Series

What's New?! fall lecture series

What's New?! is a lecture series organised by LUCIS and the department of Middle Eastern Studies. The lectures focus on current research on Islam and the Middle East.

Starting on September 13th, a lecture will take place every Thursday at 17:15. Islam and Middle East experts share their fresh insights on topics ranging from Sufi women in Pakistan to Islam in Nigeria. The lectures are free to join for everyone and are followed by drinks. See you there! 

Programme

• 13 Sep
  Lecture Ibn Yūnus’s Use of Documentary Evidence in his History of Egypt Wadad Kadi
• 20 Sep
  Lecture Music Production in the 14th/15th Century Jalayirid and Timurid Courts: The Life and Legacy of Abd al-Qadir Maraghi Zeynep Yıldız Abbasoğlu
• 04 Oct
  Lecture Sufi women: the Sufi gender paradigm and praxis in South Asia Saad Ali Khan
• 11 Oct
  Lecture The Tawfiq Canaan Collection of Palestinian Amulets
• 18 Oct
  Lecture The Politics of Violence in Post-War Lebanon: Rivalry and Acquiescence between Hezbollah and Lebanese Security Institutions Marina Calculli
• 01 Nov
  Lecture Towards a Post-Ottoman Dialogue: Origins and Solutions for Violent Extremism in the Middle East, Balkans, and Northern Africa Mark Dechesne
• 08 Nov
  Lecture Rumour and Recolonisation in Muslim Chad Dorrit van Dalen
• 22 Nov
  Lecture Body and Word in Palestinian Literature: The Case of Hussein Barghouti Haneen Omari
• 29 Nov
  Lecture Political Sharia? Islamic Authority, Prebendalism, and Governance in Northern Nigeria David Ehrhardt
• 06 Dec
  Lecture Jewish Transnational Networks in the Interwar Period 1918-1939: Jewish Philanthropy and MENA-Europe relations