Welcome Housam Darwish

This week we welcome Housamedden Darwish, Senior Researcher funded by the KFG. His current research is focused on “(Mis)Understanding Thick Normative Concepts. The (In)Compatibility between (Political) Islam and the Secular Paradigm”. On 14 December he will give a lecture with discussion about “Integration and the role of the state in religion” to honorary Imams of Brandenburg in Potsdam. The event is organized by The Regional Offices for Education, Integration and Democracy, Brandenburg (Regionale Arbeitsstellen für Bildung, Integration und Demokratie, Brandenburg).

Public Lecture I: Gudrun Krämer on Criticism of Islam

On Monday, 9 December, Gudrun Krämer (HU Berlin) who is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the KFG, will give a lecture on “Acuity and Blur: What is Criticism of Islam? (Schärfe und Unschärfe: Was ist Islamkritik?)”. The talk is part of the lecture series “Critique of Religion in Past and Present (Religionskritik in Geschichte und Gegenwart)”, organised by Horst Junginger. It will be in German.

3.15 p.m., Lecture hall 10, Leipzig University Campus

Public Lecture II: Leibniz Professor İştar Gözaydın on Academic Freedom

On Tuesday, 10 December, former Leibniz Professor İştar Gözaydın will give a lecture on „Academic Freedom? Politics and Human Rights In Turkey“. She will talk about political history in Turkey, human rights, and her personal experiences. Gözaydın was appointed as Leibniz Professor in the spring term of 2018 but Turkish authorities denied her to leave the country.

7 p.m., Research Academy Leipzig, Villa Tillmanns, Wächterstr. 30

Conference on Intercultural Transfers

Next week from 12 – 14 December the Centre for Area Studies and the Frankreichzentrum of Leipzig University will hold an international conference on “Intercultural Transfers – 35 Years after the First Attempts to Establish a New Paradigm”.