Events

The next meeting of the working group „Nürnberger Präventionsnetzwerks gegen religiös begründete Radikalisierung“ is scheduled for Thursday, 16 November, from 4pm to 7pm. Meeting point is the südpunkt in Nürnberg (Pillenreuther Str. 147). Anyone interested is cordially invited! At 4.20pm, the exe...

The exhibition "Geschichte einer Familie - Jüdische Gemeinde in Marienwerder", which takes place from October 17, 2017 until January 31, 2018, in Kwydzin, Poland, is based on the research of Gerdien Jonker. Jonker, scientific researcher at EZIRE, has traced the history of Jewish family Oettinger, wh...

The Centre for Euro-Oriental Studies (CEOS), cooperation partner of the EZIRE, kindly invites you to join the discussion meeting on: „Islam im Wahlkampf (Islam in Election Campaigns)“ on Friday, 23/06/2017, from 6.15 to 7.45 pm. The lecture will take place in the small auditorium, Bismarckstr. 1a, E...

Under the motto "Experience the Sciences", the Bavarian Academy of the Sciences in Munich helds an open day on Saturday, May 20th, from 11am to 6pm. The EZIRE takes part in the event: Throughout the day, Dr. Jörn Thielmann, executive director of the EZIRE, as well as Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba and Alexa...

In the summer term of 2017, the Bavarian Orient Colloquium on the topic of „Cultivated Landscapes of Southeast Anatolia and Mesopotamia: Local and Transnational Perspectives“ takes place at the University of Bamberg. Speakers from Germany and abroad will present their topics - e. g. Islamic architec...

The Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) is the largest professional meeting of Oriental Studies in Germany and one of the most important scholarly Orientalist congresses in the world. The range of disciplines encompasses the Ancient and Modern Middle East, including North Africa, as well as all of Asia, with particular emphasis on Central, South and South East Asia. The abstracts for the congress in Jena can be submitted until 31st March 2017.

For ten years, the German Islam Conference has been discussing the integration of Muslims. It has been established as an institutionalized dialogue with the Muslims living in Germany.

At the founding event of the Munich "Council of Religions" on July 13, 2016, Mathias Rohe, Director of EZIRE, spoke in his testimonial lecture about how the cohabitation of religions can succeed. He appealed to maintain openness. "The unpleasant truth is that all religions have potential for violenc...

How can religious people act out their beliefs at a German University? In how far can – and should –this ideologically and religiously neutral institution support its students and employees in their free exercise of religion? Apart from others, this question was discussed by Professors of different ...

All participants of the 4th workshop on June 16 and 17, 2016, had the option to discuss relevant topics, such as Islam, communication of values and radicalization, with Jörn Thielmann, managing director of EZIRE. The objective is to develop the teaching in professional integrated classes at vocat...