announce and invite you to the second #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Alice von Bieberstein (HU Berlin).
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/te...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/te...
Our #bulletin is out! 📰
In this edition, Ahmad Moradi reflects on the need for epistemic #preparedness which does not promise control over the future, but fosters the capacity to live and act meaningfully within #uncertainty.
Grab your copy @ZMO or read it online: repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_...
In this edition, Ahmad Moradi reflects on the need for epistemic #preparedness which does not promise control over the future, but fosters the capacity to live and act meaningfully within #uncertainty.
Grab your copy @ZMO or read it online: repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_...
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our #bulletin is out! 📰
In this edition, Ahmad Moradi reflects on the need for epistemic #preparedness which does not promise control over the future, but fosters the capacity to live and act meaningfully within #uncertainty.
Grab your copy @ZMO or read it online: repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_...
In this edition, Ahmad Moradi reflects on the need for epistemic #preparedness which does not promise control over the future, but fosters the capacity to live and act meaningfully within #uncertainty.
Grab your copy @ZMO or read it online: repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_...
The Red Sea is one of the world’s most enduring arteries of human trafficking.
Building off earlier initiatives, this conference aims to consolidate the subfield of Red Sea slavery studies by expanding the scope of inquiry beyond the processes that enslaved people.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
Building off earlier initiatives, this conference aims to consolidate the subfield of Red Sea slavery studies by expanding the scope of inquiry beyond the processes that enslaved people.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Red Sea is one of the world’s most enduring arteries of human trafficking.
Building off earlier initiatives, this conference aims to consolidate the subfield of Red Sea slavery studies by expanding the scope of inquiry beyond the processes that enslaved people.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
Building off earlier initiatives, this conference aims to consolidate the subfield of Red Sea slavery studies by expanding the scope of inquiry beyond the processes that enslaved people.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
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ZMO is pleased to announce 1 PhD Position on Traditional Courts and State Law in Central Asia.
This is one of 17 fully-funded PhD positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “Sociology of Authoritarian Law. Insights from Central Asia” (SOCIAL-DN).
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ZMO is pleased to announce 1 PhD Position on Traditional Courts and State Law in Central Asia.
This is one of 17 fully-funded PhD positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “Sociology of Authoritarian Law. Insights from Central Asia” (SOCIAL-DN).
www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Ka...
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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ZMO is pleased to announce 1 PhD Position on Traditional Courts and State Law in Central Asia.
This is one of 17 fully-funded PhD positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “Sociology of Authoritarian Law. Insights from Central Asia” (SOCIAL-DN).
www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Ka...
ZMO is pleased to announce 1 PhD Position on Traditional Courts and State Law in Central Asia.
This is one of 17 fully-funded PhD positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “Sociology of Authoritarian Law. Insights from Central Asia” (SOCIAL-DN).
www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Ka...
The Timely Histories Project at ZMO is pleased to announce that it will be conducting the #workshop “Rhythms of Livelihood: Past and Present” in Delhi, India, this week, from November 6 to 8, 2025.
In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi.
In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Timely Histories Project at ZMO is pleased to announce that it will be conducting the #workshop “Rhythms of Livelihood: Past and Present” in Delhi, India, this week, from November 6 to 8, 2025.
In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi.
In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi.
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New interview!
Stefan B. Kirmse (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) talked to us about his @erc.europa.eu-funded project, "In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union" #JUSTIMINO.
Read the interview here: ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/le...
Stefan B. Kirmse (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) talked to us about his @erc.europa.eu-funded project, "In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union" #JUSTIMINO.
Read the interview here: ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/le...
Legality and justice in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: An interview with Stefan B. Kirmse - CEU Review of Books
Stefan B. Kirmse talks to us about his ERC-funded project, In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (JUSTIMINO).
ceureviewofbooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New interview!
Stefan B. Kirmse (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) talked to us about his @erc.europa.eu-funded project, "In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union" #JUSTIMINO.
Read the interview here: ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/le...
Stefan B. Kirmse (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) talked to us about his @erc.europa.eu-funded project, "In Pursuit of ‘Legality’ and ‘Justice’ – Minority Struggles in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union" #JUSTIMINO.
Read the interview here: ceureviewofbooks.com/interview/le...
📱Digital Citizen Science and the Co-construction of Omani National and Cultural Identity: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis 📱
Lecture by Najma Al Zidjaly (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
📍Tuesday, 11 November at 5 pm at ZMO. No registration is required. Supported by Deutsche Oman Stiftung.
Lecture by Najma Al Zidjaly (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
📍Tuesday, 11 November at 5 pm at ZMO. No registration is required. Supported by Deutsche Oman Stiftung.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📱Digital Citizen Science and the Co-construction of Omani National and Cultural Identity: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis 📱
Lecture by Najma Al Zidjaly (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
📍Tuesday, 11 November at 5 pm at ZMO. No registration is required. Supported by Deutsche Oman Stiftung.
Lecture by Najma Al Zidjaly (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
📍Tuesday, 11 November at 5 pm at ZMO. No registration is required. Supported by Deutsche Oman Stiftung.
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💻 Online-Workshop "Memory in Digital Spaces" ("Islam und Digitalität", #AIWG), u.a. mit M. Gharaibeh (@bit-humboldtuni.bsky.social), C. Günther (@unierfurt.bsky.social), F. G. Marei (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) & A. Omerika (@goetheuni.bsky.social)
📅 5.–7.11.2025
ℹ️ Ohne Anmeldung - Zugang via QR-Code!
📅 5.–7.11.2025
ℹ️ Ohne Anmeldung - Zugang via QR-Code!
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
💻 Online-Workshop "Memory in Digital Spaces" ("Islam und Digitalität", #AIWG), u.a. mit M. Gharaibeh (@bit-humboldtuni.bsky.social), C. Günther (@unierfurt.bsky.social), F. G. Marei (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) & A. Omerika (@goetheuni.bsky.social)
📅 5.–7.11.2025
ℹ️ Ohne Anmeldung - Zugang via QR-Code!
📅 5.–7.11.2025
ℹ️ Ohne Anmeldung - Zugang via QR-Code!
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‼️ Time for #TakeOver: @mariamsalehi.bsky.social und @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social berichten vom Workshop #RethinkingViolence der AKs Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung und Internationale Politische Soziologie am @zmo-berlin.bsky.social!
Folgt @dvpwkongress.bsky.social & stay tuned!
Folgt @dvpwkongress.bsky.social & stay tuned!
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‼️ Time for #TakeOver: @mariamsalehi.bsky.social und @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social berichten vom Workshop #RethinkingViolence der AKs Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung und Internationale Politische Soziologie am @zmo-berlin.bsky.social!
Folgt @dvpwkongress.bsky.social & stay tuned!
Folgt @dvpwkongress.bsky.social & stay tuned!
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In den nächsten 2 Tagen berichten @mariamsalehi.bsky.social und @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social vom Workshop der DVPW-AKs Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung sowie Internationale Politische Soziologie am @zmo-berlin.bsky.social. Gemeinsam denken wir über Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft von Gewalt nach.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In den nächsten 2 Tagen berichten @mariamsalehi.bsky.social und @mariaketzmerick.bsky.social vom Workshop der DVPW-AKs Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung sowie Internationale Politische Soziologie am @zmo-berlin.bsky.social. Gemeinsam denken wir über Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft von Gewalt nach.
The #workshop “Rethinking the Past, Present and Future of Violence: Inputs from International Political Sociology” that is a joint initiative of the DVWP working groups on “orders of violence” and “sociology of international relations” will take place at ZMO, 29-30 Oct.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The #workshop “Rethinking the Past, Present and Future of Violence: Inputs from International Political Sociology” that is a joint initiative of the DVWP working groups on “orders of violence” and “sociology of international relations” will take place at ZMO, 29-30 Oct.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
On 28 Oct, Jean-Pierre Filiu will give a presentation of his book Un historien à Gaza (A Historian in Gaza), on the occasion of the publication of its German translation at @centremarcbloch.bsky.social. There will be a simultaneous translation French to German. www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
On 28 Oct, Jean-Pierre Filiu will give a presentation of his book Un historien à Gaza (A Historian in Gaza), on the occasion of the publication of its German translation at @centremarcbloch.bsky.social. There will be a simultaneous translation French to German. www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
We are happy to announce and invite you to the second #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Veronica Ferreri on Thursday, 23 October at 5pm at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/di...
www.zmo.de/en/events/di...
October 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We are happy to announce and invite you to the second #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Veronica Ferreri on Thursday, 23 October at 5pm at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/en/events/di...
www.zmo.de/en/events/di...
Next Monday, 5pm at ZMO with the authors Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor.
Join us for the book talk and for an exchange afterwards at a reception in our foyer.
www.zmo.de/en/events/th...
Join us for the book talk and for an exchange afterwards at a reception in our foyer.
www.zmo.de/en/events/th...
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Next Monday, 5pm at ZMO with the authors Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor.
Join us for the book talk and for an exchange afterwards at a reception in our foyer.
www.zmo.de/en/events/th...
Join us for the book talk and for an exchange afterwards at a reception in our foyer.
www.zmo.de/en/events/th...
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Remembering What Was Forgotten: Language, Religion, and the City in Dinara Rasuleva’s Travmagochi. A 📖 review by our former Leibniz-Fellow Diliara Brileva (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) 👇
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
Remembering What Was Forgotten: Language, Religion, and the City in Dinara Rasuleva’s Travmagochi
Diliara Brileva reviews Dinara Rasuleva’s novel Travmagochi (2025) which explores how memories of post-Soviet Tatar identity are shaped in the 1990s.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Remembering What Was Forgotten: Language, Religion, and the City in Dinara Rasuleva’s Travmagochi. A 📖 review by our former Leibniz-Fellow Diliara Brileva (@zmo-berlin.bsky.social) 👇
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
via @dehypotheses.bsky.social
ZMO invites applications for the Oman Research Grant 2026. The grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2026 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin.
The grant is funded by Deutsche Oman-Stiftung (German Oman Foundation).
www.zmo.de/en/about-us/...
The grant is funded by Deutsche Oman-Stiftung (German Oman Foundation).
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October 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
ZMO invites applications for the Oman Research Grant 2026. The grant comprises funding for a research stay in Berlin of up to 3 months in 2026 at ZMO, as well as travel costs to Berlin.
The grant is funded by Deutsche Oman-Stiftung (German Oman Foundation).
www.zmo.de/en/about-us/...
The grant is funded by Deutsche Oman-Stiftung (German Oman Foundation).
www.zmo.de/en/about-us/...
The conference "Decentering Knowledge: Concepts, Conceptualizations, Translations", organized by the Religion and Intellectual Culture unit at ZMO will take place next week, on October 13 and 14.
More info and full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/de...
More info and full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/de...
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The conference "Decentering Knowledge: Concepts, Conceptualizations, Translations", organized by the Religion and Intellectual Culture unit at ZMO will take place next week, on October 13 and 14.
More info and full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/de...
More info and full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/de...
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de zum 30. Jubiläum! 🎉
Seit 2017 sind wir, das Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Teil dieses starken Forschungsverbundes.
#30JahreLeibniz #LeibnizGemeinschaft #ZMO #Forschung
Seit 2017 sind wir, das Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Teil dieses starken Forschungsverbundes.
#30JahreLeibniz #LeibnizGemeinschaft #ZMO #Forschung
October 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de zum 30. Jubiläum! 🎉
Seit 2017 sind wir, das Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Teil dieses starken Forschungsverbundes.
#30JahreLeibniz #LeibnizGemeinschaft #ZMO #Forschung
Seit 2017 sind wir, das Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Teil dieses starken Forschungsverbundes.
#30JahreLeibniz #LeibnizGemeinschaft #ZMO #Forschung
🎙️The latest episode in our #podcast "Justice & Minorities" has been released!
In der dritten Folge geht es um #Georgien in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Stefan Kirmse hat Oliver Reisner zu Gast, der seit vielen Jahren in #Tbilisi lebt und forscht.
open.spotify.com/episode/7F4n...
In der dritten Folge geht es um #Georgien in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Stefan Kirmse hat Oliver Reisner zu Gast, der seit vielen Jahren in #Tbilisi lebt und forscht.
open.spotify.com/episode/7F4n...
Episode 3: Der Kampf um die georgische Nation - Geschichte und Gegenwart
open.spotify.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎙️The latest episode in our #podcast "Justice & Minorities" has been released!
In der dritten Folge geht es um #Georgien in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Stefan Kirmse hat Oliver Reisner zu Gast, der seit vielen Jahren in #Tbilisi lebt und forscht.
open.spotify.com/episode/7F4n...
In der dritten Folge geht es um #Georgien in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Stefan Kirmse hat Oliver Reisner zu Gast, der seit vielen Jahren in #Tbilisi lebt und forscht.
open.spotify.com/episode/7F4n...