Winter Term 2024/25Lecture Series on the History and Culture of Central Asia

25 November 2024

Photo: Webinar Intitatiave in Islamic Material Culture

Since the winter semester of 2020/2021, the İmam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center, operating under the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, has collaborated with the Department of Islamic Studies at the Asien-Afrika-Institut (Universität Hamburg) to organize a joint lecture series on the history and culture of Central Asia.

The objective of the Lecture Series is to facilitate an exchange of ideas and insights on the history and culture of Central Asia among scholars from diverse academic backgrounds and specialisations. A significant number of lectures concentrate on Islamic history, encompassing a range of material culture manifestations.

The series will be held for the eighth time during the winter term of 2024/25. As is customary, four lectures will be delivered, with one scheduled for each month.

• 1st lecture: Tuesday, November 26th 2024, 1-3 pm CET (German time), 4-6 pm Tashkent time, 7-9 am EST (American East Coast)
  Speaker: NN
  
  
• 2nd lecture: Tuesday, December 17th 2024, 1-3 pm CET (German time), 4-6 pm Tashkent time, 7-9 am EST (American East Coast)
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Aleksandr Naymark, Hofstra University
  Topic: "How to become a Central Asian King: the Royal Archer from Archaemenids to Qarakhanids"
  
  
• 3rd lecture: Tuesday, January 21st 2025, 1-3 pm CET (German time), 4-6 pm Tashkent time, 7-9 am EST (American East Coast)
  Speaker: N.N.
  
  
• 4th lecture: Tuesday, February 18th 2025, 1-3 pm CET (German time), 4-6 pm Tashkent time, 7-9 am EST (American East Coast)
  Speaker: N.N.

The lectures will be conducted via Zoom on a monthly basis and are open to all participants. The Zoom link for the event can be accessed using the following credentials:
Meeting ID: 525 843 6902
Password: 12345
or by through the direct link which you can find here.

More information on the content of lectures as well as reports of the prevous series can be found here.