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15 July 2019, 5 pm,
ZMO
Islam and
the Urban Space in Ottoman Tunis
Lecture by Prof.
Dr. Ahmed Saadaoui (Faculté des Lettres, des Arts
et des Humanités de l'Université de La Manouba,
Tunis) as part of the
Urban Studies
Seminar.
This lecture proposes to examine the official
religious architecture in Tunis in a comparative perspective with
Tripoli and Algiers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.
Focusing on large mosques built by the Ottoman authorities, it
intends to illustrate how religious architecture was part of a
communication, or even propaganda programme, reflecting the
ideology of the power. The aim of the lecture is also to examine
how regime changes affected architecture and its decorum...
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7 September
2019, 1-6 pm,
ZMO
Open Day
at ZMO/ Tag des offenen Denkmals
On 7 September 2019, ZMO and the Historische
Kommission zu Berlin e.V. are inviting all of you to visit our
institute building, the historical Mittelhof in
Berlin-Nikolassee.
Our staff will offer guided tours through the
building and a number of short lectures on current research topics
in both German and English language. There will also be a screening
of a short film and a concert in the evening. As in the past
years there will be a special programme for the children, food
and beverages.
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