News and upcoming events1 July 2025|ForschungFrom Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic StudiesPhoto: © M.RomanovOrganizers: EIS1600 Team—Alicia Gonzalez Martinez, Hamid Reza Hakimi, and Maxim Romanov, University of Hamburg We are excited to announce the...20 May 2025|LectureApproaching and Distancing from Home in al-Fārābī's Great Book on MusicPhoto: © SinaniProfessor Heidemann would like to invite you to the next lecture in our series on the history and culture of Central Asia, with a special focus on the...22 April 2025|LectureHistorical Names of the Central Asian RegionPhoto: © IBISRC Uzbek Khan, mint Khwarazm, 1317-8 CE © zeno.ru #211673 We coridally invite to the first lecture in our series on the history and culture of Central...21 April 2025|LectureThe Political Geography of the Last and Largest Empire of the Long Late AntiquityPhoto: Jimes.wustl.eduThe Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies invites you to a lecture on the Caliphate and governance in the 7th Century CE. The...15 March 2025|Internationales15th Numismatic Seminar at Hofstra University, NYPhoto: © Stefan HeidemannProgram of the 15th Kochnev Memorial seminar Hofstra University, Breslin Hall Room 109,March 15, 2025, Saturday, from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.The...18 February 2025|LectureTimur’s Triumphant Return to Central Asia in the Early Modern PeriodPhoto: © SinaniWe cordially invite to the last lecture of this winter term's series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan Valley. The lecture will be...17 February 2025|WebinarThe 24th Arabic Papyrology WebclassPhoto: Khaled YounesProf. Dr. Khaled Younes, University of Sadat City Webinar application necessary, apply before March 30, 2025 Monday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM (Central European...21 January 2025|LectureA lecture by Dr. Oysara Madaliyeva on the manuscripts and research of ʿAlī-Shīr Navāʾī’s (Alisher Navoi) ‘Badāyi' al-Bidāya’Photo: © SinaniWe cordially invite to the third lecture of this winter term series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan Valley. The series is jointly...17 December 2024|LectureLecture by Aleksandr Naymark on archery and kingship in pre-islamic Soghd and in early islamic MawarannahrPhoto: © SinaniWe are delighted to announce the second lecture in the winter term series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan Valley. The series is jointly...26 November 2024|LectureReflections on the Bukhara Education System in the Middle AgesPhoto: IBIRCOnline lecture series jointly organized by the Imam Bukhari International scientific Research Center (Uzbekistan) and the Asien-Afrika-Institut of the...25 November 2024|LectureLecture Series on the History and Culture of Central AsiaPhoto: Webinar Intitatiave in Islamic Material CultureSince the winter semester of 2020/2021, the İmam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center, operating under the auspices of the Cabinet of...21 October 2024|WebinarThe 23rd Arabic Papyrology WebclassPhoto: Khaled YounesGeneral Description Not infrequently, the life cycle of pre-modern documents did not end with their primary use. Quite on the contrary, old and...17 October 2024|WebinarWebinar on Islamic Numismatics with Stefan HeidemannPhoto: RomanIslam CenterThis webinar is part of the "Webinar Initiative in Islamic Material Culture" jointly organized by the Universität Bonn (Bethany Walker), the...7 September 2024|LectureWeekly "Majlis - Get Together" of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgPhoto: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe HamburgDear Friends, From now on, “Majlis – Get Together” will take place every first Saturday of the month at the MK&G. We would like to invite you to the...2 July 2024|LectureLecture by Kurt Franz on Mā warāʾ al-Nahr according to Yāqūt’s Muʿjam al-buldānPhoto: © E.SinaniWe are pleased to invite you to this term's third lecture of the series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan valley, jointly organized by...4 June 2024|InternationalesRediscovering the Chronicle of John of NikiuPhoto: British LibraryFirst published in 1883, the Chronicle of the Severan-miaphysite bishop John of Nikiu (fl. 690s) is the sole universal history to have survived from...28 May 2024|InternationalesMusical Heritage Across Borders: Materiality as an Indication of Distribution ChannelsPhoto: UHH/WeyerHave a look at the call for papers for the conference organized by one of our colleagues Yasemin Gokpinar (Acting Professor at Abteilung für...14 May 2024|LectureLecture by Alexandre Papas on The Dala’il al-Khayrat and its Central Asian ManuscriptsPhoto: © SinaniWe are pleased to invite you to this terms second lecture of the series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan valley, jointly organized by...10 May 2024|LectureThe 'Pure Faith' and SalomonPhoto: © HeidemannWe are glad to announce that Professor Stefan Heidemann (Asien-Afrika Institut, Universität Hamburg) will give this year's annual numismatic lecture...16 April 2024|LectureLecture by Mekhrojiddin Amonov on History of Sufism in the Zerafshan ValleyPhoto: © IBISRCWe are pleased to announce that the 7th lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia will take place online via Zoom during the summer...Show all news
