A translocal perspective on Asia and Africa: Research at ZMO Website: www.zmo.de https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mjp3i3tzo22lNeue ZMO kitchen talks #Podcastfolge 📣 Mit der Programmleiterin des Brandenburg Museums für Zukunft, Gegenwart und Geschichte, Dr. Katalin Krasznahorkai, der Künstlerin Sonya Schönberger und der Südasienwissenschaftlerin Dr. Heike Liebau. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZTGEuQpBJzhGSYT9mTVzd?go=1&sp_cid=92aa8526486500b99e5067de9609b027&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=63fc3609318a46f117 Apr 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3i3tzo22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mjoxb3gif22l📅 30 April 2026, 5 pm 🕰️ We are delighted to announce the second lecture of our ZMO Summer Colloquium by Aya Labanieh (EUME, Forum Transregionale Studien). You are warmly invited to attend the event either in person at ZMO or online via Zoom. 💻 https://www.zmo.de/en/events/aliens-in-palestine-the-conspiracy-trope-of-the-collaborator-in-cold-war-middle-eastern-literature-media17 Apr 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoxb3gif22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mjjmreb7as2uThe #US/#Israeli #war on #Iran and its allies has wide-ranging effects. But the #environmental damage is hardly put in focus. Dr Sana Chavoshian highlights the environmental impact of the war, as heavily polluted air and water can travel thousands of kilometres and thus affect the entire planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLDhwDjzeU15 Apr 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjmreb7as2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mijdmcjld22d📢 Stellenausschreibung: Institutssekretariat am ZMO (39 Stunden/Monat) Zur Verstärkung unseres Teams am ZMO suchen wir Unterstützung für unser Sekretariat. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre aussagekräftigen Bewerbungsunterlagen! Bewerbungsschluss: 15. Mai 2026 Zur Ausschreibung: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2026/Ausschreibung_Sekretariat_ZMO_2026.pdf02 Apr 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijdmcjld22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mhsur53bic27📚Out now: Rethinking Islamic Modernism Religious Identity and Community in Colonial North India by Maria-Magdalena Pruss Open access 🔗 https://www.mqup.ca/Books/R/Rethinking-Islamic-Modernism Maria has also been guest of our podcast series ZMO kitchen talks, where she talked about her book: https://open.spotify.com/episode/48A8sdwrLgtmCe3PTtNHYU...24 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsur53bic27https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mhsp7terg227Out now: In case you are interested in the 'Study of Pharmacy in Egypt under Nasser', please check out a new CRAFTE/ZMO-Working Paper by Sonja Hegasy: https://repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_mods_0000244124 Mar 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsp7terg227https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mhg3dpni722oWe are happy to announce and invite you to the first #lecture of our summer colloquium by Amidu Olalekan Sanni (Lagos State University, Nigeria) on 31 March, 2026, at 5 pm at ZMO or via Zoom. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/illiterate-africa-the-ajami-tradition-the-manuscript-heritage-and-the-new-knowledge-factory-in-sudanic-africa19 Mar 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg3dpni722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mhbbfjtf5k2pDer Anthropologe Ahmad Moradi vom @zmo-berlin hat mit @nd-aktuell.de über den »tiefen Staat« im Iran und seinen Repressionsapparat gesprochen. https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1198351.interview-mit-dem-anthropologen-ahmad-moradi-krieg-gegen-den-iran-letzter-nagel-im-sarg-der-republik.html?sstr=iran17 Mar 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbbfjtf5k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mhatrf2kuk2fWährend des Ramadans gerät Ostjerusalem regelmäßig in die Schlagzeilen. Dabei geht es meist um Ausschreitungen, Zugangsbeschränkungen für Gläubige, Provokationen jüdischer Extremist*innen und Debatten um den Status der heiligen Orte. 🖊️Johannes Becker https://leibniz-lab-transformationen.de/2026/03/16/status-quo-im-umbruch-ostjerusalem-im-ramadan-2026/17 Mar 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhatrf2kuk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mh6d2rmb7s2v📚Out now: ZMO's triannual yearbook The book, containing a sample cross section of articles and essays by ZMO researchers written over the past three years, shows the relevance of deeper reflections on realworld issues, past and present. https://repositorium.zmo.de/receive/zmo_mods_0000234416 Mar 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6d2rmb7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mg3i2wb3ok2iIn February, Frédérick Madore and Vincent Hiribarren welcomed 26 experts from 16 countries in Hanover for "Charting New Territory: Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies," a scoping workshop funded by @VolkswagenStiftung. Short interviews with participants: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8OZQJsvnIoj6iMRf2TumyBZQ2iXW9_0O02 Mar 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3i2wb3ok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mfrjilqe4222Linguist Emmanuel Ngue Um (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon) discusses how artificial intelligence & digital humanities can help preserve and teach indigenous languages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSY7i_bses&list=PL8OZQJsvnIoj6iMRf2TumyBZQ2iXW9_0O&index=126 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrjilqe4222https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mfbonsgrzk2jDie Lage zwischen #USA und #Iran spitzt sich weiter zu. Ein Militärschlag ist denkbar. Unser Kollege Ahmad Moradi war im Gespräch mit der Frankfurter Rundschau. Er fürchtet verheerende Konsequenzen für die iranische Gesellschaft. Eine Analyse. https://www.fr.de/politik/us-militaerschlag-im-iran-experte-liefert-duestere-prognose-zr-94177700.html#google_vignette20 Feb 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbonsgrzk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mf2v3wwfd22uWe are happy to announce and invite you to the fifth #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Alice Elliot (Goldsmiths University of London) on 26 February, 2026, at 5 pm at ZMO or via Zoom. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/safe-sight-migrant-policing-and-anthropologies-of-vision17 Feb 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2v3wwfd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mcwsvlgzps23We’re excited to invite you to Subkontinental: A South Asian Film Week, in Berlin from 30/1 to 7/2. Across 10 films, 6 South Asian countries & 3 venues, the festival, in partnership with @zmo-berlin.bsky.social brings together works by independent filmmakers from South Asia & its diaspora.21 Jan 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwsvlgzps23https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mcrwaccwo22cWe would like to invite you to the book talk of Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam by Ken Chitwood (Universität Bayreuth) on Monday, 2 February 2026, 4:15 pm at the BSMCS, Arnimallee 11, 14195 Berlin. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam19 Jan 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrwaccwo22chttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mchthlhk322oWe are happy to announce and invite you to the fourth #lecture of our winter colloquium #Disruption & #Survival by Muna Dajani (London School of Economics). More info and registration: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/impossibilities-of-ecological-survival-in-palestine15 Jan 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchthlhk322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m7pneg5uyk27🎙️Out now: A new ZMO kitchen talks podcast episode! With Frédérick Madore, hosted by Elisa Nobel-Dilaty 🔊 How can AI support historical and anthropological research— and where are its limits? And how might AI change the future of the humanities? https://zmo-kitchen-talks.podigee.io/14-neue-episode11 Dec 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pneg5uyk27https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m7naokyq722m📢 Tomorrow, 11 December, at 4 pm 🕰️ Join the presentation of Nitin Sinha's new book "Against the Fetishisation of Plural Time". Discussants: Prabhu P. Mohapatra, University of Delhi & Zoltán Boldizsár Simon, Bielefeld University The book talk will be followed by a small reception. 🥂10 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7naokyq722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m7kptu6ozc2kInvitation to join us next Monday, December 15 at 5 pm for a lecture by our guest fellow Mohammed Al-Sudairi (Australian National University) on his new book "Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures". In-person or online via Zoom. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/narratives-of-sino-middle-eastern-futures09 Dec 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kptu6ozc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m7kefklnwk2kYesterday, we spent an evening of lively discussion with a large and interested audience in our lecture hall with Dr Muriel Asseburg (SWP), who presented her book ‘7 October and the War in Gaza’, published in 2025. The evening was moderated by our director, Prof Dr Ulrike Freitag.09 Dec 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kefklnwk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m7a6ijphvs2yEinladung zur Buchvorstellung mit Muriel Asseburg am Montag, den 8. Dezember um 17h am ZMO. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7a6ijphvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m6ok43r4ms2g📚Book Presentation of the Arabic translation of "Shared Margins: An Ethnography with Writers in Alexandria after the Revolution " by Samuli Schielke & Mukhtar Saad Shehata 📚 ⌚Thursday, December 4, 5pm. 🧏🏽‍♀️In Arabic and can be attended in-person at ZMO or online via Zoom. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%83%D9%8F%D8%AA%D9%8E%D9%91%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A928 Nov 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ok43r4ms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m6hlmpm3sk2q📍 Montag, 8. Dezember 2025 um 17h am Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient 🕰️ Buchvorstellung von Dr. Muriel Asseburg (@swp-berlin.org) Anmeldung erforderlich! Bitte melden Sie sich unter zmo@zmo.de für die Veranstaltung an. Weitere Infos: https://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/der-7-oktober-und-der-krieg-in-gaza-hintergrund-eskalation-und-folgen-125 Nov 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hlmpm3sk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3m6faf7jgv22dIn Zossen, Brandenburg, a war cemetery features an obelisk with Tatar-Muslim names—a remnant of a German prisoners-of-war camp during World War I. Thousands of Kazan Tatar soldiers, caught between three empires, lived there. Leila Almazova writes about this often overlooked chapter in German history https://www.zmo.de/wissenstransfer/zmo-blog/1924 Nov 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6faf7jgv22d