Events
Events
The events of the Forum offer space for scholars to discuss transregional issues and to develop new projects. They contribute to interdisciplinary debates and to the transfer of knowledge to different public spheres. You can find more information about the Forum's formats here.
Wed 11 Oct 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Ordinary Lives and Extraordinary Upheavals
Asef Bayat (University of Illinois / HU Berlin), Chair: Alia Mossallam (EUME Fellow 2017-24)
Wed 18 Oct 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Archives, Heritage and Discontent: Who Owns Egypt’s Past?
Pascale Ghazaleh (American University Cairo / EUME Fellow 2017-19), Chair: Banu Karaca (PI ERC BEYONDREST)
Fri 20 Oct 2023 | 15:00–18:00

Humanities and Social Sciences in Times of Crises: Back to Provincialism?
Conference of the Forum Transregionale Studien in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Wed 25 Oct 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Inheriting Anatolia: Representation, Knowledge Production and Imagination
Çiçek İlengiz (Postdoctoral Researcher ERC BEYONDREST), Chair: Filiz Tütüncü Çağlar (EUME Fellow 2020-24 / Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin)
Wed 01 Nov 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Champollion, Appropriation and Repair: French Universalism and the Politics of Memory
Markus Messling (Universität des Saarlandes / ERC Minor Universality), Chair: Leyla Dakhli (CNRS / ERC DREAM)
Wed 08 Nov 2023 | 17:00–18:30

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures
C. Ceyhun Arslan (Koç University / EUME Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2023/24), Chair: Toygun Altıntaş (EUME Fellow 2020-24)
Wed 15 Nov 2023 | 17:00–18:30

On Endings: Temporalities of Exiled Arab Magazines in the 1980s/90s
Yvonne Albers (Freie Universität Berlin), Chair: Hanan Toukan (Bard College Berlin / EUME Fellow 2019-23)
Wed 22 Nov 2023 | 17:00–18:30

What is Left? Trajectories of Secular Politics in Post-2003 Iraq
Gennaro Gervasio (U Roma Tre / EUME Fellow 2022-23), Chair: Rashof Salih (Forum Transregionale Studien / Freie Universität Berlin)
Wed 29 Nov 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Affectueusement, Laila; Being a communist ‘foreign’ woman in post-colonial Egypt
Rim Naguib (EUME Fellow 2019-23), Chair: Mariz Kelada (EUME Fellow 2023/24)
Wed 13 Dec 2023 | 17:00–18:30

Who are the Hazaras of Afghanistan?
Zainab Qadiri (EUME Fellow 2022-24), Chair: Mina Khanlarzadeh (EUME Fellow 2023/24)
Wed 10 Jan 2024 | 17:00–18:30

Eco-Surrealism, Martyrdom, and the Future: Palestinian Magical Realism Meets Indigenous Climate Fiction
Sanabel Abdelrahman (EUME Fellow 2023/24), Chair: Yvonne Albers (Freie Universität Berlin)
Wed 17 Jan 2024 | 17:00–18:30

Russian Social Media at War: The Battle of Aleppo in the Eyes of Russian Military Correspondents, 2015-2017
Elise Daniaud Oudeh (LUISS University / EUME Fellow 2023/24), Chair: Eylaf Bader Eddin (Postdoctoral Researcher ERC SYRASP)
Wed 24 Jan 2024 | 17:00–18:30

The Palestinian Cultural-Artistic Scene: Fragments, Decoloniality and Hope
Himmat Zoubi (EUME Fellow 2018-24), Chair: Hanan Toukan (Bard College Berlin / EUME Fellow 2019-23)
Wed 31 Jan 2024 | 17:00–18:30

The Lost Branch of the Hanafi School of Law in North Africa
Mouez Khalfaoui (Universität Tübingen / EUME Fellow 2023/24), Chair: Joel Blecher (George Washington University / Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin …
Wed 07 Feb 2024 | 17:00–18:30

Subversive Mimicry: Translating Zionist Children’s Literature into Arabic
Loaay Wattad (EUME Fellow 2023/24), Chair: Galili Shahar (Marcel Reich-Ranicki Chair in German Literature, Tel Aviv University)