News and upcoming events (2024)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...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...