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Apr 9, 2021
1 min

BRILL

Mohamed El-Moursi is one of our Early-Stage Researchers from the MIDA project. His research focuses on the character and self-description of Abd Allāh B. Buluggīn, the last Zirid ruler of Granada, in his book al-Tibyān. Recently, Mohamed has finished his online secondment with our partner BRILL, a leading academic publishing house in the field of Islamic Studies based in the Netherlands. In the framework of this internship, Mohamed explored different sectors at BRILL, carried

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Apr 1, 2021
1 min

Keynote speaker - Christian Junge

Each week we introduce one of the keynote speakers for the ENIS/MIDA Summer School “Spoken Images of/in Islam,” which takes place from 5-9 July 2021. Christian Junge is a lecturer and researcher in the field of modern Arabic literature and culture at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), Marburg (Germany) since 2015. He studied Comparative Literature and Arabic Studies in Berlin, Paris and Cairo. He is fellow of the Arab German Young Academy, co-director of

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Mar 26, 2021
1 min

Keynote speaker - Carmen Pérez González

Each week we introduce one of the keynote speakers for the ENIS/MIDA Summer School “Spoken Images of/in Islam,” which takes place from 5-9 July 2021. Today we would like to introduce Dr. Carmen Pérez González, Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Pérez González did her doctorate on „A Comparative Visual Analysis of Nineteenth Century Iranian Portrait Photography and Persian Painting“. Recently she was working on Iranian Poems: „Written Images: Poems On Early Iranian Portrait Stud

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Mar 19, 2021
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Keynote speaker - Ali Sonay

Each week we introduce one of the keynote speakers for the ENIS/MIDA Summer School “Spoken Images of/in Islam,” which takes place from 5-9 July 2021. Dr. Ali Sonay works at the Institute for Islamic Studies and Modern Oriental Philology at the University of Bern. His research interests are media systems in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, Technological change and the societies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region), Social movements in the MENA region, Modern history o

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Mar 11, 2021
1 min

Keynote Speaker - Berfin Emre Cetin

Each week we introduce one of the keynote speakers for the ENIS/MIDA Summer School “Spoken Images of/in Islam,” which takes place from 5-9 July 2021. Dr. Berfin Emre Cetin is Senior Lecturer in the Communications and Media programme at London College of Communication (LCC). Berfin has completed her PhD at the University of Essex in the Department of Sociology in 2013. Her PhD explored the representation of nationalism and masculinity in a popular long running Turkish TV se

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“Keeping an Eye on Imperial Mecca”: Upcoming Seminar Session!

Rukayyah Reichling

Mar 9, 2021
1 min

“Keeping an Eye on Imperial Mecca”: Upcoming Seminar Session!

In the next seminar organized by the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History, our ESR Rukayyah Reichling will present us with her ongoing research about Mecca. Drawing on visual material from the late Dutch colonial period, she will in her paper uncover the colonial gaze that was directed towards the most holy city of Islam. When? 18 March 2021 3.30-5 p.m. Where? On ZOOM All are welcome to attend! More information and registration here. #Mecca #hajj #UrbanHistory #HistoricalPhotog

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Feb 25, 2021
1 min

Keynote Speaker Edhem Eldem

We are happy to present the next keynote speaker for the ENIS/MIDA Summer School “Spoken Images of/in Islam,” Prof. Edhem Eldem (Boğaziçi University and Collège de France). He will give a lecture on “The Ottoman trial with Western images, symbols, and texts.” Edhem Eldem is a professor at the Department of History of Boğaziçi University and holds the International Chair of Turkish and Ottoman History at the Collège de France. He has taught at Berkeley, Harvard, Columbia, EHES

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Mounir Saifi

Dec 14, 2020
1 min

Doing Computational Analysis of the Wikipedia Article on al-Andalus, a Presentation by Mounir Saifi

We are happy to announce that our ESR Mounir Saifi participated in a seminar within "Islam in the 'Glocal' Mediterranean. Memory and the Uses of the Past", an online symposium organized by his university, the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), and Fundacion Euroarabe, a foundation dedicated to promoting Euro-Arab cooperation. The objective of the symposium is to facilitate exchange with the scientific community regarding: a) History and memory of Western Mediterranean Is

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Dec 8, 2020
1 min

Our ESR Zeynep Aydin realized one of the best videos for #MyJobinResearch!

As part of a challenge by the Research Execution Agency of the European Commission, researchers funded by the EU were asked to explain their research in only 15 seconds. The best videos were then chosen and posted under the #MyJobinResearch on Twitter. Watch below Zeynep Aydin´s video on her research titled "The Web of Hate: Charlie Hebdo on Twitter and Its Link to Right-Wing Populism and Cyber Islamophobia". #charliehebdo #cyberislamophobia #itn_mida #wisskomm #IslamAndScien

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Nov 27, 2020
1 min

"Anthropology in slippers" brand-new film out now!

We finish this week by presenting you another film! Our ESR Eleonora Landucci was invited to participate at the European Researchers´ Night by the Escuela de Estudios Arabes in Granada (EEA-CSIC). She chose the topic "Anthropology in slippers: doing fieldwork in Morocco... from a computer". In her speech and video she talks about how she tries to overcome the problem of being unable to access the offline fieldwork, and how this has changed her research methodology. English s

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Nov 25, 2020
1 min

Research in Pandemic Times

We are very happy to present a new MIDA film today! Enjoy the great storytelling of ESR Rayane Al-Rammal. During a network analysis workshop in Marburg, she is asking some of her ESR colleagues about how they are coping with the COVID19 crisis concerning their work and research. #whenitwashot #marburg #workshop #storytelling #femalepresenter #covid19impacts #pandemics #wisskomm #IslamAndScience #scicomm #H2020 #MSCA #itn_mida #cnms

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Nov 16, 2020
1 min

A new look for our website!

We start this week with great news! Our MIDA website got a new look - check it out and share it: itn-mida.org #websiterelaunch #newdesign #newlayout #islamandscience #h2020 #MSCA

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Audrey Debargue

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 12 Justin Benavidez

We are happy to present the next exciting topic and film of our ESR Justin Benavidez. His research focusses on the history of knowledge through the writings of Muhammad al-Qurtubi, from the city of Cordoba. The writings of al-Qurtubi (d. 1273), in particular his commentary of the Qur'an, offer insight into the ways in which ideas about religious knowledge were read, shared, and integrated into mainstream Islamic thought. Enjoy Justin´s academic storytelling! #summer_school #d

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 13 Rukayyah Reichling

2020 has been extraordinary in many ways – also for Muslim pilgrims as this year’s hajj was cancelled for most of them. Epidemic outbreaks are, of course, nothing new in history. How then did hajj organizers deal with these risks in the past? Our MIDA researcher Rukayyah Reichling had a closer look at the first documentary about the pilgrimage to Mecca. Based on this valuable film material from the 1920s, Rukayyah sheds light on the health measurements undertaken by the colon

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 14 Zeynep Aydin

We are very proud to show you the film of our ESR Zeynep Aydin. She focusses in her research on how the European public acts after terror attacks and what role mass media and social media play in terms of authority. She asks the question of how the transition from mass media to increased social media use is affecting online Islamophobia and how it is contributing to an increase in right-wing populism in Europe. Great work, Zeynep! And a nice weekend to all of you. #IslaminEur

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 1 Mohamed El-Moursi

We are happy to present MIDA´s next interesting and "confusing" film! It is realized and directed by our ESR Mohamed El-Moursi. His research focuses on Kitāb al-Tibyān or The Memoir of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buluggīn (1073-1090), the last Zirid ruler of the Taifa of Granada. Enjoy this brief overview of his work and his participation in the online summer school. Great research, Mohamed! #online_conference #learning_from_home #summer_school #digital_age #MIDA_learning_Journey #itn_mid

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 10 Hayat Douhan

We start this week with the fascinating film of our ESR Hayat Douhan. Hayat’s participation in the MIDA-ENIS summer school is an occasion to explore her research context/population, which is the Moroccan Muslim religious field/community in the diaspora. In her presentation, she tackled the issue of Moroccan Imams in Europe with a focus in Germany. Great job, Hayat! #Islam_in_Europe#Moroccan_diaspora #Moroccan_Imams #Imam_training . #open_access #sharing_knowledge #science4all

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 15 Mounir Saifi

We finish this week strong by presenting you the great film of our ESR Mounir Saifi. His presentation at the MIDA 2020 summer school discusses an online article that denies the Muslim conquest of Spain around 711. Mounir tries to understand how this counter-narrative of al-Andalus, or Spain under Muslim rule, is used to claim identity space for "Self" by a female author and (a)religious minority member within the Arab world. Enjoy his work and have a nice weekend! #itn_mida #

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 8 Mahdieh Tavakol

Good morning! We are happy to start this week with the great film of Mahdieh Tavakol. Mahdiehs research is focused on the library of Baha al-Din Muhammad al-Amili (1547-1621 CE), the great Jabal Amili scholar in Safavid Persia. Her video is a brief overview of her work and the way she is trying to reconstruct this historical library whose manuscripts are now scattered around the globe. Exciting film and research, Mahdieh! #itn_mida #wisskomm #IslamAndScience #digitalage #scic

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Pascal Buresi

Nov 14, 2020
1 min

Film: ESR 3 Rayane Al-Rammal

We are getting closer to the weekend with the interesting and well done film of our ESR Rayane Al-Rammal. Her #research tackles the artistic renaissance that took place during the recent and ongoing Lebanese uprisings (October 2019 - ). Rayane is asking: How are digital artivistic forms of self-expression inspired by the revolution? And how do they circulate online? Enjoy Rayane's (directing) work and have a nice weekend. Your MIDA Team #itn_mida #wisskomm #IslamAndScience #d

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