Instituts- und/oder fachübergreifende Masterstudiengänge

• Studying the Middle East

  0593aA1.1

  Learning objectives:

  Students are aware of the complexity of the Near and Middle East as a field of research, region, and area of cultural production regarding its diversity in terms of languages, religions, and cultures. They gain insights into the fields of study and expertise represented by the disciplines involved in the master’s program Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East with attention to the complex nature of history, societies, cultures of text and cultures of knowledge, languages, and literature. They are familiar with the diversity and interrelatedness of scholarly approaches within Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East, which in turn allows them to assess the corresponding secondary literature critically. They are conscious of intercultural and epistemological challenges involved in dealing with the history, society, culture, literature, and language of the Near and Middle East. This awareness lets them answer complex questions and present the results of their research and analyses coherently and comprehensibly either in writing or orally.

  Content:

  The module offers in-depth, interdisciplinary insights into the Near and Middle East as a field of research, as a region and as a space of cultural production. A variety of phenomena including language, cultural history, religion, and traditions of knowledge are up for discussion, especially regarding paradigms with historical implications, such as identity, gender, cultures of memory, nationalism, modernization, exile; this includes research trends as well as the possibility to focus on historical periods or geographical regions. Students get practice conducting academic work as they encounter varying issues, research debates, and research literature, as well as by using tools specific to the study of the Near and Middle East. Using methods from the humanities and cultural studies, they work on an interdisciplinary topic with a focus on one or more selected regions in the Near and Middle East. This work includes several written assignments designed to help them compose an academic paper.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Lecture / 2 SWS / yes

  Methodology course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Written assignment (approx. 5000 words); the module assessment is graded on a pass/fail basis only.

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One semester / Every winter semester
  Modul ohne Lehrangebot

• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Middle East

  0593aA1.2

  Learning objectives:

  Students gain advanced skills need to conduct independent research in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East from a global perspective. They can position themselves and situate complex issues from the fields of cultures, literatures, languages, history, and societies of the Near and Middle East in current debates, especially regarding the comparative analysis of processes and problems that cut across different regions. They are skilled to apply interdisciplinary methods to answer complex questions of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in writing and orally. They have broad, detailed, and up-to-date knowledge as well as a critical understanding of one or more subject areas in the transregional field of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East.

  Content:

  The module provides students with sound specialist knowledge of central topics in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East from a global perspective. The module focuses on the comparative analysis of historical, social, and cultural formations regarding issues that have global relevance, such as gender, human rights, imperialism, nationalism, identity, language, and literature. Students are instructed to compare the effects of such processes in a differentiated manner regarding the Near and Middle East. They practice analyzing problems on their own from a cross-disciplinary and transregional perspective and apply interdisciplinary theories and methods.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Advanced seminar / 2 SWS / yes

  Methodology course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Term paper (approx. 5000 words)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14561 Methodenübung
    Off-University: Conflict, Knowledge, and Memory: Cases from Palestine and Syria (Mohamad Mostafa Alabsi; Ammar Kandeel)
    Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: online
    

    Kommentar

    This course proposes an inquiry into the academic and cultural experiences of writing and rewriting history in Palestine and in Syria. It combines different approaches and intellectual schools going from the epistemic question of the “decolonization” of knowledge to today’s impact of the information revolution on the cultural production and political representations. The course emphasizes on cross-disciplinary discussions related to the nature of both conflicts and their respective features. The contribution to the national-self building is explored through the lens of statelessness in the Palestinian case and the one-party State then the civil war in the Syrian case. The course invites to reflect on dissent/subaltern narratives and on the question of the philosophical concept of Civil Society and the legal and political definition of the State. It tracks evolutions and mechanisms of knowledge production in contexts of “exile”, of “estrangement” and of “conflictual narratives”. It explores alternative forms of expression and representations with visual arts, popular culture and the thriving of personal and oral history accounts. The sessions will be presented and discussed by both instructors with an attention to the students’ participation and the co-built and interactive progress of the course. They include discussions of visual materials (visual arts, reviews of films and literature, documentary material) as well as experimental and class interaction experiences with OpenAI -ChatGPT.

  • 31602b Seminar
    Byzantium & Eastern Europe (Theocharis Grigoriadis, Johannes Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

    Kommentar

    This course constitutes a fascinating intersection between social sciences and humanities by focusing on one of the most influential imperial economies of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire. With its capital in New Rome/Constantinople, the Eastern part of the Roman Empire developed extensive economic and political relations with tribes and state formations in Southeastern and East-Central Europe as well as the Black Sea, which were often defined by conflict, trade, and religion. The first part of the course focuses on the modeling of the Byzantine economy and foreign policy based on archival sources and secondary literature as well as on modern tools of economic theory. In the second part of the course, we explore Byzantine foreign relations with Bulgarians, Serbs, Romanians, Rus’, Georgians, and Armenians, while debating the logic of the Byzantine Commonwealth and its persistence. The third part of the course concentrates on the transition period of the early Ottoman Empire and discusses patterns of succession and discontinuity between the two imperial systems.

• Communicating Research in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East

  0593aA1.3

  Learning objectives:

  Students can plan and carry out research endeavors independently and present them comprehensibly. They are enabled to reflect on their research question and substantiate their approach, selection of methods and, if applicable, their choice of sources in the setting of scholarly discussions. They learn how to present the benefits of their theoretical and methodological approaches convincingly by contrasting them with other relevant approaches and explaining the advantages in relation to their thesis project.

  Content:

  Both before and during the master’s thesis, students participate in a colloquium, where they discuss their concepts and open questions with fellow students and instructors. They present their topics, theoretical and methodological approaches to their thesis and initial results.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Colloquium/ 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Poster presentation (approx. 10 minutes); the module assessment is graded on a pass/fail basis only.

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  150 hours (5 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14564 Colloquium
    (C) Communicating Research in ISME (Victoria Mummelthei; Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 23.04.2024)
    Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course starts on April 23. The course is held online.

    Kommentar

    This colloquium aims towards supporting students in their final semester in finding and communicating a topic for the final thesis.

• Reading the Middle East

  0593aA2.1

  Learning objectives:

  Students understand the significance of global key concepts and central terms and how they relate to thinking about the Near and Middle East and ascriptions of identity. They are familiar with the scholarly significance of texts and debates that shape the discourse of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East and learn how to classify them in historical terms as well as from today’s perspective, considering their origins and the changing contexts in which they are used. They have in-depth knowledge of texts that constitute the Near and Middle East from a transregional perspective. They are thereby enabled to classify transdisciplinary methodological and theoretical approaches, especially in comparative cultural studies, and to apply them to their research against the background of current research debates and present the results appropriately, both in writing and orally.

  Content:

  The module discusses key texts, central concepts and fields of researching the Near and Middle East (e.g. Orientalism, world/global literatures, Islam in Europe, postcolonialism, nationalism) in their historical development and from a transregional and cross-disciplinary perspective. Besides, the module explores the historical and transdisciplinary dynamics of terms and concepts, how they circulate, and how their meaning transforms in changing contexts.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Presentation with follow-up discussion (approx. 20 minutes)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14563 Wahlveranstaltung
    Peering Through the Artificial Looking Glass: AI and the Middle East (Victoria Mummelthei)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 23.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course starts on April 23. Come prepared by reading the introduction to Kate Crawford's Atlas of AI. There will be no introductory session. Course communication is via the blog nodiscipline.hypotheses.org.

    Kommentar

    Take a journey through the AI looking glass to examine how intelligent technologies are reshaping the Middle East. This seminar provides a critical perspective on AI, moving beyond the hype to probe its emerging influence across the region’s economies, societies, politics, and cultures. Blending theory with regional insights, we will interpret AI’s impacts on issues from climate change and labor markets to surveillance and geopolitics. The course catalyzes debate on AI’s promises and perils, equipping students to assess its transformative potential with wisdom and nuance. Lectures situate empirical studies within conceptual frameworks like Crawford’s “Atlas of AI.” Multidisciplinary readings and discussions consider how AI could either entrench or transform power structures. Student projects analyze AI case studies, from Emirati space programs to Saudi data initiatives. This seminar charts AI’s expansion across a complex region. It eschews simplistic techno-utopian narratives, favoring nuanced and evidence-based perspectives. Join us as we peer critically yet optimistically through the artificial looking glass at the Middle East’s unfolding AI future.

• Reading the Middle East through its Languages

  0593aA2.2

  Learning objectives:

  Students have a thorough understanding of basic questions about the relationship between text and knowledge; they can analyze the significance of original language texts within the context of the Near and Middle East as a pluricultural, multifaith, and multilingual region. They are confident to reflect on theories and models critically and build a conceptual toolkit to decipher the rhetoric of different texts and genres. Students have the skills they need to reach conclusions about the heuristics of different texts and genres on their own and by using controlled methods; they can present their findings orally and in writing appropriately.

  Content:

  The module develops interdisciplinary terms and concepts from the fields of cultural studies and humanities by means of various forms of original language sources (oral and written) from Arabic, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic, Jewish, Islamic, or Christian culture and literature. Building on this, students examine and discuss methods of text and source analysis used to organize, contextualize, and interpret primary sources; they then apply those methods to selected examples (works by different authors and from different literary genres, periods, movements, etc.).

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Presentation with follow-up discussion (approx. 20 minutes)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14318-ISME Übung
    Islamic Eco-Jurisprudence and Green Ethics (Birgit Krawietz)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic required

    Kommentar

    The Arabic-English translation seminar presents and discussues a number of pertinent publications.

  • 14325-ISME Übung
    The Middle East Conflict in Arabic Media (Emad Alali)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    Developments in the Middle East since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 have sparked a global debate. It is well known that the media plays a central role in shaping public opinion. Concerning the Middle East conflict, discourse in the Arabic media shows certain shared traits, but also differing views. Among other things, the latter hinge on different attitudes towards political Islam. In this reading course, we will analyse and discuss media contributions from Arabic newspapers, TV channels, and also internet blogs. A comparison with German or English media can feature in the discussion. Translations of written texts will be into English, while the discussion can be in both English and Arabic.

  • 14354 Lektürekurs
    „Der duftende Zweig“ : Kultur und Geschichte von al-Andalus (Lektürekurs) (Isabel Toral-Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    Im begleitenden Lektürekurs werden wir eine Auswahl von arabischen Prosatexten und Gedichten aus al-Andalus gemeinsam lesen und diskutieren, von Autoren wie z.B. Ibn Abd Rabbih, Ibn Hazm, Ibn Bassam, Ibn Shuhayd, Ibn Zaydun, Wallada, Ibn Quzman, Ibn Zamrak, Jurji al-Zaydan und Ahmad al-Shawqi.

    Literaturhinweise

    Bossong, Georg. 2005. Das Wunder von al-Andalus: die schönsten Gedichte aus dem Maurischen Spanien. München: Beck. Ibn-al-?a?ib / Hoenerbach. 1970. Islamische Geschichte Spaniens: Übersetzung der A’mal al-a’lam und ergänzender Texte. Übersetzt von Wilhelm Hoenerbach. Zürich [u.a.], Menocal/Scheindlin/Sells. 2008. The Literature of Al-Andalus. Cambridge. Granara, William. 2005. “Nostalgia, Arab Nationalism, and The Andalusian Chronotope in the Evolution of the Modern Arabic Novel.” Journal of Arabic Literature 36 (1): 57–73.

  • 14356 Seminar
    Films & Influences of Elia Suleiman (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Fr 10:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 14.06.2024)
    Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June

  • 14357 Lektürekurs
    Pre-Nakba Palestinian Literary Culture (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14360 Sprachpraktische Übung
    The Literary Lives of Emile Habibi (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 07.06.2024)
    Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14361 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Arab Americas (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14568 Lektürekurs
    Reading Ottoman Sources (Okcan Yildirimturk)
    Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on close reading and critical examination of archival material written in Ottoman Turkish from the mid nineteenth century onwards. It introduces a wide variety of documents to acquaint the students with different forms of writing, official and non official authorships, and voices from distinct socio economic and ethno religious backgrounds. These forms include but are not limited to, individual and collective petitions, personal letters, local and imperial council decisions, diplomatic correspondence, public announcements, and investigation reports While reading, transcribing, and interpreting texts, a particular palaeographic emphasis will be paid to the para textual elements such as style , cataloguing, addressee, date, seals and marginalia to have a more comprehensive picture of the content. In doing so, the participants will be encouraged to analyse the (re)productions and ( mis/ re)presentations of Ottoman documents within the historical context and to trace their journey across borders, languages and offices. Ultimately, the course aims to contribute to greater fluency and command of Ottoman archiving and administrative thinking and reinforce students’ ability to conduct independent archi val research on and beyond the former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Suggested readings and guidebooks will support the course . Regular attendance and active participation are required. For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.

  • 14631 Hauptseminar
    Introduction to Reading Judeo-Arabic Texts (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: JK 25/208 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Unterrichtssprachen: Englisch und Deutsch

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on familiarizing participants with reading Judeo-Arabic texts. “Judeo-Arabic text” for our purposes means any Arabic text written in the Hebrew script. The reading material will consist mostly of medieval texts from a variety of genres, but we will try our hand at early modern and modern texts as well. The material we will be reading is both in printed and – in the last third of the course – in manuscript form. While the focus is on building reading skills, we will also learn about Judeo-Arabic language and literature (and the controversies surrounding these terms).

    The course is geared toward participants with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Arabic, but it does not presuppose any familiarity with the Hebrew language or the Hebrew script. The course will be conducted in both English and German.

    If you are unsure whether you are sufficiently prepared for the course, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.  

  • 14640 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Jüdisches Alt- u. Mittelaramäisch (Ilil Hoz)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14642 Lektürekurs
    Hebräische Sekundärliteratur (Ilil Hoz)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: -1.2057 Seminarraum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14312-ISME Lektürekurs
    Why do Muslims lag behind? Shakib Arslan’s response from 1930 (Florian Zemmin)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic

    Kommentar

    The reading course accompanies the seminar on "A Great Divergence?", but can also be taken independently of it. While the seminar discusses theoretical models and historical accounts of English-language scholarship, this course is dedicated to a famous Arab answer to the question of why Muslims seem to be lagging behind and Europeans are advanced. This answer was published by the Lebanese intellectual, politician and journalist Šakib Arslan in 1930 from his exile in Switzerland. In this course, we will translate Arslan's answer into German and draw on other texts if they are useful for opening up and understanding this prominent document of Arab intellectual and political history.

  • 14314-ISME Lektürekurs
    Sources on Christian-Muslim Relations in the Islamic World (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on the reading and analysis of primary sources on the history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to working with texts in classical Arabic authored by both Christians and Muslims. The course thus offers also a first introduction to Christian literature in Arabic.

  • 14353 Vertiefungsseminar
    „Der duftende Zweig“ : Kultur und Geschichte von al-Andalus (Seminar) (Isabel Toral-Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung stehen Kultur und Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Kulturepoche auf der Iberischen Halbinsel unter besonderer Berücksichtigung literarischer Ausdrucksformen und Aspekte der Multikulturalität. Zentrale Themen sind kulturelle und sprachliche Hybridisierungen, Grenzziehungen und Identitätsdiskurse, aber auch Übersetzungen. Zum anderen wird die breite Rezeption des Themas „al-Andalus“ sowohl als kulturpolitischer Mythos in der modernen arabischen Welt („Goldenes Zeitalter“) als auch im westlichen Kontext („Convivencia“) diskutiert. Spanischkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich, aber erwünscht.

    Literaturhinweise

    Catlos, Brian A, Rita Seuß, and Verlag C.H. Beck. 2019. al-Andalus: Geschichte des islamischen Spanien. Jayyusi, Salma Khadra, and Manuela Marín, eds. 1992. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Vols.2 Leiden. Manzano Moreno, Eduardo. 2013. “Qurtuba: Some Critical Considerations of the Caliphate of Cordoba and the Myth of Convivencia.” In Reflections on Qurtuba in the 21st Century, edited by Javier Rosón, 111–32. Noorani, Yaseen. 1999. “The Lost Garden of Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain and the Poetic Inversion of Colonialism.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 31 (2): 237–54.

  • 14402 Lektürekurs
    (Lk) Semitische Philologie (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14468 Modul
    Christian Sogdian (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Zeit: Fr 15:00-17:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Histories and Societies of the Middle East

  0593aB1.1

  Learning objectives:

  Students have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the historical and social formations of the Near and Middle East from late antiquity to the present as well as the historical conditions since antiquity. They are familiar with important current theoretical and methodological debates in social history research that are relevant to the study of the Near and Middle East. Students can recognize, classify, and articulate the circumstances and problems surrounding socialhistorical descriptions of the Near and Middle East; they also know how to consult, evaluate, and interpret source material independently and to apply the tools of history and social sciences when dealing with questions they have developed themselves. They are aware of the central categories of analysis used to examine historical and social processes and know how to discuss and present the results of their scholarly analyses orally and in writing.

  Content:

  In this module, students engage intensively with complex topics such as periodization, dimensions of space (power centers vs. peripheral regions, transregional connections), governance, statehood and social groups as well as identity, mobility, communication, and ethnic and religious minorities. The module teaches them to reflect on topics from the fields of Arab-Islamic, Arab-Christian and Syrian-Christian, Byzantine, Persian, Jewish or Turkish history as well as from historical source studies considering theories and methods specific to historical and social science and by critically evaluating scholarly debates in these fields.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Written assignment (approx. 5000 words)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14311-ISME Einführungskurs Abgesagt
    A Great Divergence? narratives and models of Islamic and ‘Western’ history (Florian Zemmin)
    Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    While the political and economic dominance of “the West” might currently be coming to an end, the age of modernity has been characterized by Western hegemony and supposed exceptionalism. How did this partially factual and partially perceived state of affairs come about? At which moment and for which reasons did the Western trajectory diverge from that of other regions of the world? Historians and social scientists have been providing varying answers to this question, focusing on different other regions for the sake of comparison. When comparison is made with Near Eastern or Islamic history, narratives of Western progress tend to be coupled with supposed Islamic decline. In this course we will discuss such narratives of Islamic and Western history, including their theoretical premises and normative underpinnings. Next to long-dominant models of a supposed great divergence, we will also look into aspects of convergence and engage with more recent propositions of common emergence. These point a way forward towards overcoming a supposed contrast of Islamic and Western histories, which, other than the paradigm of divergence suggests, did not develop in isolation.

  • 14312-ISME Lektürekurs
    Why do Muslims lag behind? Shakib Arslan’s response from 1930 (Florian Zemmin)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic

    Kommentar

    The reading course accompanies the seminar on "A Great Divergence?", but can also be taken independently of it. While the seminar discusses theoretical models and historical accounts of English-language scholarship, this course is dedicated to a famous Arab answer to the question of why Muslims seem to be lagging behind and Europeans are advanced. This answer was published by the Lebanese intellectual, politician and journalist Šakib Arslan in 1930 from his exile in Switzerland. In this course, we will translate Arslan's answer into German and draw on other texts if they are useful for opening up and understanding this prominent document of Arab intellectual and political history.

  • 14313-ISME Seminar
    Christian-Muslim Relations in the Islamic World (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    What does the Quran say about Jesus and Christianity? How did Christians practice their religion under Muslim rule? Why did some Christians convert to Islam, and why were some persecuted by Muslim authorities? How did Middle Eastern Christians write about Muslims in their theological literature, and how did Muslims react? What was the impact of colonialism on Christian-Muslim relations? This course provides answers to these and similar questions by examining the history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Islamic World from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the Ottoman period. It seeks to challenge overly simplistic narratives of “tolerance” and “oppression” and sheds light on one of the most complex, long-lasting, and multi-faceted cases of interaction between two monotheistic religions.

  • 14314-ISME Lektürekurs
    Sources on Christian-Muslim Relations in the Islamic World (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on the reading and analysis of primary sources on the history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to working with texts in classical Arabic authored by both Christians and Muslims. The course thus offers also a first introduction to Christian literature in Arabic.

  • 14325-ISME Übung
    The Middle East Conflict in Arabic Media (Emad Alali)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    Developments in the Middle East since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 have sparked a global debate. It is well known that the media plays a central role in shaping public opinion. Concerning the Middle East conflict, discourse in the Arabic media shows certain shared traits, but also differing views. Among other things, the latter hinge on different attitudes towards political Islam. In this reading course, we will analyse and discuss media contributions from Arabic newspapers, TV channels, and also internet blogs. A comparison with German or English media can feature in the discussion. Translations of written texts will be into English, while the discussion can be in both English and Arabic.

  • 14462 Übung
    Oral Traditions: Modes of Remembering and Transmission in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14568 Lektürekurs
    Reading Ottoman Sources (Okcan Yildirimturk)
    Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on close reading and critical examination of archival material written in Ottoman Turkish from the mid nineteenth century onwards. It introduces a wide variety of documents to acquaint the students with different forms of writing, official and non official authorships, and voices from distinct socio economic and ethno religious backgrounds. These forms include but are not limited to, individual and collective petitions, personal letters, local and imperial council decisions, diplomatic correspondence, public announcements, and investigation reports While reading, transcribing, and interpreting texts, a particular palaeographic emphasis will be paid to the para textual elements such as style , cataloguing, addressee, date, seals and marginalia to have a more comprehensive picture of the content. In doing so, the participants will be encouraged to analyse the (re)productions and ( mis/ re)presentations of Ottoman documents within the historical context and to trace their journey across borders, languages and offices. Ultimately, the course aims to contribute to greater fluency and command of Ottoman archiving and administrative thinking and reinforce students’ ability to conduct independent archi val research on and beyond the former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Suggested readings and guidebooks will support the course . Regular attendance and active participation are required. For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.

  • 14629 Vorlesung
    Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    in englischer Sprache

    Kommentar

    This lecture course examines the social, cultural, and religious history of Jews in Islamicate societies, using specific in-depth examples to explore central themes and questions. It also looks at how past discussions and debates have influenced current understandings of the relationship between Judaism and Islam.

  • 14630 Hauptseminar
    Jews and the Arab World in the 19th and 20th centuries (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This seminar explores the experiences of Jews residing in the Arab world during the 19th and 20th centuries. The topic is often discussed in its relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the related refugee issues, as well as the status of Jews from Arab countries in the state of Israel. This seminar attempts to approach the topic from a broader perspective by focusing on the experiences of Jews in various regions of the Arab world in the 19th and 20th centuries. By doing so, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of an often overlooked aspect of Jewish identity in modern and contemporary times.

  • 31602b Seminar
    Byzantium & Eastern Europe (Theocharis Grigoriadis, Johannes Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

    Kommentar

    This course constitutes a fascinating intersection between social sciences and humanities by focusing on one of the most influential imperial economies of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire. With its capital in New Rome/Constantinople, the Eastern part of the Roman Empire developed extensive economic and political relations with tribes and state formations in Southeastern and East-Central Europe as well as the Black Sea, which were often defined by conflict, trade, and religion. The first part of the course focuses on the modeling of the Byzantine economy and foreign policy based on archival sources and secondary literature as well as on modern tools of economic theory. In the second part of the course, we explore Byzantine foreign relations with Bulgarians, Serbs, Romanians, Rus’, Georgians, and Armenians, while debating the logic of the Byzantine Commonwealth and its persistence. The third part of the course concentrates on the transition period of the early Ottoman Empire and discusses patterns of succession and discontinuity between the two imperial systems.

  • 14324 Seminar
    Multiperspektivische Geschichte des Nahostkonflikts 14325-S24 (Ulrike Freitag Elke Hartmann Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Die Seminarsprache ist deutsch, wobei aber englische Diskussionsbeiträge von Seminarteilnehmenden möglich sind.

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Um sich für den Kurs anzumelden, senden Sie bitte bis zum 04.04.2024 eine E-Mail mit dem Betreff ‘Anmeldung Nahostkonflikt’ an turkologie@geschkult.fu-berlin.de. In Ihrer E-Mail sollten Ihr Name, Ihre Matrikelnummer und Ihr Studiengang angegeben sein. Bitte fügen Sie außerdem maximal fünf Sätze hinzu, in denen Sie erläutern, was Ihr besonderes Interesse an diesem Kurs weckt. Der Kurs ist auf 20 Plätze beschränkt.

    Kommentar

    Dieses Masterseminar betrachtet die Geschichte Palästinas und die Entstehung Israels sowie die anschließenden Konflikte in der historischen Longue Durée, d.h. von der spätosmanischen Zeit bis (fast) in die Gegenwart. Ziel ist es, zentrale Entwicklungen der palästinensischen, jüdischen und israelischen Geschichte in ihren wechselseitigen und internationalen Verflechtungen kennenzulernen. Dabei steht im Vordergrund, die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven einzubeziehen und ein Verständnis für die Komplexität der Ereignisse zu entwickeln. Deshalb setzt das Seminar auch die Bereitschaft voraus, überdurchschnittlich viel zu lesen.

    Literaturhinweise

    Pflichtlektüre vor Beginn des Seminars: Noam Zadoff: Geschichte Israels. Von der Staatsgründung bis zur Gegenwart. C.H. Beck (Reihe: Wissen), München 2023. Jan Busse, Muriel Asseburg: Der Nahostkonflikt. Geschichte, Perspektiven, Positionen. C.H. Beck (Reihe: Wissen), München 2020.

  • 14469 Übung
    Ancient History of Iran trough the Texts (Jaime Martínez Porro)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattung unter: www.raum.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
    

• Traditions of Texts and Knowledge in the Middle East

  0593aB1.2

  Learning objectives:

  Students have a thorough understanding of the emergence and systematization of various traditions of knowledge and texts in the Near and Middle East, including their presentation and mediality, as well as the people involved in those traditions and the authority associated with them regarding religious, social and epistemological structures, especially from the beginnings of Islam to the present. They are aware of the historical and contemporary processes of collective formation and positioning of identity in cultures of knowledge and texts in the Near and Middle East; they have a conceptual toolkit of established theories and methods from the history of knowledge, cultural studies, and philology, which allows them to reflect on sources from different knowledge and text cultures and to present the results of their analyses orally and in writing appropriately.

  Content:

  The module deals with the history and current significance of textual cultures and knowledge cultures from the Near and Middle East, especially from the beginnings of Islam to the present day. This includes, on the one hand, the reception and further development of antiquity’s legacy in natural sciences and humanities (in philosophy, logic, mysticism, etc.) as well as scientific literature in the broadest sense through the centuries and, on the other hand, normative traditions, such as the exegesis of sacred texts as well as the study of traditions, norms, dogmatics, hagiography, religious ethics, or rituals. One focus is on the cultural and intellectual history of the Arabic-speaking world, Jewish history of knowledge and the relationship between Judaism and Islam as well as facets of the Christian Orient and Iranian religions in the past and present.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Written assignment (approx. 5000 words)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 13950 Grundkurs/Seminar
    Medicine in the Ancient World (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13951 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de For this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13951 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    The course will survey the development of medicine in Mesopotamia, draw important parallels with contemporary Egyptian medical practice, and also look at the spread of originally Mesopotamian traditions into several Aramaic dialects. These materials and traditions represent the most important examples of disciplinary medicine prior to the advent of Greco-Roman medicine and we will also look at any possible links between these traditions and the Greco-Roman world. We will focus in particular on the emergence of technical literature in Mesopotamia, how technical compendia anchored specific disciplines and indoctrinated its would-be practitioners, and the specific pathways through which these materials were transmitted to other medical traditions. There is a companion reading seminar for those interested in reading some texts in the original cuneiform. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.The course will survey the development of medicine in Mesopotamia, draw important parallels with contemporary Egyptian medical practice, and also look at the spread of originally Mesopotamian traditions into several Aramaic dialects. These materials and traditions represent the most important examples of disciplinary medicine prior to the advent of Greco-Roman medicine and we will also look at any possible links between these traditions and the Greco-Roman world. We will focus in particular on the emergence of technical literature in Mesopotamia, how technical compendia anchored specific disciplines and indoctrinated its would-be practitioners, and the specific pathways through which these materials were transmitted to other medical traditions. There is a companion reading seminar for those interested in reading some texts in the original cuneiform. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13953 Methodenübung
    Late Uruk Notational Practices (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13952 – Notation and Metapragmatic Awareness” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This course is an introduction to Late Uruk notational practices, including sealing practices, bullae and tablet formation, and writing techniques, including both proto-cuneiform and proto-Elamite. No previous knowledge of any ancient language or writing system is presupposed or required. This course also serves as the lab or Methodenübung for “Notation and Metapragmatic Awareness,” and we strongly encourage students to enroll in both courses as a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13954 Seminar
    Mythology from the Sumerians to the Presocratics I (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course in the next semester the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This seminar looks at the broad history of written myth, ranging from southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, through the Hurro-Hittite and Ugaritic myths, to their earliest manifestation in Greek myth. This course focuses in particular on how myths are transformed and reinterpreted as they pass from one culture or written tradition into the next, on the origins of commentary traditions in text and image, and on whether or to what extent modern theories of mythology can contribute to our understanding. Each seminar meeting will combine lecture, discussion and reading of ancient mythical sources in English translation. The course will be taught chronologically over two semesters, so students are strongly encouraged to take course both courses as part of a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 14309-ISME Einführungskurs
    Book Circulation and Arab Cultural Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    What were the political and cultural repercussions of the spread of print culture in Egypt and Greater Syria in the thirteenth/nineteenth century? How did manuscripts and printed books circulate between the Ottoman Arab provinces, Istanbul, and Europe?
    
    In this course, we will examine the link between the circulation of books and developing ideas about Arab cultural heritage.
    
    We will consider the writings and practices of leading Arab authors, publishers, and editors as well as those of lesser-known book collectors and traders, with a focus on the inherently transregional and diachronic nature of the shift from a manuscript to a print culture.
    
    We will integrate the study of the materiality of this shift in the form of early editions and manuscripts, including documents relating to book circulation. Additionally, we will examine the wider socio-political context of nineteenth-century book culture, including perceptions of that pivotal time in contemporary postcolonial debates and in the latest research into manuscript provenance.

  • 14313-ISME Seminar
    Christian-Muslim Relations in the Islamic World (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    What does the Quran say about Jesus and Christianity? How did Christians practice their religion under Muslim rule? Why did some Christians convert to Islam, and why were some persecuted by Muslim authorities? How did Middle Eastern Christians write about Muslims in their theological literature, and how did Muslims react? What was the impact of colonialism on Christian-Muslim relations? This course provides answers to these and similar questions by examining the history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Islamic World from the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the Ottoman period. It seeks to challenge overly simplistic narratives of “tolerance” and “oppression” and sheds light on one of the most complex, long-lasting, and multi-faceted cases of interaction between two monotheistic religions.

  • 14314-ISME Lektürekurs
    Sources on Christian-Muslim Relations in the Islamic World (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on the reading and analysis of primary sources on the history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Islamic world. Particular attention is paid to working with texts in classical Arabic authored by both Christians and Muslims. The course thus offers also a first introduction to Christian literature in Arabic.

  • 14317-ISME Seminar
    Islamic Eco-Jurisprudence and Green Ethics (Birgit Krawietz)
    Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    This MA course discusses ethical and more strictly jurisprudential publications by Muslim authors. It identifies prevailing tropes of their normative Green discourses that relate in various ways to Islamic heritage. It reviews some of the mushrooming scholarly literature about such developments. More specifically, it strives to identify and discuss a few structural shortcomings. It highlights proposals for the development of an Islamic ecological jurisprudence (fiqh al-bi’a) at large that could help to emancipate Muslim contributions to the debates under discussion. Concerning the majority of secondary literature and the various declarations published online, authors often feed eagerly into universal discourses, notably those relating to the so-called Abrahamitc faiths. This, in turn, has led to an assisting overemphasis on theology and nearly catalogue-style listing of the Holy sources of Islam. Among the most promising but hitherto still marginalized genres of Islamic writing, jurisprudence has been particularly sidelined for decades due to its widespread devaluation in black letter law and, lately, also through “the ethical turn.

  • 14318-ISME Übung
    Islamic Eco-Jurisprudence and Green Ethics (Birgit Krawietz)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    Knowledge of Arabic required

    Kommentar

    The Arabic-English translation seminar presents and discussues a number of pertinent publications.

  • 14358-ISME Seminar
    Introduction to Quranic Studies (Christian Mauder)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    How did the Quranic text come into being? Are all words in the Quran originally Arabic? How did the discipline of Quranic exegesis develop? What does the Quran say about relations between Muslims and non-Muslims? This seminar explores these and other questions and thereby provides an introduction to current topics of Quranic Studies in Western academia. It moreover sheds light on the Quran as a religious text and as the most important foundation of Islamic religious thought and practice since the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day.

  • 14629 Vorlesung
    Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    in englischer Sprache

    Kommentar

    This lecture course examines the social, cultural, and religious history of Jews in Islamicate societies, using specific in-depth examples to explore central themes and questions. It also looks at how past discussions and debates have influenced current understandings of the relationship between Judaism and Islam.

  • 13951 Lektürekurs
    Ancient Medicine in Translation (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 11.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13950 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.deFor this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, By attending also the companion course “Medicine in the Ancient World", the workload equals 450 hours. For the completion of the module you will have to write a term paper with 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This course serves as both a discussion section for the lectures and secondary literature readings in “Medicine in the Ancient World” as well as the primary context in which we will read and discuss ancient texts in translation. Although these primary documents in translation will be in a number of different ancient genres, including diagnostic texts and therapeutics prescriptions, we will also look at letters, lawcodes and mythological texts that are relevant to ancient medicine. No knowledge of ancient languages or writing systems is required. All texts will be read in English translation. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course in combination with “Medicine in the Ancient World” as a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 13952 Einführungskurs/Seminar
    The Origin of Writing in Eurasia: Anthropological Perspectives (Cale Johnson)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 006, Büro Prof. Johnson
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13953 – Late Uruk Notational Practices” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in ancient Eurasia (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with anthropological perspectives on notation and writing systems. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of human awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students focusing on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in anthropological or semiotic theories. As we move through the course, we will increasingly focus on models of textuality and how large-scale textual structures are organised, including bureaucracies, ring structures and mise en abyme constructions. This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in the ancient world (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with elements of discourse analysis and semiotics. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness and thought over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of metapragmatic awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students focusing on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in semiotics and anthropological theories. The first part of the course will focus on the origins of writing systems, while the second part will look at models of textuality and poetics and how large-scale textual structures (such as ring epics, compendia, or encyclopedias) are organized. No knowledge of any ancient languages or writing systems is required, but there will be substantial reading of secondary literature from several disciplines. This course will be taught in English.This lecture combines an introduction to the history of de novo writing in the ancient world (Mesopotamia, Egypt and China) with elements of discourse analysis and semiotics. We will look at how notation has structured human consciousness and thought over time, as well as how interactions between notation and cognition have led to new levels and types of metapragmatic awareness. One of the main goals will be to build bridges between students whose interests focus on ancient writing systems and others with an interest in semiotics and anthropological theories. The first part of the course will focus on the origins of writing systems, while the second part will look at models of textuality and poetics and how large-scale textual structures (such as ring epics, compendia, or encyclopedias) are organized. No knowledge of any ancient languages or writing systems is required, but there will be substantial reading of secondary literature from several disciplines. This course will be taught in English.

  • 13956 Vorlesung
    Introduction to Ancient Astral Sciences (Antonius Ossendrijver)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 30.04.2024)
    Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010 The first day of the class is 30.04.2024!!!
    

    Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not be possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.deFor this course it is not possible to enrol via Campus Management. Please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program." Please register also via email: wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

    Kommentar

    The lecture introduces central topics from the astral sciences (astronomy, celestial divination, astrology, cosmology) of the ancient world with a focus on Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman world. Topics to be covered are methodological aspects of research on ancient astral science; the reconstruction of ancient practices and theories based on original sources.

  • 14310-ISME Lektürekurs Abgesagt
    Book Circulation and Cultural Heritage through Arabic Sources (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    In this course, we will read primary sources in Arabic on the topics of book circulation, collection, production, and trade. We will study the associated debates on cultural heritage as they were conducted by both well-known intellectual figures of the time and lesser-known actors of book trade and book circulation. In addition to reading excerpts from edited sources, including early print editions, students will gain familiarity with reading manuscripts relating to book culture in the long nineteenth century.

  • 14460 Seminar
    Zoroastrianism II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14462 Übung
    Oral Traditions: Modes of Remembering and Transmission in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14630 Hauptseminar
    Jews and the Arab World in the 19th and 20th centuries (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 15.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This seminar explores the experiences of Jews residing in the Arab world during the 19th and 20th centuries. The topic is often discussed in its relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the related refugee issues, as well as the status of Jews from Arab countries in the state of Israel. This seminar attempts to approach the topic from a broader perspective by focusing on the experiences of Jews in various regions of the Arab world in the 19th and 20th centuries. By doing so, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of an often overlooked aspect of Jewish identity in modern and contemporary times.

  • 14631 Hauptseminar
    Introduction to Reading Judeo-Arabic Texts (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: JK 25/208 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Unterrichtssprachen: Englisch und Deutsch

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on familiarizing participants with reading Judeo-Arabic texts. “Judeo-Arabic text” for our purposes means any Arabic text written in the Hebrew script. The reading material will consist mostly of medieval texts from a variety of genres, but we will try our hand at early modern and modern texts as well. The material we will be reading is both in printed and – in the last third of the course – in manuscript form. While the focus is on building reading skills, we will also learn about Judeo-Arabic language and literature (and the controversies surrounding these terms).

    The course is geared toward participants with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Arabic, but it does not presuppose any familiarity with the Hebrew language or the Hebrew script. The course will be conducted in both English and German.

    If you are unsure whether you are sufficiently prepared for the course, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.  

• Languages of the Middle East

  0593aB1.3

  Learning objectives:

  Students can reflect critically on linguistic developments in the Near and Middle East drawing from the most important primary and secondary sources. They know the principles of classifying languages of the region (e.g. historically, comparatively, typologically, regionally) and are confident in applying various methods from empirical linguistics to the languages of the region (e.g. language documentation, field research, dialectology, variational linguistics, sociolinguistics). They know how to make use of models and examples demonstrating the complex interrelationship between language and society in different historical contexts; they can examine oral and written sources independently regarding linguistic issues and to present their observations in oral and written form in a structured and logical way.

  Content:

  The courses provide an overview of the region’s language groups, their historical sources, and their current classification (e.g. Semitic, Iranian, Turkish); furthermore, the module surveys linguistic ecology regarding topics such as nation states, minorities, gender, regional languages, diglossia, writing systems, and linguistic ideologies.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Written assignment (approx. 5000 words)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14401 Seminar
    (S) Biblical Aramaic (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14463 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Northern Kurdish II (Kurmanci) (Khanna Usoyan)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14464 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Persian Daily Communication and Colloquial Language (Ramin Shahzadi)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14465 Proseminar
    Introduction to Morphology of Middle and Modern Iranian Languages (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14568 Lektürekurs
    Reading Ottoman Sources (Okcan Yildirimturk)
    Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on close reading and critical examination of archival material written in Ottoman Turkish from the mid nineteenth century onwards. It introduces a wide variety of documents to acquaint the students with different forms of writing, official and non official authorships, and voices from distinct socio economic and ethno religious backgrounds. These forms include but are not limited to, individual and collective petitions, personal letters, local and imperial council decisions, diplomatic correspondence, public announcements, and investigation reports While reading, transcribing, and interpreting texts, a particular palaeographic emphasis will be paid to the para textual elements such as style , cataloguing, addressee, date, seals and marginalia to have a more comprehensive picture of the content. In doing so, the participants will be encouraged to analyse the (re)productions and ( mis/ re)presentations of Ottoman documents within the historical context and to trace their journey across borders, languages and offices. Ultimately, the course aims to contribute to greater fluency and command of Ottoman archiving and administrative thinking and reinforce students’ ability to conduct independent archi val research on and beyond the former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Suggested readings and guidebooks will support the course . Regular attendance and active participation are required. For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.

  • 14631 Hauptseminar
    Introduction to Reading Judeo-Arabic Texts (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: JK 25/208 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Unterrichtssprachen: Englisch und Deutsch

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on familiarizing participants with reading Judeo-Arabic texts. “Judeo-Arabic text” for our purposes means any Arabic text written in the Hebrew script. The reading material will consist mostly of medieval texts from a variety of genres, but we will try our hand at early modern and modern texts as well. The material we will be reading is both in printed and – in the last third of the course – in manuscript form. While the focus is on building reading skills, we will also learn about Judeo-Arabic language and literature (and the controversies surrounding these terms).

    The course is geared toward participants with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Arabic, but it does not presuppose any familiarity with the Hebrew language or the Hebrew script. The course will be conducted in both English and German.

    If you are unsure whether you are sufficiently prepared for the course, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.  

  • 14642 Lektürekurs
    Hebräische Sekundärliteratur (Ilil Hoz)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: -1.2057 Seminarraum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14402 Lektürekurs
    (Lk) Semitische Philologie (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14404 Lektürekurs
    (Lk) Maltesisch (Maciej Klimiuk)
    Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14458 Seminar
    Avestan II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14459 Seminar
    Middle Persian II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14467 Modul
    Khwarezmian (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Zeit: Fr 13:00-15:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14468 Modul
    Christian Sogdian (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Zeit: Fr 15:00-17:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Literatures of the Middle East in their Social Dimensions

  0593aB1.4

  Learning objectives:

  Students develop their analytical skills in the scholarly handling of written and oral sources from the Near and Middle East; they have an awareness of the origins and reception of literary production in the past and present. They can approach research questions in a methodologically and terminologically reflective manner based on various genres of texts and literary phenomena; they know how to evaluate secondary literature as well as the most important primary sources critically, and to describe, analyze and classify them historically and aesthetically. They can recognize connections and intertextual references and understand and historically contextualize mutual influences, continuities, and ruptures. They strengthen their ability to reflect and reason complex, multilingual, transregional matters. They are skilled to reflect their approaches to research questions and to present their analyses orally and in writing appropriately.

  Content:

  The module deals with selected epochs, authors, genres, language levels of the Near and Middle East or of a specific literary genre, using the most important sources and critically illuminating specialist literature. The courses provide an overview of partial epochs or literary genres, including debates concerning specific literary, social and gender-historical research problems. Students discuss significant texts in the regional languages regarding authorship, production processes, and media representations, as well as to influences and patterns of perception that have an impact on the literary reception from the regions of the Near and Middle East; thereby, they experiment with theoretical approaches to interpretation of sources from Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac-Aramaic, or Turkish literature.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Written assignment (approx. 5000 words)

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14310-ISME Lektürekurs Abgesagt
    Book Circulation and Cultural Heritage through Arabic Sources (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    In this course, we will read primary sources in Arabic on the topics of book circulation, collection, production, and trade. We will study the associated debates on cultural heritage as they were conducted by both well-known intellectual figures of the time and lesser-known actors of book trade and book circulation. In addition to reading excerpts from edited sources, including early print editions, students will gain familiarity with reading manuscripts relating to book culture in the long nineteenth century.

  • 14353 Vertiefungsseminar
    „Der duftende Zweig“ : Kultur und Geschichte von al-Andalus (Seminar) (Isabel Toral-Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung stehen Kultur und Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Kulturepoche auf der Iberischen Halbinsel unter besonderer Berücksichtigung literarischer Ausdrucksformen und Aspekte der Multikulturalität. Zentrale Themen sind kulturelle und sprachliche Hybridisierungen, Grenzziehungen und Identitätsdiskurse, aber auch Übersetzungen. Zum anderen wird die breite Rezeption des Themas „al-Andalus“ sowohl als kulturpolitischer Mythos in der modernen arabischen Welt („Goldenes Zeitalter“) als auch im westlichen Kontext („Convivencia“) diskutiert. Spanischkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich, aber erwünscht.

    Literaturhinweise

    Catlos, Brian A, Rita Seuß, and Verlag C.H. Beck. 2019. al-Andalus: Geschichte des islamischen Spanien. Jayyusi, Salma Khadra, and Manuela Marín, eds. 1992. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Vols.2 Leiden. Manzano Moreno, Eduardo. 2013. “Qurtuba: Some Critical Considerations of the Caliphate of Cordoba and the Myth of Convivencia.” In Reflections on Qurtuba in the 21st Century, edited by Javier Rosón, 111–32. Noorani, Yaseen. 1999. “The Lost Garden of Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain and the Poetic Inversion of Colonialism.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 31 (2): 237–54.

  • 14354 Lektürekurs
    „Der duftende Zweig“ : Kultur und Geschichte von al-Andalus (Lektürekurs) (Isabel Toral-Niehoff)
    Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    Im begleitenden Lektürekurs werden wir eine Auswahl von arabischen Prosatexten und Gedichten aus al-Andalus gemeinsam lesen und diskutieren, von Autoren wie z.B. Ibn Abd Rabbih, Ibn Hazm, Ibn Bassam, Ibn Shuhayd, Ibn Zaydun, Wallada, Ibn Quzman, Ibn Zamrak, Jurji al-Zaydan und Ahmad al-Shawqi.

    Literaturhinweise

    Bossong, Georg. 2005. Das Wunder von al-Andalus: die schönsten Gedichte aus dem Maurischen Spanien. München: Beck. Ibn-al-?a?ib / Hoenerbach. 1970. Islamische Geschichte Spaniens: Übersetzung der A’mal al-a’lam und ergänzender Texte. Übersetzt von Wilhelm Hoenerbach. Zürich [u.a.], Menocal/Scheindlin/Sells. 2008. The Literature of Al-Andalus. Cambridge. Granara, William. 2005. “Nostalgia, Arab Nationalism, and The Andalusian Chronotope in the Evolution of the Modern Arabic Novel.” Journal of Arabic Literature 36 (1): 57–73.

  • 14357 Lektürekurs
    Pre-Nakba Palestinian Literary Culture (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14360 Sprachpraktische Übung
    The Literary Lives of Emile Habibi (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 07.06.2024)
    Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14361 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Arab Americas (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June.

  • 14461 Lektürekurs
    The exegesis of the Gathas in Late Antiquity: the Warštmansar Nask (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14640 Sprachpraktische Übung
    Jüdisches Alt- u. Mittelaramäisch (Ilil Hoz)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14309-ISME Einführungskurs
    Book Circulation and Arab Cultural Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    - in Campus Management for ISME students only -

    Kommentar

    What were the political and cultural repercussions of the spread of print culture in Egypt and Greater Syria in the thirteenth/nineteenth century? How did manuscripts and printed books circulate between the Ottoman Arab provinces, Istanbul, and Europe?
    
    In this course, we will examine the link between the circulation of books and developing ideas about Arab cultural heritage.
    
    We will consider the writings and practices of leading Arab authors, publishers, and editors as well as those of lesser-known book collectors and traders, with a focus on the inherently transregional and diachronic nature of the shift from a manuscript to a print culture.
    
    We will integrate the study of the materiality of this shift in the form of early editions and manuscripts, including documents relating to book circulation. Additionally, we will examine the wider socio-political context of nineteenth-century book culture, including perceptions of that pivotal time in contemporary postcolonial debates and in the latest research into manuscript provenance.

  • 14356 Seminar
    Films & Influences of Elia Suleiman (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
    Zeit: Fr 10:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 14.06.2024)
    Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    The course will likely start in June

  • 14631 Hauptseminar
    Introduction to Reading Judeo-Arabic Texts (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: JK 25/208 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Hinweise für Studierende

    Unterrichtssprachen: Englisch und Deutsch

    Kommentar

    This course focuses on familiarizing participants with reading Judeo-Arabic texts. “Judeo-Arabic text” for our purposes means any Arabic text written in the Hebrew script. The reading material will consist mostly of medieval texts from a variety of genres, but we will try our hand at early modern and modern texts as well. The material we will be reading is both in printed and – in the last third of the course – in manuscript form. While the focus is on building reading skills, we will also learn about Judeo-Arabic language and literature (and the controversies surrounding these terms).

    The course is geared toward participants with an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Arabic, but it does not presuppose any familiarity with the Hebrew language or the Hebrew script. The course will be conducted in both English and German.

    If you are unsure whether you are sufficiently prepared for the course, please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.  

  • 14642 Lektürekurs
    Hebräische Sekundärliteratur (Ilil Hoz)
    Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: -1.2057 Seminarraum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Research Perspectives

  0593aC1.1

  Learning objectives:

  Students practice forms of debate in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East by examining current research projects. The aim of the module is to prepare students to compose a draft of an independent research project, which could serve as the basis for a master’s thesis and/or dissertation for those potentially interested in an academic career. Upon completion of the module, students will have gained an overview of current research trends in the Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East as well as in-depth knowledge and a critical understanding of a representative subject area and field of research; they will be able to participate in academic discussions with colleagues. They are familiar with different phases and aspects of research in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East, and know how to identify methodological problems as well as the broader scholarly and social relevance of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East.

  Content:

  In this module, students attend a course offering insights into current research perspectives, for example research colloquia at one of the cooperating institutes. Students discuss methodological, content-related and practical aspects of their research projects with researchers using presentations, selected current secondary literature, or previously circulated drafts of texts.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Elective course / 2 SWS / yes

  Module assessment

  Academic conversation (approx. 20 minutes); the module assessment is graded on a pass/fail basis only.

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  • 14362 Hauptseminar
    Digital Philological Methods for Arabic and Islamic Studies (Theodore Samuel Beers)
    Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2024)
    Ort: -1.2002 PC-Raum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Kommentar

    This course will be taught primarily in English and is intended for upper-level BA students and MA students in Arabic and Islamic Studies who would like to develop the skills of a “digital humanist.” Students should bring their own laptops to class; part of the idea is for everyone to get a good development environment set up on their machine, to build some familiarity with command-line scripting, etc. Over the course of the semester, we will cover a range of topics that are relevant for philological work in Arabic and Islamic Studies in the digital age. The following are some of the research tasks that are envisioned: searching for manuscript copies of premodern texts (in Arabic and other languages of the Islamicate world) in various collections; downloading images of those manuscripts, where available; running software to analyze digitized texts, e.g., optical character recognition (OCR) for published works, or handwritten text recognition (HTR) for manuscripts; setting up a viable workflow for transcribing texts in Arabic-script languages; using Git for version control and storing/publishing work on GitHub; using corpora of digitized texts, e.g., al-Maktaba al-Shamila or Ganjoor; and accessing APIs. Again, this list is not exhaustive. Nor can everything be taught in one semester; but we will make substantial progress.

    Literaturhinweise

    We will use a wide range of materials, with one of the central resources being Cornelis van Lit’s Among Digitized Manuscripts (Brill, 2020).

  • 14403 Hauptseminar
    (HS) Research Perspectives in Semitic Studies (Maciej Klimiuk)
    Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 16.04.2024)
    Ort: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Internship

  0593aC1.2

  Learning objectives:

  By completing an internship, participants in the module acquire experience in the professional application of knowledge from Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in relevant institutions, organizations and companies, e.g. in university and non-university research institutions, in documentation institutions, journalism, archives and museums, in international organizations, non-governmental organizations, in working with migrants, in tourism; in adult and continuing education, furthermore, in the mediation of intercultural problems in academic and non-academic teaching and education settings, in knowledge transfer, management, and social, political and cultural lobbying, especially in companies and organizations operating internationally or in special world regions.

  Content:

  This module introduces students to the demands and nature of applying knowledge from Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East to professional work through an internship of at least nine weeks at an institution of their choosing. It is also possible to do complete shorter internships with a total workload of at least 360 hours. Before the internship, an agreement must be drafted and signed between the student, the degree program coordinator, and the internship host, in which the rights and obligations of the parties involved during the internship are defined. An internship report serves as feedback to the degree program coordinator; the report consists of an objective description of the work done and a reflection on the transfer of the student’s knowledge acquired through research to practical contexts.

  Modes of instruction/ Contact hours / Regular attendance required

  Internship / 9 weeks / yes

  Module assessment

  Internship report (approx. 5 pages); the module assessment is graded on a pass/fail basis only.

  Language

  English (or if applicable, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Syriac-Aramaic,Turkish)

  Total workload

  450 hours (15 credit points)

  duration / Frequency

  One or two semesters / Every semester
  Modul ohne Lehrangebot

• Module ohne Lehrangebot in diesem Semester

  5 Module
  • Komplementäres Modul (15 LP) 0593aC2.1
  • Komplementäres Modul (10 LP) 0593aC2.2
  • Komplementäres Modul (5 LP) 0593aC2.3
  • Komplementäres Modul (5 LP) 0593aC2.4
  • Komplementäres Modul (5 LP) 0593aC2.5