From the migration of Lebanese migrants to the Americas in the 19th century, to the mass movements of North Africans to France in the 20th century, to the displacement of millions of Palestinian, Syrian and Iraqi refugees in more recent … Read more
Tag Archives: Syria
Internationale Konferenz: “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War”
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The conference discusses comparatively the reconstruction of cities of war through the lens of neighborhood relations in different spaces and times.
Reconstructing neighborhoods destroyed in war involves two aspects which are both interrelated and interdependent:
From the technical perspective issues … Read more
Syria in the 19th century – a travelogue by Wetzstein as Open Access
Travel report on Hauran and the Trachons: along with an appendix on the Sabean monuments in eastern Syria
The German diplomat and orientalist Johann Gottfried “Fritz” Wetzstein published this travelogue in 1860. He was the Prussian consul in Damascus from … Read more
“Trauma” – the Latest Issue of the META-Journal
The open access journal META (Middle East – Topics & Arguments) has published its issue 10-2018 entitled “Trauma”. The editorial describes it as follows:… Read more
“Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War” – Conference of the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB)
The Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) organizes and hosts an international conference on “Reconstructing Neighborhoods of War”.
The conference discusses comparatively the reconstruction of cities of war through the lens of neighborhood relations in different spaces and times.
2nd International Conference on Mamluk Literature
The Racecourse of Literature – An-Nawāǧī and His Contemporaries
The conference deals with the writings of Shamsaddīn an-Nawāǧī (ca. 1386–1455) and those of his contemporaries such as Ibn Ḥiǧǧa al-Ḥamawī and Ibn Ḥaǧar al-ʿAsqalānī. An-Nawāǧī has been famous for his … Read more
Gäste, Glaubensbrüder, Störenfriede? Konflikt und Migration zwischen der Türkei und Syrien
The Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg is hosting a lecture series on ‘Gäste, Glaubensbrüder, Störenfriede? Konflikt und Migration zwischen der Türkei und Syrien‘ from 25 October 2017 – 25 January 2018. The lectures take place weekly on … Read more