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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs Lecturer in Islam and Middle East Studies, University of Freiburg

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Online Symposium on “Shi’i Traditionalism in Modern South Asia” on Jan 26, 12pm EST

Conferences   |   January 23, 2023

Please join us on Thursday January 26, 12-2 PM EST for an online symposium on Shiʿi Traditionalism in Modern South Asia, organized by Prof. Ali…

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Workshop “On Leadership and Authority in the 20th Century ‘Muslim World'”

Conferences   |   November 30, 2022

Together with Layli Uddin (Queen Mary University of London), I’ve organized a workshop to be held on December 8 and 9 at the Freiburg Institute…

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New Review: Jeffrey A. Redding’s “A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India”

Publications   |   September 29, 2022

I’ve reviewed Jeffrey A. Redding’s provocative and fascinating A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India (University of Washington Press, 2020) for…

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New Publication: “Thoughtful Leaders in the Tolerance Alliance: 9/11 and the Quest for a ‘moderate Islam'”

Publications   |   August 29, 2022

Together with my colleague Alexander E. Balistreri, I have looked at the phenomenon of “moderate Islam” post 9/11 in a new article in Asiatische Studien…

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What to read on Twelver Shi’ism in Pakistan?

Publications   |   July 18, 2022

I discuss the existing literature in a new contribution to Oxford Bibliographies. Check it out here: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0295.xml This bibliography will get updated regularly, so please…

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New Special Issue on “Divine Sovereignty, Morality, and the State: Maududi and His Influence”

Publications   |   April 22, 2022

A special issue of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society on “Divine Sovereignty, Morality and the State: Maududi and His Influence,” edited by Humeira…

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New Video: Rethinking the Middle East as an Utopian Space (in German)

Public Outreach   |   January 24, 2022

The video recording our our discussion on December 8 in Zurich is now available on YouTube: Zionism, socialism, pan-Arabism, Islamic Republic: The Middle East and…

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Event: The Middle East as an Utopian Space, Zurich, December 8 (in German)

Public Outreach   |   December 6, 2021

Zionismus, Sozialismus, Panarabismus, Islamische Republik: Der Nahe Osten und seine Geschichte im Verlauf des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts sind von utopischen Ideologien und Gedanken geprägt. Doch heute…

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Public Lecture at the University of Basel on “The Invention of Moderate Islam after 9/11” (Nov 25, 2021)

Conferences   |   November 21, 2021

I’m looking forward to participate in the lecture series “20 years after 9/11”, co-organized by the Universities of Freiburg and Basel. Together with Alex Balistreri…

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New Position: Visiting Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Frankfurt

Professional news   |   October 21, 2021

I’ve been appointed a visiting professor of Culture and Society of Islam at the Institute for the Study of Islamic Culture and Religion, Goethe-University Frankfurt,…

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