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/3myucg64ass2pIs Decolonization Decolonial? ZMO is hosting a work talk by Sindre Bangstad on Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 2 pm. Discussant: Arjun Appadurai https://www.zmo.de/en/events/is-decolonization-decolonial27 Oct 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3myucg64ass2phttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mycme23zk22wJoin us this Thursday, October 22 at 4 pm for the joint book talk of “Women, Martyrs and Stones in Iran’s Post-War Politics” by Sana Chavoshian and “Sonic Relations: Devotion and Community in Turkey's Eastern Borderlands" by Stefan Williamson Fa. More info: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/women-martyrs-and-stones-in-irans-post-war-politics-and-sonic-relations-devotion-and-community-in-eastern-borderlands20 Oct 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycme23zk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mxeotzitqs2d"According to surveys, the AfD is currently polling as the strongest political party in Germany and would come first if a federal election were held now. Nevertheless, its bigger victory may lie somewhere else. " Nitin Sinha reflects on the recent victory of the far-right AfD party in Germany. https://thewire.in/world/is-the-afds-normalisation-of-racist-policies-changing-the-questions-germany-asks08 Oct 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxeotzitqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mx7dftez422yZMO seeks to recruit a postdoctoral scholar from February 2027 for two years. The ideal candidate pursues a historical project connected to at least one of ZMO’s research units, with a regional focus on South or Southeast Asia. https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2026/Ausschreibung_Wimi_2_Jahre_2027.pdf06 Oct 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7dftez422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mwsydew4ws2q🎉 Congratulations to Birgitte Holst on her new book "Authoritarianism, Displacement and Syrian Family Life Reckoning with the State", @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, Oxford, New York, 2026. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HolstAuthoritarianism01 Oct 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsydew4ws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mwnzuhb23c22Studio Matbuğat is live! 💻 The new digital platform conceived by Diliara Brileva brings Old Tatar periodical print to life through sound, transcriptions, rare vocabulary, and historical visuals. www.studiomatbugat.com Curated by Diliara Brileva | Artwork by Niiaz Khaziakhmetov https://www.studiomatbugat.com29 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnzuhb23c22https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mwlherone22zThis is one of 15 PhD positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures: Insights from Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia”, an EU-funded consortium. https://www.zmo.de/en/about-us/career/job-offers28 Sep 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlherone22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mwbdu4aal22nIran is once again dominating international headlines. Some of the proposed strategies for weakening its rulers, however, seem to have been drawn from a map rather than from an understanding of the country. By Arash Beidollahkhani https://intpolicydigest.org/israel-s-kurdish-gamble-could-backfire-in-iran/24 Sep 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbdu4aal22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mvn32fczgs23🔔 NEW BOOK: Geschichte Saudi-Arabiens - Vom Wüstenemirat zur Großmacht am Golf von Ulrike Freitag (C.H. Beck Wissen). Freitag schildert die Geschichte des Wüstenstaats von der Gründung eines saudischen Emirats über die Integration unterschiedlicher Herrschaftsgebiete im 20. Jahrhundert bis heute.16 Sep 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn32fczgs23https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mvn2sxehgc23🎉 Congratulations to Ergün Özgür Liy on her new book “Highly Qualified Immigrants and Refugees Agency, Challenges and Opportunities across Europe – Türkiye” (@transcript-verlag.bsky.social, 2026).16 Sep 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn2sxehgc23https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3muz7n277kk2g📅 24 September 2026, 5 pm 🕰️ We are delighted to announce the first lecture of our ZMO Winter Colloquium by Alireza Doostdar (University of Chicago, Divinity School). You are warmly invited to attend the event either in person at ZMO or online via Zoom. 💻 https://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/the-impish-revolutionary-mischief-play-and-counter-sovereignty-in-iran/vortragsreihe-9508 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz7n277kk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mumd3p5d6c2mDas ZMO beteiligt sich auch in diesem Jahr am Format "Book a Scientist" der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de - ein Speeddate mit der Wissenschaft am 29. September 2026🔬 Hier geht's zur Buchung der Zeitslots: https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/neues/veranstaltungen/book-a-scientist03 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumd3p5d6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mu32p3274s27We are excited to announce our winter colloquium series 2026/27 on Political Order beyond Westphalian Statehood: Perspectives from Asia and Africa. Lectures take place in person at 5pm at ZMO. Participation via Zoom is also possible. More info: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/lecture-series/zmo-kolloquium-im-wintersemester-2026-2727 Aug 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu32p3274s27https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mtw26rn44k2xPolitikexperte Arash Beidollahkhani (ZMO) erklärt, warum Islamabad zwischen den USA und dem Iran vermittelt, und weshalb eine weitere Eskalation das Land vor eine kaum lösbare Entscheidung stellen könnte. Ein Interview mit unserem Kollegen. https://www.fr.de/politik/pakistan-vermittelt-im-iran-krieg-weil-vier-staedte-sonst-im-dunkeln-stehen-94452418.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawT6h4BwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7NcmbD3Z0GwtCWep-bHBY9vrwwPS8cU1sY-mxdxvHCDlsD69RanREt59n36w_aem_VZUobUx6aw-SD55qRVk5Xw25 Aug 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw26rn44k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3ms6iewculc2iIn 23 afrikanischen Ländern können keine Visa mehr für die USA beantragt werden – das macht die Vereinigten Staaten zunehmend unerreichbar. Unser Kollege Kadara Swaleh im Interview mit der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social https://www.fr.de/politik/usa-veraendern-visumspraxis-in-afrika-ihr-seid-hier-nicht-wilkommen-94422290.html03 Aug 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6iewculc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mrcxkninoc2h🎉 Wir gratulieren unserem Kollegen Stefan Kirmse, dem auf Vorschlag der Philosophischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin mit Zustimmung der Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege die Würde eines außerplanmäßigen Professors verliehen wurde.23 Jul 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcxkninoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mr5o2tsdws24📢 Call for Applications The Oman Research Grant for visiting research fellowships of three months at ZMO, Berlin, in fields related to Omani studies. The grant is funded by Deutsche Oman-Stiftung (German Oman Foundation). Application deadline: 10 September 2026. Full call: https://www.zmo.de/fileadmin/Karriere/Ausschreibungen_2026/CfP_Oman_Research_Grant_2027.pdf21 Jul 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5o2tsdws24https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mpgcf6pdps26📅 2 July 2026, 5 pm 🕰️ We are delighted to announce the fourth and last lecture of our ZMO Summer Colloquium by Talha Çiçek (University College Dublin). You are warmly invited to attend the event either in person at ZMO or online via Zoom. 💻 https://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/tribal-women-and-empire-building-female-bedouin-leadership-and-the-ottoman-expansion-in-the-arab-countryside-1840-1914/vortragsreihe-8629 Jun 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgcf6pdps26https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mpg366dimc26Invitation to join our Oman lecture tomorrow with Dr. Atique Ahmed Behan (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman). The lecture takes place at ZMO with the possibility to join via Zoom: https://www.zmo.de/veranstaltungen/from-tradition-to-transformation-youth-heritage-and-generational-change-among-camel-farming-communities-in-oman Supported by Deutsche Oman Stiftung.29 Jun 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg366dimc26https://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mnzbnxdo7k2wCongratulations to Aksana Ismailbekova on her new book "Migration and Welfare Austerity - Mobilizing Kinship for Care, Welfare and Development in Kyrgyzstan" (Berghahn, New York, Oxford, 2026). We are happy to host the book launch on Monday, June 22 at 5 pm at ZMO. https://www.zmo.de/en/events/migration-and-welfare-austerity-mobilizing-kinship-for-care-welfare-and-development-in-kyrgyzstan11 Jun 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzbnxdo7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mnu257qugc2m📢 Stellenausschreibungen am ZMO Das Projekt „PLANTH: Shifting Landscapes of Human-Plant Co-Mobilities between Europe and Asia“ unter der Leitung von Dr. Hilal Alkan sucht eine/n Verwaltungskoordinator/in und eine studentische Hilfskraft ab dem 1. August 2026. https://www.zmo.de/ueber-uns/karriere/stellenausschreibungen09 Jun 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu257qugc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mnhcyy5oc22xKai Kresse launched the Kiswahili Edition of his book “Swahili Muslim Publics and Postcolonial Experience in Coastal Kenya”, translated by William Mkufya as “Haki na Mamlaka: Kadhia za Waislamu wa Kenya Baada ya Ukoloni", at the University of Dar es Salaam on 14/4/26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbtYhtalimU04 Jun 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhcyy5oc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mmw75imy5c2iWe are excited to announce our upcoming book talk with Yasser Elsheshtawy (Arab Gulf States Institute Washington, DC & Columbia University): Cities in Fragments: Modernism, Memory, and the Making of the Contemporary Arab City 🗓️ 11 June, 2026 at 5 pm at ZMO ⏱️ More info: https://www.zmo.de/en/events/cities-in-fragments-modernism-memory-and-the-making-of-the-contemporary-arab-city28 May 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmw75imy5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mm7ma2vf7c2t📅 28 May 2026, 5 pm 🕰️ We are delighted to announce the third lecture of our ZMO Summer Colloquium by Jan Zofka from @leibnizgwzo.bsky.social You are warmly invited to attend the event either in person at ZMO or online via Zoom. 💻 https://www.zmo.de/en/events/the-cotton-empire-in-the-early-soviet-bloc19 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7ma2vf7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/zmo-berlin.bsky.social/post/3mm532aqqnk2nHeute ist das ZMO auf dem Marktplatz der Ideen bei der Auftaktveranstaltung des neuen Rahmenprogramms für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften beim Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt. Dr. Max Kramer präsentiert hier seinen Film "Sufis Entangled".18 May 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ynipfklrkujqqpmndmsasu2b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm532aqqnk2nhttps://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/3mjjmreb7as2u