News and upcoming events (2025)

1 July 2025|Forschung

From Classical ML to AI in Arabic and Islamic Studies

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Organizers: EIS1600 Team—Alicia Gonzalez Martinez, Hamid Reza Hakimi, and Maxim Romanov, University of Hamburg

We are excited to announce the...

20 May 2025|Lecture

Approaching and Distancing from Home in al-Fārābī's Great Book on Music

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Professor 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|Lecture

Historical Names of the Central Asian Region

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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|Lecture

The Political Geography of the Last and Largest Empire of the Long Late Antiquity

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The 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|Internationales

15th Numismatic Seminar at Hofstra University, NY

Half dirham of the Mamluk Sultan Jaqmaq (r. 1438-1453) with turkish names; University of Hamburg, photo-files, no.: 17273. ©Stefan Heidemann

Photo: © Stefan Heidemann

Program 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|Lecture

Timur’s Triumphant Return to Central Asia in the Early Modern Period

We 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|Webinar

The 24th Arabic Papyrology Webclass

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Prof. 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|Lecture

A lecture by Dr. Oysara Madaliyeva on the manuscripts and research of ʿAlī-Shīr Navāʾī’s (Alisher Navoi) ‘Badāyi' al-Bidāya’

We cordially invite to the third lecture of this winter term series on the history and culture of the Zerafshan Valley. The series is jointly...