Public Lectures by KFG Members

Our new Senior Research Fellow Christian Mauder will give a guest lecture on Buchkultur als Mittel der Herrschaftslegitimation: Höfische Manuskriptkulturen unter dem vorletzten Mamelukensultan Qāniṣawh al-Ġaurī (r. 1501-1516) at the Leipzig Institute of Oriental Studies (Schillerstr. 6, Room S 202) on 13 June, 6:15 p.m.

Nahid Mozaffari will deliver the keynote lecture on Sites of Secularity in Early 20th Century Iran - Major Shifts: Converting from the Religious to the Secular at the Research Workshop Conversions – Changing Sides: The Propagated, Visible, and Tacit in Society, Religion, and Discourses at LMU Munich 12 June 2018.

In celebration of the hand over of the Jena branch of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (Southeast Europe Association) on 12 June 2018, 6 p.m., Wolfgang Höpken will deliver the ceremonial lecture on Säkularität als Herausforderung: Religion, Nation, Moderne im Bosnischen Islam.

CfP: Sharia and the Secular

The SoCal Islamic Studies Graduate Student Consortium invites papers exploring the theme of Sharia and the Secular (October 19-20, 2018 University of California, Santa Barbara). Please submit a 300-word abstract indicating the topic, main argument, and methodology of your paper. Proposals should be sent to isgsc@cmes.ucsb.edu and must be received by July 30, 2018.