News and upcoming events28 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...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...5 April 2024|InternationalesThe Introduction of Islamic Coinage in 697-98: The before and afterPhoto: Circle for Late Antique and Medieval StudiesThe Circle for Late Antique and Medieval Studies is pleased to present the panel discussion: "The Introduction of Islamic Coinage in 697-98: The...26 March 2024|InternationalesSOURCES OF ISLAMIC CULTURE IN CENTRAL ASIAPhoto: Imam Bukhari InstituteProf. Dr. Stefan Heidemann, professor of Islamic Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute, Univerität Hamburg coorganises the online roundtable discussion...9 March 2024|InternationalesNumismatic Conference at Hofstra University, NYPhoto: © HeidemannCall for Papers:On Saturday, March 9, 2024, the XIVth Seminar in Middle Eastern and Central Asian Numismatics in Memoriam Boris Kochnev (1940-2002)...31 January 2024|Studium und LehreCall for a professorship in Islamic Art/Architecture (all ranks) at the American University of CairoPhoto: AUCJob Description:The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations invites applications from a historian of art and architecture with a primary focus on...16 January 2024|LectureLecture by Elyor Karimov on the Kubraviyya Sufi tariqa of Central AsiaPhoto: © Karimov & SinaniWe are pleased to kindly invite you to the last lecture of this term's lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia, which is jointly...12 December 2023|LectureLecture by Fahriddin Ibragimov on trends in the study of Avicenna's legacy in IranPhoto: IBISRCThis terms lecture series on the History and Culture of Central Asia, entitled: “Courts and their Arts in Central Asia: from Palaces to Poetry” , goes...11 December 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Stefan Heidemann on Qur’anic inscriptions in early Islamic AmuletsPhoto: © Universität HamburgProf. Dr. Stefan Heidemann, professor of Islamic Studies at Universität Hamburg will be giving a lecture on Quranic inscripitions in amulets, titled...30 November 2023|Islamic Material CultureCall for Applications for the Ernst Herzfeld AwardPhoto: © Ernst Herzfeld AwardThe Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft für Islamische Kunst und Archäologie | Ernst Herzfeld Society forStudies in Islamic Art and Archaeology is pleased to...14 November 2023|LectureLecture by Ahmad Khan on Shurut Works as a source of the history of law and society in Medieval Khurasan and TransoxianaPhoto: Ahmad KhanThe lecture series of this winter term goes on with the lecture of Dr. Ahmad Khan on "Law and Society in Medieval Khurasan and Transoxiana: Shurūṭ...17 October 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Feruza Jumanizazova on the harmony of Turkic Traditions in Tokharistan and TibetPhoto: Imam Bukhari InstituteThe sixth lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia, titled “Courts and their Arts in Central Asia: from Palaces to Poetry” will kick...18 July 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Tim Williams on Central Asian Archaeological LandscapesPhoto: IBISRCWe are pleased to invite you to our last lecture in this Semester, the lecture by Prof. Tim Williams, Professor of Silk Road Archaeology at the...13 June 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Bobur Aminov on The Epigraphic Monuments on the Territory of UzbekistanPhoto: ©IBISRCWe kindly invite you to the third lecture of the Lecture Series "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley '' which takes place this semester. The...2 May 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Simone Mantellini on the islamization in the Middle Zerafshan ValleyPhoto: © IBISRCWe kindly invite you to the second lsession of the Lecture Series "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley '' which takes place this semester. The...11 April 2023|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Gaybullov Boboyorov on Early Muslim Coinage of Central AsiaPhoto: © IBISRCWe are pleased to announce the kick off of the lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia "Material Culture of the Zerafshan Valley"...19 July 2022|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Florian Schwarz on Bukhara from Chingiz Khan to Buyan Quli KhanPhoto: © IBISRCWe kindly announce the last lecture of the series on "The History and Culture of the Zerafshan Region" , which takes place during the summer semester...21 June 2022|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Akram Khabibullaev on Muhammad Parsa's (d. 1420) LibraryPhoto: © IBISRCWe kindly invite you to our next lecture of the series on the history an culture of the Zerafshan Region, which is jointly organized the Asien-Afrika...14 June 2022|Islamic Material CultureLecture by Rocco Rante on new researches of the Bukhara during the Early Islamic PeriodPhoto: © IBISRCWe kindly invite you to our next lecture of the series on the history an culture of the Zerafshan Region, which is jointly organized the Asien-Afrika...Show all news