On July 3, 2015, Prof. Dr. Sanjay Seth (Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London and Director of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies) held a guest lecture at the Henry Ford Building of the Freie Universität Berlin. The presentation was titled 'Historiography and non-Western Pasts'.

The lecture was an event organized by Center for Area Studies in cooperation with the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies; the lecture was moderated by Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott.