Calendar
Calendar
Individual events can take place virtually. Except for the Fellow Talks format, all other events are open to all interested parties. Information on registration and access can be found in the information on the individual events.
Wed 04 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
The Shape of Things That Did Not Come: Arabic Science Fiction and Palestine’s 1940s Belle Époque
Eli Osheroff (EUME Fellow 2025-27), Chair: Liron Mor (U of California, Irvine / EUME Fellow 2026/27)
Wed 11 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Heritage Beyond the National Frame
Pascale Ghazaleh (AUC / EUME Fellow 2017-19), Chair: Georges Khalil (EUME / Forum Transregionale Studien)
Tue 17 Nov 2026 | 10:00–17:00
Affective Structures of Ruin and Repair: In and Around the Middle East
Convened by Ido Fuchs (FU Berlin / EUME Fellow 2024-27) and Michal Givoni (Ben Gurion U / FU Berlin)
Wed 18 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Religion, Marxism, and Social Change: Emile Tuma’s Social Movements in Islam
Abed Kanaaneh (Tel Aviv U / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Florian Zemmin (FU Berlin)
Mon 23 Nov 2026 | 18:00–21:00
War, Migration, Memory: Ukrainian Perspectives
Panelists: Lidia Kuzemska, Natasha Klimenko, Viktoriya Sereda Moderation: Yelizaveta Landenberger
Wed 25 Nov 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Amazigh Cultural Artifacts in German Museums: Language Documentation, Recirculation and Fair Engagement
Valentina Schiattarella (MECAM Fellow 2025/26), Chair: Alia Mossallam (EUME Fellow 2016-27)
Wed 02 Dec 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Empire of Dust: Archaeology and the Making of Modern Egypt
Wendy Doyon (EUME Fellow 2024-27), Chair: Clara Abai (researcher, Berlin)
Wed 09 Dec 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Iran Amplified: Women Vocalists, Cultural Politics, and Social Media
Nahid Siamdoust (EUME Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2026-28), Chair: Alexander Jabbari (U of Minnesota Twin Cities / EUME Fellow 2025/26)
Wed 16 Dec 2026 | 17:00–18:30
Ironic Uncanniness: Temporal Disorientations and Futures with no Telos in Post-2024 Syria
Saphe Shamoun (EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Odai al Zoubi (writer, Berlin)
Wed 06 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
The Politics of Intention in Palestine-Israel
Liron Mor (U of California, Irvine / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Anne-Marie McManus (SYRASP / Forum Transregionale Studien)
Wed 13 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Disposable no More: The Urgency of a New Palestinian Political Strategy
Bashir Abu-Manneh (U of Kent), Chair: Himmat Zoubi (Mada al-Carmel / EUME Fellow 2018-27)
Wed 20 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
On the Beginnings of Palestinian Solidarity in the Mexican Mahjar
Francisco Reyes (LAI / FU Berlin), Chair: Shir Alon (U of Minnesota Twin Cities / EUME Fellow 2025/26)
Wed 27 Jan 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Crossing Borders, Rethinking Juridical Boundaries: The Israeli-Palestinian Case
Rawia Aburabia (Sapir Academic College School of Law / EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Suhad Bishara (Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel …
Wed 03 Feb 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Politics, Agriculture and Labour in Syria (1921-1963)
Seda Altuğ (EUME Fellow 2026-28), Chair: Rasha Chatta (FU Berlin / EUME Fellow 2017-21)
Wed 10 Feb 2027 | 17:00–18:30
Between Turāth and Decolonial Discourse: The Crisis of Language after Gaza
Jad Kiadan (EUME Fellow 2026/27), Chair: Galili Shahar (HU Berlin)
