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A translocal perspective on Asia and Africa: Research at ZMO
Website: www.zmo.de
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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).
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...
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.
📱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.
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...
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/...
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
We are happy to announce and invite you to the first #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Nayera Soliman Abdelrahman on Thursday, 25 September at 5pm at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
September 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We are happy to announce and invite you to the first #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Nayera Soliman Abdelrahman on Thursday, 25 September at 5pm at ZMO or online via Zoom.
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
www.zmo.de/veranstaltun...
Am Samstag waren wir Teil des #TagdesoffenenDenkmals und haben gemeinsam mit der Historischen Kommission die Pforten des #Mittelhofs geöffnet.
On Saturday, we took part in the #OpenHeritageDays and, together with the Historische Kommission, opened the doors of the #Mittelhof.
On Saturday, we took part in the #OpenHeritageDays and, together with the Historische Kommission, opened the doors of the #Mittelhof.
September 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Am Samstag waren wir Teil des #TagdesoffenenDenkmals und haben gemeinsam mit der Historischen Kommission die Pforten des #Mittelhofs geöffnet.
On Saturday, we took part in the #OpenHeritageDays and, together with the Historische Kommission, opened the doors of the #Mittelhof.
On Saturday, we took part in the #OpenHeritageDays and, together with the Historische Kommission, opened the doors of the #Mittelhof.
Join us on 18 September, 5 pm at ZMO for a book talk by Stephan Rindlisbacher on "Borders in Red - Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union", preceded by an introduction to ZMO’s Reinhard Eisener Collection (on Central Asia in the 1920s/30s).
The event is followed by a reception.
The event is followed by a reception.
September 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Join us on 18 September, 5 pm at ZMO for a book talk by Stephan Rindlisbacher on "Borders in Red - Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union", preceded by an introduction to ZMO’s Reinhard Eisener Collection (on Central Asia in the 1920s/30s).
The event is followed by a reception.
The event is followed by a reception.
📣 Call for Applications 📣
The Research Unit #Lives and #Ecologies at ZMO seeks to recruit a #postdoctoral #scholar to develop a project in the field of #history of #human-environment relations.
Deadline: 15 September 2025
More info and full call: www.zmo.de/en/career/jo...
The Research Unit #Lives and #Ecologies at ZMO seeks to recruit a #postdoctoral #scholar to develop a project in the field of #history of #human-environment relations.
Deadline: 15 September 2025
More info and full call: www.zmo.de/en/career/jo...
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📣 Call for Applications 📣
The Research Unit #Lives and #Ecologies at ZMO seeks to recruit a #postdoctoral #scholar to develop a project in the field of #history of #human-environment relations.
Deadline: 15 September 2025
More info and full call: www.zmo.de/en/career/jo...
The Research Unit #Lives and #Ecologies at ZMO seeks to recruit a #postdoctoral #scholar to develop a project in the field of #history of #human-environment relations.
Deadline: 15 September 2025
More info and full call: www.zmo.de/en/career/jo...
📅Save the Date! 📢
The Open Day at ZMO will take place on September 13 from 1pm till 6pm.
Together with the Historic Commission of Berlin (HiKo), we open the doors of the "Mittelhof", the historic building that is home to ZMO.
Everyone is warmly welcome!
Full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/ta...
The Open Day at ZMO will take place on September 13 from 1pm till 6pm.
Together with the Historic Commission of Berlin (HiKo), we open the doors of the "Mittelhof", the historic building that is home to ZMO.
Everyone is warmly welcome!
Full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/ta...
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📅Save the Date! 📢
The Open Day at ZMO will take place on September 13 from 1pm till 6pm.
Together with the Historic Commission of Berlin (HiKo), we open the doors of the "Mittelhof", the historic building that is home to ZMO.
Everyone is warmly welcome!
Full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/ta...
The Open Day at ZMO will take place on September 13 from 1pm till 6pm.
Together with the Historic Commission of Berlin (HiKo), we open the doors of the "Mittelhof", the historic building that is home to ZMO.
Everyone is warmly welcome!
Full programme: www.zmo.de/en/events/ta...
Finissage & Lecture: The People's Sculptor: The Porcelain Legacy of Hassan Heshmat by Nadine Nour el Din.
📍Friday, 1 August 2025, 6 pm at Der Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus, Schützallee 27, 14169 Berlin
Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vortrag-vo...
📍Friday, 1 August 2025, 6 pm at Der Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus, Schützallee 27, 14169 Berlin
Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vortrag-vo...
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Finissage & Lecture: The People's Sculptor: The Porcelain Legacy of Hassan Heshmat by Nadine Nour el Din.
📍Friday, 1 August 2025, 6 pm at Der Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus, Schützallee 27, 14169 Berlin
Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vortrag-vo...
📍Friday, 1 August 2025, 6 pm at Der Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus, Schützallee 27, 14169 Berlin
Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vortrag-vo...
On the occasion of the #World #Swahili #Day last week, Kai Kresse (ZMO & FU Berlin) and Lutz Diegner (HU Berlin) hosted the “Baraza la Kiswahili la Berlin” at ZMO that was honoured by the presence of His Excellency Hassan Iddi Mwamweta, the ambassador of Tanzania to Germany.
July 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📅 On Wednesday, July 16, at 4:15 pm, Andrea Behrends (Universität Leipzig) will give a lecture on Invisibilized Wars, Plantation Futures - Lifeworlds in Crisis in the Chad-Sudan Borderlands within the Berlin Anthropology Seminars.
You are warmly invited to join in-person at Ihnestr. 21 or via Webex
You are warmly invited to join in-person at Ihnestr. 21 or via Webex
July 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📅 On Wednesday, July 16, at 4:15 pm, Andrea Behrends (Universität Leipzig) will give a lecture on Invisibilized Wars, Plantation Futures - Lifeworlds in Crisis in the Chad-Sudan Borderlands within the Berlin Anthropology Seminars.
You are warmly invited to join in-person at Ihnestr. 21 or via Webex
You are warmly invited to join in-person at Ihnestr. 21 or via Webex
Panel Discussion in cooperation with the ‘Araz’ Scholars’ Initiative:
Scholars, Academic Freedom and the Future of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations
📅 Friday, July 11, 4 pm at ZMO. Followed by a reception. Please register at zmo@zmo.de
More: www.zmo.de/en/events/sc...
Scholars, Academic Freedom and the Future of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations
📅 Friday, July 11, 4 pm at ZMO. Followed by a reception. Please register at zmo@zmo.de
More: www.zmo.de/en/events/sc...
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Panel Discussion in cooperation with the ‘Araz’ Scholars’ Initiative:
Scholars, Academic Freedom and the Future of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations
📅 Friday, July 11, 4 pm at ZMO. Followed by a reception. Please register at zmo@zmo.de
More: www.zmo.de/en/events/sc...
Scholars, Academic Freedom and the Future of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations
📅 Friday, July 11, 4 pm at ZMO. Followed by a reception. Please register at zmo@zmo.de
More: www.zmo.de/en/events/sc...
Vernissage: Hassan Heshmat: Son of Egypt and Heir of the nahda
📅 4 July, 6 pm at the Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vernissage...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/ha...
📅 4 July, 6 pm at the Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vernissage...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/ha...
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Vernissage: Hassan Heshmat: Son of Egypt and Heir of the nahda
📅 4 July, 6 pm at the Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vernissage...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/ha...
📅 4 July, 6 pm at the Divan - Das Arabische Kulturhaus
Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.de/e/vernissage...
More info: www.zmo.de/en/events/ha...
📅 3 July 2025, 5pm, ZMO Summer Colloquium | Dr. Katharina Lange (ZMO)
📍The lecture will be hybrid. For on-site participation at ZMO no registration is needed. To attend online via Zoom, please register: www.zmo.de/en/events/i-...
📍The lecture will be hybrid. For on-site participation at ZMO no registration is needed. To attend online via Zoom, please register: www.zmo.de/en/events/i-...
June 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📅 3 July 2025, 5pm, ZMO Summer Colloquium | Dr. Katharina Lange (ZMO)
📍The lecture will be hybrid. For on-site participation at ZMO no registration is needed. To attend online via Zoom, please register: www.zmo.de/en/events/i-...
📍The lecture will be hybrid. For on-site participation at ZMO no registration is needed. To attend online via Zoom, please register: www.zmo.de/en/events/i-...
👏🏼Congratulations to Nitin Sinha who just published his new book "Against the Fetishisation of Plural Time. Rethinking Ways of Doing a Social History of Time" with De Gruyter Brill, 2025 🎉
📚The book is open access and can be downloaded/ordered here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
📚The book is open access and can be downloaded/ordered here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
June 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👏🏼Congratulations to Nitin Sinha who just published his new book "Against the Fetishisation of Plural Time. Rethinking Ways of Doing a Social History of Time" with De Gruyter Brill, 2025 🎉
📚The book is open access and can be downloaded/ordered here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
📚The book is open access and can be downloaded/ordered here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
On Wednesday, June 18, Esra Özyürek (University of Cambridge) will be the speaker of the Berlin Anthropology Seminar. Her lecture is titled: Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany
More: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/f...
More: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/f...
June 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On Wednesday, June 18, Esra Özyürek (University of Cambridge) will be the speaker of the Berlin Anthropology Seminar. Her lecture is titled: Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Post-War Germany
More: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/f...
More: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/f...
📢 The Timely Histories Project at ZMO in cooperation with the Centre for Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi has opened a call for papers for its upcoming conference taking place in New Delhi in November 2025.
🔗 Full call: www.zmo.de/fileadmin/us...
🔗 Full call: www.zmo.de/fileadmin/us...
June 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 The Timely Histories Project at ZMO in cooperation with the Centre for Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi has opened a call for papers for its upcoming conference taking place in New Delhi in November 2025.
🔗 Full call: www.zmo.de/fileadmin/us...
🔗 Full call: www.zmo.de/fileadmin/us...
You are invited to join the last online roundtable discussion of the series "Borders and Mobilities in Eurasia" next Tuesday, 10 June at 1 pm (Berlin time).
This session will be on Academic Cooperation and Mobility.
zfl-berlin-org.zoom.us/j/8692229946...
Meeting-ID: 869 2229 9466
Kenncode: 779229
This session will be on Academic Cooperation and Mobility.
zfl-berlin-org.zoom.us/j/8692229946...
Meeting-ID: 869 2229 9466
Kenncode: 779229
June 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You are invited to join the last online roundtable discussion of the series "Borders and Mobilities in Eurasia" next Tuesday, 10 June at 1 pm (Berlin time).
This session will be on Academic Cooperation and Mobility.
zfl-berlin-org.zoom.us/j/8692229946...
Meeting-ID: 869 2229 9466
Kenncode: 779229
This session will be on Academic Cooperation and Mobility.
zfl-berlin-org.zoom.us/j/8692229946...
Meeting-ID: 869 2229 9466
Kenncode: 779229