Conference on Utopias in Beijing (December 20-22, 2025)
It was my tremendous pleasure to participate in the Conference “Utopias and Their Pursuit: A Comparative Study of the East and West”, hosted by the…
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Talk at the Free University Berlin, 08 December 2025
Looking forward to talking about overlooked connections of political Islam between the Arab World, Iran, and South Asia as part of a lecture series on…
Panel “South Asian Islam and the World: In Search for a New Paradigm” for ECSAS 2025
I am organizing a panel for the European Conference for South Asian Studies in Heidelberg, October 1-4, 2025. Please consider sending in a proposal –…
Five Days at the University of Erfurt (29 April 2024)
I am grateful to the University of Erfurt, Germany, for inviting me to give two talks related to my current research projects on the global…
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…
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…
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 ShiÊ¿i 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…