This project by OIB postdoctoral fellow Marieke Krijnen focuses on the increasing interconnections between real estate and finance in Lebanon. Real estate has always been dependent on the financial sector for loans, but the financial sector itself has become increasingly … Continue reading →
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Research Project: Voyage Toward an Impossible Exteriority // Crossings of European Philosophy and Arabic Rhetorical Theory
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Sarah Doebbert Epstein spent a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the OIB, from October 2016 until the end of this month, to develop the core of a book on the basis of ongoing research in a new area she terms ‘comparative … Continue reading →
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Research Project: SCRIPT // Source Companion for Research on Islamic Political Thought
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As a tool for understanding how the heritage of political thought in the Middle East developed during its intellectually most productive periods, SCRIPT will offer access to a vast and varied literature, in Arabic and Persian, which flourished in the … Continue reading →
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Research Project: Higher Education and Citizenship in Egypt // An anthropological critique of the crisis narrative
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This project looks at the configurations of society, legitimacy, knowledge and power in Egypt, from the vantage point of the higher education sector, which Daniele Cantini has been researching since 2007. It focuses on the university as a fundamental institution … Continue reading →
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At the Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) in September
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From 18 to 22 September 2017, the 33rd Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) is taking place in Jena/Germany. The DOT is the largest professional meeting of Oriental Studies in Germany, and generally takes place every four years. The OIB is participating at … Continue reading →
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CfP: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War
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The editorial staff of the online encyclopedia of the First World War, “1914-1918-online”, – the result of an international collaborative project overseen by Freie Universität Berlin (Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Center for Digital Systems) in cooperation with the Bavarian State Library and funded … Continue reading →
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Cluster: Processes of Transformation in Urban and Rural Societies
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The projects in this research cluster share a focus on the effects of change, transformation and long-term development in both urban and rural societies of the Middle East since 1500. They aim to shed light on the constitutive fabric of … Continue reading →
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Cluster: Power and Legitimacy
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The convergence of power and the legitimacy of rule or order of the state and society is an ubiquitous phenomenon. As such, it has occupied political actors as well as authors continuously throughout history. Authority and political order also rely … Continue reading →
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Cluster: Higher Education as the Subject and Object of Critical Discourse
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The importance of universities can hardly be overestimated. Their numbers have grown massively, as have the number of the people enrolled in them relative to the total population worldwide. They exert multiple functions in the production and dissemination of knowledge. … Continue reading →
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Cluster: Culture, Art and the Public Sphere
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Projects in this cluster share an interest in the political character of innovation in cultural production, of forms of articulation and of publicness. In particular, this cluster deals with processes of transformation of existing aesthetic, political and social orders, as … Continue reading →
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Research at the OIB
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How is research at the OIB organised? The OIB conducts and supports research on (and in) the Arab region and the wider Middle East. Research addresses historical and contemporary matters, and shares the commitment to a systematic study of primary … Continue reading →
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Relaunch of the OIBlog
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After the OIBlog Mish ma32ool (“unbelievable”) was first launched in late 2012, we are now relaunching it with a number of changes in structure, focus and content, which will be introduced in this and the following post. This serves two … Continue reading →
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CfP: Contextualising the Art Salon in the Arab Region
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Symposium in Beirut, 27-28 October 2017 Call for Papers: Abstracts due by 5 June 2017 The Orient-Institut Beirut and the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum are organizing a symposium on 27-28 October 2017 that aims to contextualize the art salon in … Continue reading →
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duz Breitengrad: Beirut
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duz Deutsche Universitätszeitung: duz Magazin Ausgabe 08/2016 vom 22. Juli 2016 Breitengrad: Irgendwo ist auch der Staat Im Libanon macht sich ein neues Interesse an Kulturpolitik bemerkbar, sagt Nadia von Maltzahn, die am Orient-Institut Beirut arbeitet.
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CfP: The Avant-garde and its Networks: Surrealism in Paris, North Africa and the Middle East from the 1930s
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Date: 14-15 November 2016 Venue: Orient-Institut Beirut Organizers: Orient-Institut Beirut/Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte Paris Surrealism – along with Futurism – can be considered as one of the few avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century that was established in … Continue reading →
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CfP: Rethinking Social Movements in the Digital Age: Activism, Dissent and Rebellion in the Post-Arab Spring
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International Workshop Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) July 29, 2016 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Laila Shereen Sakr Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbara The pivotal and unprecedented role that digital technology has played in instigating, as well … Continue reading →
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CfP MESA 2016 panel: “The Art Salon in the Middle East: Migration of Institutional Patronage and its Challenges”
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We invite paper proposals for participation in a panel on The Art Salon in the Middle East: Migration of Institutional Patronage and its Challenges that we are submitting to MESA for this year’s annual meeting in Boston, MA, 17-20 November 2016. … Continue reading →
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Video: Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten?/Where is the Middle East Heading? (5)
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Panel IV: Bedrohte Kulturen und die Herausforderung der Vergangenheit/Endangered cultures and the challenges of the past Chair: Dr. Olaf Glöckner, Potsdam Die folgenden Vorträge waren Teil der Konferenz “Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten? Ethno-religiöse Minderheiten im Nahen Osten zwischen Verfolgung … Continue reading →
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Video: Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten?/Where is the Middle East Heading? (4)
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Panel III: Minderheiten, Konflikte und neue Einflüsse/Minorities, conflicts and new impacts Chair: Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Beirut Die folgenden Vorträge waren Teil der Konferenz “Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten? Ethno-religiöse Minderheiten im Nahen Osten zwischen Verfolgung und Selbstbehauptung”, die vom 30. … Continue reading →
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Video: Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten?/Where is the Middle East Heading? (3)
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Panel II: Minderheiten, Verfolgung und politische Interaktion/Minorities, persecution and political interaction Chair: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Potsdam/Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Beirut Die folgenden Vorträge waren Teil der Konferenz “Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten? Ethno-religiöse Minderheiten im Nahen Osten zwischen Verfolgung und … Continue reading →
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Video: Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten?/Where is the Middle East Heading? (2)
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Panel I: Frühes 20. Jahrhundert, Erster Weltkrieg und Neugliederung des Nahen Ostens/Early 20th century, World War 1 and new order in the Middle East Chair: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Potsdam Die folgenden Vorträge waren Teil der Konferenz “Wohin treibt der Nahe … Continue reading →
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Video: Shlomo Avineri – Nationalism, non-states, minority rights, and historical identities in the post-Ottoman space
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Keynote of the conference “Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten? Where is the Middle East heading?” that took place from 30th of November until 2nd of December 2014 in Berlin. Since the beginning of the “Arab Spring” in December 2010, complex … Continue reading →
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CfP: The “State” of Lebanon: Concepts of Political Order in Crisis?
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International workshop Orient-Institut Beirut, 15-16 October 2015 Though this be madness, yet, there is a method in’t. Shakespeare, Hamlet II, 2. The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) of the Max Weber Foundation invites paper proposals for an international workshop on “The ‘state’ … Continue reading →
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Mafish Ta‘lim: Why Egypt Ranked Last on Education
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By Hania Sobhy In its 2013-2014 Global Competitiveness Report, the World Economic Forum ranked Egypt as the worst country in the world in term of the quality of primary education. The measure is not perfect and relies significantly on the … Continue reading →
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REPORT: Language, Science and Aesthetics
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Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia Report of the Summer Academy in Beirut, 11-19 September 2014 Organizers: Orient-Institut Beirut/Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin Between 11-19 September 2014, the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) and the Berlin-based research program Forum Transregionale Studien organized an international Summer Academy in Beirut entitled “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia”. The Summer Academy explored debates about modernity, […]
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Khayri Hammad and Hannah Arendt in Cairo: Translating Liberal Thought in Revolutionary Times – a Lecture by Professor Jens Hanssen
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Studies on Egypt and the Middle East in Germany How do ideas travel through space and history? Which thoughts and concepts have been exchanged and transferred between Europe and Arab countries? Are these concepts received in different ways regarding the cultural and political context? Which role does translation and the translator play in transferring ideas? Professor Jens Hanssen from the University of Toronto discussed these questions in his lecture on “Khayri Hammad and Hannah Arendt in Cairo: Translating Liberal Thought in Revolutionary Times”, which […]
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CfP BRISMES Panel: “Pushing the Status Quo: Liberation in art and cultural practices in the modern Middle East”
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We invite paper proposals for participation in a panel on “Pushing the Status Quo: Liberation in art and cultural practices in the modern Middle East” that we are submitting to BRISMES for its forthcoming conference in London, 24-26 June 2015 (www.brismes2015.org). Cultural production often challenges existing norms and practices, pushing the boundaries of the status quo. This panel explores the relationship of artists and cultural players to authority in the Middle East in the 20th and 21st centuries. It deals with processes of transformation of […]
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FOOD FABRICATION: Culinary practices and food politics in the Arab world
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The Orient-Institut Beirut and the Goethe-Institut Lebanon take a closer look at culinary practices and food politics in the Arab world Beirut, 14-17 January 2015 Taking a comprehensive look at food heritage, politics and practices in Lebanon and the Arab World, the Orient-Institut Beirut and the Goethe-Institut Lebanon are pleased to announce their forthcoming forum Food Fabrication, to take place in Beirut from 14 to 17 January 2015. Food is a basic need, yet a subject of contestation, especially in this region where food […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Abschlussdiskussion/Concluding panel discussion
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Chair: Prof. Dr. Julius H. Schoeps, Potsdam Minderheiten im Nahen Osten und die westliche Welt Prof. Dr. SHLOMO AVINERI, Jerusalem Prof. Dr. MICHAEL STÜRMER, Die Welt Dr. SYLKE TEMPEL, Internationale Politik Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im Nahen Osten vor vier Jahren als „Arabischer Frühling“ begannen, haben eine tragische Wendung genommen. Autokratische Regime wurden zwar gestürzt oder in ihre Schranken gewiesen, doch im entstandenen Machtvakuum streiten ethnozentrierte und religiös-radikalisierte Gruppen militant und undemokratisch um Partikularinteressen. Einige Staaten erleben dabei rasante Zerfallsprozesse, andere offenen Bürgerkrieg, und wieder […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Panel III
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Panel III: Minderheiten, Konflikte und neue Einflüsse/Minorities, conflicts and new impacts Chair: Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Beirut Der Nahe Osten als aktueller Konfliktherd Dr. MICHAEL LÜDERS, Berlin Die Kopten und der “Arabische Frühling” in Ägypten Dr. SEBASTIAN ELSÄSSER, Kiel Segmentation of nations and fragmentation of segments, based on the Iraqi experience in nation-building and re-building Dr. FALEH ABDUL-JABBAR, Beirut Interreligous dialogue in the Middle East : a failed experiment? Prof. Dr. KAMEL S. ABU JABER, Amman Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im Nahen Osten vor vier Jahren als „Arabischer […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Panel II (2)
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Panel II: Minderheiten, Verfolgung und politische Interaktion/Minorities, persecution and political interaction Chair: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Potsdam/Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Beirut Religious Minorities in the Middle East Dr. HAMDAM NADAFI, Brüssel Die Situation der Kurden im Nahen Osten Dr. GÜNTER SEUFERT, Berlin Der Syrien-Konflikt und seine Auswirkungen auf die Minderheiten Dr. FRIEDERIKE STOLLEIS, Beirut Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im Nahen Osten vor vier Jahren als „Arabischer Frühling“ begannen, haben eine tragische Wendung genommen. Autokratische Regime wurden zwar gestürzt oder in ihre Schranken gewiesen, doch im entstandenen Machtvakuum […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Panel II (1)
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Minderheiten, Verfolgung und politische Interaktion/Minorities, persecution and political interaction Chair: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Potsdam/Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Beirut Christliche Minderheiten im Nahen Osten: Ein Störfaktor in der westlichen Geopolitik? Dr. THOMAS SCHEFFLER, Beirut Living together, but separately? Federalization projects in Lebanon since 1975 Dr. ANDRÉ SLEIMAN, Beirut Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im Nahen Osten vor vier Jahren als „Arabischer Frühling“ begannen, haben eine tragische Wendung genommen. Autokratische Regime wurden zwar gestürzt oder in ihre Schranken gewiesen, doch im entstandenen Machtvakuum streiten ethnozentrierte und religiös-radikalisierte Gruppen militant […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Panel I
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Panel I: Frühes 20. Jahrhundert, Erster Weltkrieg und Neugliederung des Nahen Ostens/Early 20th century, World War 1 and new order in the Middle East Chair: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Potsdam Der Zerfall des Osmanischen Reiches und seine Nachwirkungen: Talât Pasha Prof. Dr. HANS-LUKAS KIESER, Zürich Islamisches Ordnungswissen und die Idee der Nation: Konkurrenzen, Aporien und die Erfindung der Minderheiten Prof. Dr. MIHRAN DABAG, Bochum Minorities and mandates: The making of communal identities in the interwar period Prof. Dr. BIRGIT SCHÄBLER, Erfurt Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? – Welcome and Keynote Speech
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Begrüßung/Welcome by Prof. Dr. Julius H. Schoeps, MMZ Potsdam Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Lepsiushaus Potsdam Dr. Thomas Scheffler, Orient-Institut Beirut Dr. Elisabeth Botsch, Europäische Akademie Berlin Prof. Dr. Shlomo Avineri, Jerusalem Nationalism, nation-states, minority rights, and historical identities in the post-Ottoman space Since the beginning of the “Arab Spring” in December 2010, complex and dramatic transformations have taken place in the Middle East. Up to now, it remains difficult to assess their impact on the people, societies and governments in the region. Previously stable forms of […]
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Conference Livestream: Where is the Middle East heading? Panel IV
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Panel IV: Bedrohte Kulturen und die Herausforderung der Vergangenheit/Endangered cultures and the challenges of the past Chair: Dr. Olaf Glöckner, Potsdam Aleppo as a prism of minorities, cultures and destruction in the Middle East Dr. UǦUR ÜMIT ÜNGÖR, Utrecht/Amsterdam Vergangenheitsbewältigung als Herausforderung in der Türkei Dr. ULRIKE DUFNER, Istanbul Die Situation der Minderheiten im Iran Dr. WAHIED WAHDAT-HAGH, Berlin Die Situation der Drusen im Nahen Osten TOBIAS LANG M.A., Wien Demokratische Aufbrüche, die im Nahen Osten vor vier Jahren als „Arabischer Frühling“ begannen, haben eine tragische […]
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Where is the Middle East heading? Ethno-religious minorities between persecution and self-determination
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International conference in Berlin, 30 November – 2 December 2014: The Orient-Institut Beirut – in cooperation with Lepsiushaus Potsdam, the Moses Mendelssohn Centre at Potsdam University and the European Academy Berlin – is organizing an international conference on the situation of Middle Eastern minorities after the “Arab Spring” entitled “Where is the Middle East heading? Ethno-religious minorities between persecution and self-determination” (Wohin treibt der Nahe Osten? Ethno-religiöse Minderheiten im Nahen Osten zwischen Verfolgung und Selbstbehauptung). Since the beginning of the “Arab Spring” in December 2010, […]
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Summer Academy Lectures
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You are cordially invited to attend our public lectures of the Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics”. Lecture I 11 Sept, 5 – 6.30 pm, AUB, Building 37 Ray Brassier (American University of Beirut) Dialectics between Suspicion and Trust Lecture II 12 Sept, 5 – 6.30 pm, Orient-Institut Beirut Hans Harder (University of Heidelberg) Reading Paratexts: The significance of textual frames Lecture III 13 Sept, 11.30 am – 1.00 pm, Orient-Institut Beirut Nader el-Bizri (American University of Beirut) Ontological-Epistemological Renewals within the Dialectics of […]
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Summer Academy: Our Participants
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We are pleased to welcome our participants for our Summer Academy “Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia“, which will take place 11-19 September 2014 in Beirut. All participants (in alphabetical order): Hussein Abdulsater / Assistant Professor, Civilization Sequence Program, American University of Beirut Thematic Discussion: Renewing Falsafa: Epistemic possibilities and methodological obstacles Hannah Bader / Permanent Senior Research Fellow Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut/Academic Program Director Art Histories and Aesthetic […]
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“Language, Science and Aesthetics”
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The International Summer Academy is organized by the Orient-Institut Beirut and the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien. It is chaired by a group of scholars that include Monique Bellan (Orient-Institut Beirut), Nadia Bou Ali (American University of Beirut), Dahlia Gubara (Orient-Institut Beirut), Hans Harder (Heidelberg University), Bodhisattva Kar (University of Cape Town), Stefan Leder (Orient-Institut Beirut) and Dhruv Raina (Jawaharlal Nehru University). Entitled Language, Science and Aesthetics – Articulations of Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, this […]
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Programme
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Programme will be published soon.