The Westfälische Wilhelms-University Muenster is holding a Workshop on ‘Caliphs, Sultans, Presidents: Rulers between Religion and Realpolitik throughout Islamic History‘ from 21-22 July 2016. Registration is open until 14 July 2016.
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The Istanbul Security Conference 2016 will be held from 2-4 November 2016. The Call for Papers is open until 26 August 2016. The programme will be added as soon as it is available.… Read more
Leiden University is holding a conference on “Love, Sex and Marriage in the Islamicate World from the Middle Ages to the Present” from 22-24 June 2016. The Programme:
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On 1 July 2016, the Orientalischen Institut Leipzig will be organising the “Dreiländer-Orient-Kolloquium“. Researchers of the Oriental Institutes Halle, Jena and Leipzig will be meeting to get to know each other’s projects, networking and for discussion.
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The battles between the Turkish army and the Kurdish PKK are worsening. Tagesschau has a video report (in German).
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The Turkish President of Parliament Kahraman calls for an Islamic Constitution in Turkey and wants to turn his back on Secularism. Source: Tagesschau.
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The Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey (CEST) is holding a Symposium on Politics from below in Turkey and beyond from 1-2 December 2016. The Call for Papers is open until 15 June 2016 and can be found at the … Read more