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Book a Scientist – Das Speeddating mit der
Wissenschaft
Am 18.
März veranstaltet die Leibniz-Gemeinschaft erneut ein
"Book a Scientist". Dabei haben Sie die Chance, sich 25 Minuten
lang mit einer Expertin oder einem Experten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
auszutauschen und alles zu fragen, was Sie schon immer zu Ihrem
Lieblingsthema wissen wollten.
Drei unserer ZMO-Kolleg*innen bieten zwischen 17 Uhr und
18:30 Uhr die folgenden Gesprächsthemen an:
- Hip-Hop in Zentralasien: Auf der Suche nach einer
Klangidentität (Florian Coppenrath)
- Geheimdienste und internationale Kooperation: Der
Fall von Stasi und den syrischen „Mukhabarat“
(Noura Chalati)
- Development
and underdevelopment in a state periphery: the case of Papua,
Indonesia (Jacob Nerenberg)
Anmelden können Sie sich direkt bei der
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft per Email: Veranstaltungen@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
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11 March 2021, 3
pm, virtual event
The Question of Power in Classical
Islam: Searching for the roots of deliberative processes
Lecture by Abdul-Hameed Al-Kayyali (Institut français du Proche Orient,
Amman) as part of the "The Historicity of
Democracy Seminar"
In the Islamic tradition, after
the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632 C.E., a series of successors
called khulafâ’ or caliphs, claimed political
authority over the Muslim community. The emergence of the institution of
the Caliphate during this formative period of Islam (sadr
al-Islâm) saw the convergence of elements of
various origins, the interaction of which had a strong influence on the
redefinition of questions of power, legitimacy and deliberation. This
lecture, on the basis of a reading of a series of manuscripts and
treaties, by al-Tabari (839-923 C.E), al-Balathuri
(d. in 892 C.E.), al-Masoudi (d. in 956 C.E.)
and others, will analyse the contrast between narrations of elections and
selection processes during the period described as the Rashidun and the
consolidation of processes of hereditary nature under the Umayyad and
then the Abbasid dynasties.
For registration, please
send an email to HISDEMAB@gmail.com
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25 March
2021, 3 pm, virtual event
Contemporary Visions of Historical
Deliberative processes in Egypt
Lecture by Amr Elshobaki
(Alahram center for
political & strategic studies, Cairo) as part of the "The Historicity of
Democracy Seminar"
This lecture will analyse the
relationship between contemporary debates on deliberative processes in
Egypt and perceptions of the various historical layers of constitutional
history. This perspective will be the base for reflections on the
historicity and nature of processes of political deliberation in Egypt.
Amr Elshobaki will then focus on the question
of the role of the Egyptian Parliament in relation to the concept and
practice of democracy, as well as on matters of deliberation and
decision-making following the events of 2011. He will also reflect on
such issues through his own experience as a Member of Parliament involved
in constitutional reform in Egypt and as a columnist involved in debates
on political Action.
For registration, please
send an email to HISDEMAB@gmail.com
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1 April
2021, 5 pm, virtual event
Esoteric authority and Sufi
networks of the hajj. East African hajj accounts, 1898-1951
Lecture by Anne K. Bang
(University of Bergen) as part of the ZMO Colloquium
This talk presents a selection of
East African travel- and hajj accounts and takes note of how the hajj
itself is described.The pilgrimage, besides
it’s religious value for the traveller, if often stated to have two
evident social and potentially also political effects: Enhancing the
status of the pilgrim upon return (becoming haji) and expanding the
network of the haji to include fellow Muslims beyond his or her immediate
community. This talk explores how these two aspects of the pilgrimage is
expressed in East African accounts. It argues that travellers tended to
emphasize the esoteric authority they had obtained on their journey (encounters
with shaykhs dead and alive) over normative rituals such as the hajj.
This will be discussed in the context of the Sufi paradigm that governed
East African Islamic scholarship well into the 20th century.
Please register
at registration@zmo.de
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12 April
2021, 5 pm, virtual event
Islam in a Zongo.
Muslim Lifeworlds in Asante, Ghana
Book presentation by Benedikt
Pontzen (affiliated research fellow at ZMO)
Zongos, wards in West Africa populated
by traders and migrants from the northern savannahs and the Sahel, are a
common sight in Ghana's Asante region where the people of these wards
represent a dual-minority as both foreigners and Muslims in a largely
Christian area, facing marginalisation as a result. Islam provides the
people of the zongos with a common ground and
shared values, becoming central to their identity and to their shared
sense of community. This detailed account of Islamic lifeworlds
highlights the irreducible diversity and complexity of 'everyday' lived
religion among Muslims in a zongo community.
Benedikt Pontzen traces the history of Muslim presence in the region and
analyses three Islamic phenomena encountered in its zongos
in detail: Islamic prayer practices, the authorisation of Islamic
knowledge, and ardently contested divination and healing practices.
Please register
at registration@zmo.de
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Climate Change, Political Economy,
and Connectivity in the Red Sea Region
Spring 2021 Webinar by the Red Sea
Net
Webinar series organised by
Nathalie Peutz (New York University Abu Dhabi,
affiliated research fellow at ZMO) and Alden Young (University of
California Los Angeles). The next presentation is on 3 March 2021 by
Sophia Kalantzakos on "Strategic
partnership or systemic Rivalry in a Microcosm: ΕU and China in Djibouti".
Nathalie Peutz herself will give a lecture at
the American Academy (online lecture) on "Displacement in the Horn
of Africa: Racialization, Migration, and the United Nations" on 11 March, 7:30 pm.
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