SoSe 23: Instituts- und/oder fachübergreifende Masterstudiengänge
M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East (Studienordnung 2020)
0593a_MA120Please find the current study and examination regulations here .
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Histories and Societies of the Middle East
0593aB1.1Learning 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 / yesElective 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 Schließen-
14310-ISME
Seminar
(EK) Cities and Urban Development in the Arabian Peninsula (Stefan Maneval)
Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/132 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14311-ISME
Lektürekurs
Studying the Urban History of the Arabian Peninsula through Arabic texts (Stefan Maneval)
Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/132 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14313-ISME
Lektürekurs
(LK) Secularity Through Arabic Sources (Florian Zemmin)
Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14358
Sprachpraktische Übung
Arabisch in seinen Varietäten: von klassischer Dichtung bis mündlicher Überlieferung (Isabelle Felenda, Tebakhi Heba)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00, Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: Mo 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25), Mi 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14462
Übung
Oral Traditions: Modes of Remembering and Transmission in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14521
Lektürekurs
Osmanische Geschichte zwischen lokalen Bedingungen und globaler Verflechtung: Das Militär (Elke Hartmann)
Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14629
Vorlesung
Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14630
Hauptseminar
Jews and the Arab World in the 19th and 20th centuries (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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13954
Seminar
Settlements & Urbanism in Archaeology. Theory and Digital Methods for Landscape Analysis (Nehemie Strupler)
Zeit: Fr 09:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 28.04.2023)
Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
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14312-ISME
Seminar
(EK) Global Secularity: Near Eastern Cases (Florian Zemmin)
Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14460
Seminar
Zoroastrianism II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14461
Lektürekurs
The Denkard: a comprehensive collection of the Zoroastrian den (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14520
Seminar
Osmanische Geschichte zwischen lokalen Bedingungen und globaler Verflechtung: Das Militär (Elke Hartmann)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14637TC
Hauptseminar
Jewish Responses to 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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16273
Übung
Constantinople's Historical and Cultural Background as a Byzantine Capital (Yasaman Rezaei)
Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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16277
Vorlesung
Greek-Turkish Relations as Reflected in the Languages (Johannes Niehoff)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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16279
Lektürekurs
Agriculture and Nutrition in the Byzantine World (Omid Sadeghi Seraji)
Zeit: Do 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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14310-ISME
Seminar
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Traditions of Texts and Knowledge in the Middle East
0593aB1.2Learning 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 / yesElective 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 Schließen-
13953
Seminar
Astrology in Greco-Roman scholarship (Antonius Ossendrijver)
Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 25.04.2023)
Ort: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010 Erster Termin: 25:04.2023
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14461
Lektürekurs
The Denkard: a comprehensive collection of the Zoroastrian den (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14462
Übung
Oral Traditions: Modes of Remembering and Transmission in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14629
Vorlesung
Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14630
Hauptseminar
Jews and the Arab World in the 19th and 20th centuries (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14637TC
Hauptseminar
Jewish Responses to 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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16281
Übung
Byzantine and Christian-Oriental Contexts for the Qur´an (Johannes Niehoff)
Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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13915
Seminar
Beyond Image & Text: Multimodal Artefact Analysis in Ancient Studies (Cale Johnson, Elisa Roßberger)
Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14358
Sprachpraktische Übung
Arabisch in seinen Varietäten: von klassischer Dichtung bis mündlicher Überlieferung (Isabelle Felenda, Tebakhi Heba)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00, Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: Mo 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25), Mi 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14366
Sprachpraktische Übung
Befreiende Ästhetik auf Arabisch (Mahmoud Al Zayed)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: -1.1020 (UG Holzlaube) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14402
Grundkurs
(GK) Christl.Orient Geschichte/Gegenwart (Helen Younansardaroud)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14403
Methodenübung
(MÜ) Christl.Orient Geschichte/Gegenwart (Shabo Talay)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14460
Seminar
Zoroastrianism II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Di 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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16279
Lektürekurs
Agriculture and Nutrition in the Byzantine World (Omid Sadeghi Seraji)
Zeit: Do 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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16285
Seminar
Byzantine Magic: Astrology, Hermetism, Incantations (Johannes Niehoff)
Zeit: Di 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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13953
Seminar
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Languages of the Middle East
0593aB1.3Learning 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 / yesElective 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 Schließen-
14401
Lektürekurs
(Lk) Semitische Philologie (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
Zeit: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14408
Hauptseminar
Einführung in die Neo-Aramaistik (Shabo Talay)
Zeit: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14458
Seminar
Avestan II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14459
Seminar
Middle Persian II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14463
Sprachpraktische Übung
Nothern Kurdish II (Kurmanci) (Khanna Usoyan)
Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14467
Modul
Buddhist Sogdian (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
Zeit: Fr 15:00-17:00 (Erster Termin: 21.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14520
Seminar
Osmanische Geschichte zwischen lokalen Bedingungen und globaler Verflechtung: Das Militär (Elke Hartmann)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14521
Lektürekurs
Osmanische Geschichte zwischen lokalen Bedingungen und globaler Verflechtung: Das Militär (Elke Hartmann)
Zeit: Do 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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16277
Vorlesung
Greek-Turkish Relations as Reflected in the Languages (Johannes Niehoff)
Zeit: Di 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: K 29/204 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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14358
Sprachpraktische Übung
Arabisch in seinen Varietäten: von klassischer Dichtung bis mündlicher Überlieferung (Isabelle Felenda, Tebakhi Heba)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00, Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: Mo 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25), Mi 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14366
Sprachpraktische Übung
Befreiende Ästhetik auf Arabisch (Mahmoud Al Zayed)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: -1.1020 (UG Holzlaube) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14410
Lektürekurs
(Lk) Biblical Aramaic (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
Zeit: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 21.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14412
Verschiedenes
Studies on the Arabic language: From the Arabic linguistic tradition to modern linguistic theories (Simona Olivieri)
Zeit: Do 10:00-12:00 (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/130 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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14466
Modul
Bactrian (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
Zeit: Fr 13:00-15:00 (Erster Termin: 21.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14401
Lektürekurs
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Literatures of the Middle East in their Social Dimensions
0593aB1.4Learning 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 / yesElective 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 Schließen-
14358
Sprachpraktische Übung
Arabisch in seinen Varietäten: von klassischer Dichtung bis mündlicher Überlieferung (Isabelle Felenda, Tebakhi Heba)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00, Mi 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: Mo 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25), Mi 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14362
Seminar
Elia Suleimans Filme & Einflüsse (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 05.05.2023)
Ort: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14366
Sprachpraktische Übung
Befreiende Ästhetik auf Arabisch (Mahmoud Al Zayed)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: -1.1020 (UG Holzlaube) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14415
Seminar
(S) „Exploring ancient near Eastern culture through poetry and metaphor” (Cale Johnson, Grace Jeongyeon Park)
Zeit: Di 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 18.04.2023)
Ort: KL 23/140 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
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14637TC
Hauptseminar
Jewish Responses to 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' (Lukas Mühlethaler)
Zeit: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: 0.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14363
Lektürekurs
Literatur zur Migration (Refqa Abu-Remaileh)
Zeit: Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 16.06.2023)
Ort: -1.1020 (UG Holzlaube) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14369
Hauptseminar
Wissenschaftliche Textedition (Beatrice Gründler)
Zeit: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Erster Termin: 19.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14462
Übung
Oral Traditions: Modes of Remembering and Transmission in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
Zeit: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Erster Termin: 20.04.2023)
Ort: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
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14468
Lektürekurs
Gatha verses and their ancient interpreters (Benedikt Thomas Peschl)
Zeit: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14469
Übung
Avestan codicology (Jaime Martínez Porro)
Zeit: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Erster Termin: 17.04.2023)
Ort: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattun
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14358
Sprachpraktische Übung