The Asymmetrical Construction of Islam in (Popular) Scholarship
What’s behind the phenomenon that the “Muslim world” gets constantly compared with “the West” in influential publications, even those with a scholarly bent? What do…
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Workshop and Public Reading in Freiburg: “Archives and Identity”
What archives will historians of the future turn to in order to provide a comprehensive and representative picture of German society since the 1960s? What…
Erasmus Prize 2023 of the University College Freiburg (UCF) awarded to Sophia Hiss
I’m very happy to report that Sophia Hiss was awarded the Erasmus Prize of the University College Freiburg (UCF) on June 21 for her brilliant,…
Public Lecture at the Goethe University Frankfurt: “Underestimated Mullahs: Shi’i Islam and the Long Shadow of the Iranian Revolution of 1978/79” on June 28
Looking forward to my contribution to the lecture series “Revolution, Reaction, Religion: Perspectives on 1848”.
Talk in Freiburg by Prof. Teena Purohit: “The Threat and Fascination of Prophets in 19th Century Muslim Political Thought” (July 4, 2023)
I’m delighted that the Department of Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Freiburg will be hosting Prof. Teena Purohit (Boston University, Department…
Event in Berlin: Publics under Threat, June 23, 7pm
Despite the expansion of new communication technologies, we have entered a dark age of public debates: AI-generated fake news, filter bubbles, and controlled information endanger…
New Publication: “The Simple Logic of Divine Sovereignty”
Perhaps no other neologism has been more influential within Islamic thought in the 20th century than hakimiyya, a term which denotes God’s absolute sovereignty. This…
New Publication: “The Islamist International in Lahore: The Jamaat-i Islami, the Middle East, and the Quest for an Islamic State”
I have a chapter in the just published Bérénice Guyot-Réchard and Elisabeth Leake (eds), South Asia Unbound New International Histories of the Subcontinent (Leiden: Leiden…
Online Symposium on “Shi’i Traditionalism in Modern South Asia” on Jan 26, 12pm EST
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…
Workshop “On Leadership and Authority in the 20th Century ‘Muslim World'”
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…