Debate. Discuss. Deliberate: The Middle East in focus
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines and institutes deal with the Middle East as a central part of their work here at Freie Universität. This includes the Department of History and Cultural Studies, which covers disciplines such as Arabic studies, Semitic studies, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, Iranian studies, and Turcology, among others, as well as the Department of Political and Social Sciences , the Research Unit Peace and Conflict Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, the Berlin Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research (INTERACT), and the Division for International Communication.
These institutes and divisions work closely with one another. This means that students and doctoral candidates profit from and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of these collaborations and the diversity of the subjects on offer – for example, through the master’s degree program Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East and the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies – where the diverse and complex nature of the geographical region itself are investigated and analyzed.
How have research and teaching changed since October 7?
October 7, 2024, marks one year since Hamas launched its terror attack against Israel. We asked scholars at Freie Universität Berlin who teach and conduct research on the region and the conflict in the Middle East for their perspectives.
What is their professional view of the situation? How has their work and their discipline changed over the past year?
This series will be a recurring feature in campus.leben for the foreseeable future.
