Interdisciplinary and/or Inter-Institutional master's degree programs

• Studying the Middle East

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  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden wissen um die Komplexität des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens als Forschungsfeld, Region und Raum kultureller Produktion hinsichtlich seiner vielsprachigen, multireligiösen und plurikulturellen Dimensionen. Sie erlangen einen Überblick über die spezifischen Aufgabenbereiche und Kompetenzen der am Masterstudien gang Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East beteiligten Fächer und Disziplinen im Hinblick auf die Komplexe der Geschichte, Gesellschaften, Text- und Wissenskulturen, Sprachen und Literaturen. Sie verstehen wissen schaftliche Ansätze der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in ihrer Diversität und Verflechtung und können die entsprechende Sekundärliteratur kritisch beleuchten. Die Studierenden sind interkulturell und interdisziplinär sensibilisiert und haben sich mit den epistemologischen Herausforderungen der Beschäftigung mit dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten in seinen Facetten der Geschichte, Gesellschaft, Kultur, Literatur und Sprache auseinandergesetzt. Sie können dieses Wissen und Verständnis auf komplexe Fragestellungen anwenden, diese analytisch bearbeiten und ihre Ergebnisse anschaulich und in sprachlich angemessener Ausdrucksweise strukturiert mündlich und schriftlich präsentieren.

  Inhalte:

  Das Modul bietet einen vertieften, fächerübergreifenden Einblick in den Nahen und Mittleren Osten als Forschungs feld, als Region und als Raum kultureller Produktion; hierbei werden Phänomene der Sprache, der Kulturge schichte, der Religion oder Wissenstraditionen diskutiert, vor allem mit Bezug auf historisch wirksame Paradigmen wie z. B. Identität, Gender, Erinnerungskulturen, Nationalismus, Modernisierung, Exil, etc.; auch Forschungstrends oder einzelne historische Epochen oder geographische Regionen können Gegenstand des Moduls sein. Die Stu dierenden üben anhand wechselnder exemplarischer Fragestellungen, Forschungsdiskurse und Fachliteratur so wie unter Verwendung für das Studium des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens spezifischer Hilfsmittel das wissenschaft liche Arbeiten ein. Sie erarbeiten sich anhand geistes- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Methoden ein interdisziplinäres Thema mit Fokus auf eine oder mehrere ausgewählte Regionen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens und werden an hand mehrerer schriftlicher Arbeitsaufträge beim Verfassen einer schriftlichen wissenschaftlichen Arbeit begleitet.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Vorlesung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Methodenübung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 5.000 Wörter) Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein Semester; Jedes Wintersemester

  Module with no course offerings

• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Middle East

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  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden verfügen über fortgeschrittene Fähigkeiten zur eigenständigen wissenschaftlichen Auseinander setzung mit Forschungsgegenständen der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East aus globaler Perspektive, können sich selbst sowie komplexe Themen aus den Bereichen Kulturen, Literaturen, Sprachen, Geschichte und Gesellschaften des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens in aktuellen Debatten positionieren, insbesondere bezüglich der vergleichenden Analyse überregional wirksamer Prozesse und Probleme. Sie sind in der Lage, inter- und transdis ziplinäre Methoden der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East einzusetzen und diese für eine strukturierte und analytische Bearbeitung einer komplexen Fragestellung in schriftlicher Form fruchtbar zu machen und auch münd lich zu präsentieren. Sie verfügen über ein dem neuesten Forschungsstand entsprechendes breites und detaillier tes Wissen und ein kritisches Verständnis in einem oder mehreren Sachbereichen der überregionalen und interdis ziplinären Forschung der Interdsciplinary Studies of the Middle East.

  Inhalte:

  Das Modul vermittelt den Studierenden fundiertes Sachwissen in Bezug auf zentrale Themen der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East aus globaler Perspektive. Schwerpunkt des Moduls ist die vergleichende Analyse histo rischer, sozialer, kultureller Formationen hinsichtlich global wirksamer Themen wie z. B. Gender, Menschenrechte, Imperialismus, Nationalismus, Identität, Sprache, Literatur. Die Studierenden werden angeleitet, die Auswirkungen solcher Prozesse mit Blick auf den Nahen und Mittleren Osten differenziert zu vergleichen. Sie üben die selbst ständige Analyse von Problemstellungen aus überfachlicher und überregionaler Perspektive und setzen interdiszi plinäre Theorien und Methoden ein.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Vertiefungsseminar / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Methodenübung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 3.000 Wörter)

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14143 Advanced seminar
    Digital Humanities and Data Sustainability: A hands-on practical approach (Christian Dane Casey)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    English

    Comments

    In this course, we will learn about the available techniques for collecting and disseminating digital data for humanistic projects, with a special emphasis on sustainability. A common problem when working on academic projects is that funding provides only for the collection or creation of data, not their longterm preservation. But there are ways of designing around this problem and creating online resources that remain permanently free and accessible. In order to learn these techniques, we will build an online resource from the ground up and then make it available forever. Students will receive course credit for regular attendance in class and an academic citation for their work on the project.

    Suggested reading

    Casey, C. (2023) “Building Digital Projects to Outlive Their Funding”, Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East . London, UK, 2(2), pp. 355–378. doi: 10.33182/aijls.v2i2.2835.

  • 14404 Methods Tutorial
    Oral History Methods (Nayera Soliman)
    Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    This course explores the intersection of memory studies and oral history in the Middle East, contrasting its development with Western academic traditions. We will learn the key theories of memory studies, examining how the socio-political context of the Middle East has shaped the field and influenced oral history practices. We will trace the evolution of oral history theories and methodologies. We will engage with seminal texts, particularly those by feminist scholars, to understand the reciprocal relationship between oral history and the feminist movement in the Middle East. Through an examination of various oral history projects across the region, we will learn about important historical events from the perspectives of those who witnessed them. This will allow us to understand how personal memories contribute to collective narratives and shape our understanding of the past. Furthermore, we will analyze the influence of subaltern studies and social history on contemporary Middle Eastern historians. The course includes an important empirical part. Students will collaborate on a research project throughout the semester, conducting interviews, analyzing data, and producing written work based on their findings.

  • 14405 Methods Tutorial Cancelled
    Feminist Epistemologies (Dina Wahba)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 31601a Seminar
    Comparative Economic Systems (Theocharis Grigoriadis)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 315 Besprechungsraum (Garystr. 21)
    

    Comments

    Comparative Economic Systems offer students a comprehensive overview of the new and vibrant field of comparative economic development that has emerged from transition economics, economics of central planning. Before the economics of transition, comparative economics was devoted mostly to the comparison of capitalism and socialism, and in practice mostly to the study of socialist economic systems (central planning, Yugoslav self-management, market socialism). The transition experience and the economics of transition have shown the importance of the institutions underlying the capitalist system. Comparative economics is now turning to the comparative analysis of institutions of existing capitalist systems and to the historical evolution of those institutions. Political Economics focuses on transitions from social choice theory to political economics, the role of median voter models and their applicability to general interest politics, probabilistic models of voting, and agency models of politics. Moreover, it concentrates on special interest politics, partisan politicians, political regimes, and democratization. Economics/Public Economics students must take both parts of this module to fulfill the School of Business and Economics requirements, while East European/Political Science/IR students may take them separately according to their learning and schedule preferences within the School of Political and Social Sciences.

• Communicating Research in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East

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  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden können Forschungsvorhaben eigenständig planen, durchführen und verständlich präsentieren. Sie werden dazu befähigt, die Fragestellung, den Forschungsansatz, die Auswahl der Methoden und ggf. die kon krete Quellenarbeit in wissenschaftlichen Diskussionen zu begründen und unter Berücksichtigung aktueller For schungsansätze zu reflektieren. Sie können den Mehrwert ihrer theoretischen und methodischen Vorgehenswei sen überzeugend präsentieren, indem sie diese mit anderen gegenstandsadäquaten Ansätzen kontrastieren und die Vorzüge in Bezug auf das eigene Vorhaben darlegen.

  Inhalte:

  Vor und während der Bearbeitungszeit der Masterarbeit nehmen die Studierenden an einem Kolloquium teil, um das Konzept ihrer Arbeit vorzustellen und offene Fragen zu diskutieren. Hier stellen sie ihre eigenen Themenstel lungen, theoretische und methodische Ansätze der Arbeit sowie erste Ergebnisse vor, diskutieren diese mit ande ren Studierenden und Lehrenden und reflektieren den Schreibprozess.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Kolloquium / 2 SWS / ja 

  Modulprüfung

  Exposé (ca. 1.200 Wörter) oder Posterpräsentation (ca. 10 Minuten) Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  150 Stunden (5 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein Semester; Jedes Sommersemester

  • 14407 Colloquium
    From Interest to Research: MA Thesis Planning Workshops" (For students in early stages) (Victoria Mummelthei)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: 2.2058 Seminarraum; online: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/meet/victoria.mummelthei
    

    Information for students

    The course is open for students from other programs/departments, too.

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Follow the course here: https://nodiscipline.hypotheses.org/ (NOT in blackboard).

    Comments

    Thinking about your MA thesis but not sure where to start? This workshop helps you transform your academic interests into viable research projects. Through structured exercises, peer discussion, and practical planning sessions, you'll move from vague ideas to concrete research designs.

    We'll focus on the crucial early stages:

    • Identifying research interests
    • Narrowing down topics
    • Developing research questions
    • Finding appropriate methods
    • Creating realistic timelines
    • Understanding the thesis requirements
    • Building your research toolkit

    By the end of the semester, you'll have a solid thesis proposal, practical research plan, and clear next steps. Join us to lay the groundwork for a successful thesis journey!

  • 14408 Colloquium
    Thesis Writing Group: From Draft to Submission (For active thesis writers) (Victoria Mummelthei)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: 2.2058 Seminarraum; online: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/meet/victoria.mummelthei
    

    Information for students

    The course is open for students from other programs/departments, too.

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Follow the course here: https://nodiscipline.hypotheses.org/ (NOT in blackboard).

    Comments

    Ready to write your MA thesis? This writing group provides structure, support, and accountability through the writing process. Rather than lectures, we offer facilitated peer support, regular check-ins, and dedicated writing time.

    Our sessions combine:

    • Protected writing blocks
    • Progress check-ins
    • Troubleshooting workshops
    • Peer feedback rounds
    • Individual writing consultations
    • Goal-setting and timeline reviews

    This isn't just a course - it's a community of writers supporting each other through the challenges of thesis completion. Whether you're struggling with writer's block, methodology questions, or time management, you'll find the support you need to keep moving forward.

• Reading the Middle East

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  Qualifikationsziele:

  Qualifikationsziele: Die Studierenden können globale Schlüsselkonzepte und zentrale Begrifflichkeiten in ihrer Bedeutung für die Re flexion über den Nahen und Mittleren Osten und Identitätszuschreibungen analysieren sowie den wissenschaftli chen Beitrag von diskurskonstituierenden Texten und Debatten der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East und verwandter oder benachbarter Disziplinen in historischer und aktueller Perspektive und unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Entstehungs- und sich verändernden Verwendungskontexte verstehen und einordnen. Sie besitzen vertiefte Kenntnisse über ausgewählte Texte, die den Nahen und Mittleren Osten aus transregionaler Perspektive konsti tuieren können. Dabei können sie transdisziplinäre methodische und theoretische Ansätze, insbesondere der ver gleichenden Kulturforschung, einordnen und vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Forschungsdebatten und eigener Er kenntnisinteressen selbstständig auf die Entwicklung eigener Fragestellungen und deren adäquater Analyse an wenden und die Ergebnisse insbesondere mündlich angemessen präsentieren sowie in Diskussionen darüber teil nehmen.

  Inhalte:

  Es werden Schlüsseltexte und zentrale Begrifflichkeiten und Felder der Erforschung des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens aus transregionaler Perspektive (z. B. Orientalismus, world/global literatures, Islam in Europa, Postkolo nialismus, Nationalismus, Gender, Intersektionalität, Nachhaltigkeit, Raum, etc.) in ihrer historischen Entwicklung behandelt und ihrer unterschiedlichen disziplinären Verwendung in überfachlicher und überregionaler Perspektive dargestellt. Zudem werden beispielhaft historische und transdisziplinäre Zirkulationsdynamiken von Begriffen und Konzepten diskutiert und die Transformation ihrer Bedeutung in sich verändernden Kontexten veranschaulicht.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  keine

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14229-ISME Practice seminar
    Diversity and diversity representation – productive tensions (Schirin Amir-Moazami)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    Today, cultural and religious diversity in immigrant societies across Europe is considered an irreversible fact, even though voices are raised cyclically raised calling for unity and purity. Yet, the actual representation of diversity in socially and politically relevant institutions, especially in Germany, still lags behind this reality. This gap has triggered a series of measures over the last decade that are intended to do justice to the growing diversification. Diversity is now often anchored in political programs as well as in educational institutions. But how exactly is diversity conceptualised? How does the management of diversity operate in politically relevant institutions in Western European contexts? Who decides whose diversity is worthy of representation, and under what conditions? How can marginalised and racialized groups participate in society without repeating the pitfalls of authoritative spokespersons? To what extent do approaches to diversity address structural inequalities and institutional racism? The seminar explores these questions by inquiring into the relevant academic scholarship and by investigating legal rulings on diversity and its institutional translations through selected cases. Specific, yet not exclusive emphasis will be placed on questions of diversity in relation to the research field of Islam in Europe. In addition, we will converse with invited guest speakers on their experiences as scholars or practitioners of diversity.

  • 14228-ISME Seminar
    Diversity and diversity representation – productive tensions (Schirin Amir-Moazami)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    Today, cultural and religious diversity in immigrant societies across Europe is considered an irreversible fact, even though voices are raised cyclically raised calling for unity and purity. Yet, the actual representation of diversity in socially and politically relevant institutions, especially in Germany, still lags behind this reality. This gap has triggered a series of measures over the last decade that are intended to do justice to the growing diversification. Diversity is now often anchored in political programs as well as in educational institutions. But how exactly is diversity conceptualised? How does the management of diversity operate in politically relevant institutions in Western European contexts? Who decides whose diversity is worthy of representation, and under what conditions? How can marginalised and racialized groups participate in society without repeating the pitfalls of authoritative spokespersons? To what extent do approaches to diversity address structural inequalities and institutional racism? The seminar explores these questions by inquiring into the relevant academic scholarship and by investigating legal rulings on diversity and its institutional translations through selected cases. Specific, yet not exclusive emphasis will be placed on questions of diversity in relation to the research field of Islam in Europe. In addition, we will converse with invited guest speakers on their experiences as scholars or practitioners of diversity.

• Reading the Middle East through its Languages

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  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden haben fundierte Kenntnisse über Grundfragen des Verhältnisses von Text und Wissen und sind in der Lage, den Stellenwert von originalsprachlichen Texten innerhalb des plurikulturellen, multireligiösen und vielsprachigen Raums des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens zu analysieren. Sie können Theorien und Modelle kritisch reflektieren und verfügen über ein begriffliches Instrumentarium, um die Rhetorizität unterschiedlicher Texte und Textsorten zu entschlüsseln. Die Studierenden sind in der Lage, eigenständig und methodisch kontrolliert zu Aus sagen über die Heuristik unterschiedlicher Texte und Textsorten zu gelangen und die Ergebnisse insbesondere mündlich angemessen zu präsentieren sowie an Diskussionen darüber teilzunehmen.

  Inhalte:

  Mittels einschlägiger originalsprachlicher Zeugnisse aus dem Bereich der arabischen, armenischen, kurdischen, osmanischen, persischen, syrisch-aramäischen, türkischen, sowie jüdischen, islamischen oder christlichen Kultur und Literatur – in schriftlicher oder auch mündlicher Form – und unter Berücksichtigung des Forschungsgegen standes werden interdisziplinäre Begriffe und Konzepte aus den Bereichen der Kultur- und Geisteswissenschaften erarbeitet. Darauf aufbauend werden Methoden der Text- und Quellenanalyse für die Erschließung, Kontextualisie rung und Interpretation von Primärquellen in den Blick genommen, diskutiert und anhand ausgewählter Beispiele (Werke verschiedener Autor*innen, literarischer Gattungen, Perioden, Strömungen, etc.) angewendet.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  keine

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14133 Language Course
    Abbasid Literature: Love, Wine, Mysticism and Wisdom. (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Mi 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    In this course, participants will read, translate, and analyze a selection of texts from various authors and genres of classical Arabic literature. The study of these texts aims to provide an introductory insight into the richness and diversity of classical Arabic literary tradition.

  • 14139 Methods Tutorial
    Parables in Qur'an and Tafsir (Beatrice Gründler)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Arabic, English

    Comments

    The Qur’an contains a large number of parables (amthal, sing. mathal) on various subjects as well as explaining in a self-reflective way how these should be understood. Therefore the parable also plays a prominent role in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir). Readings will include parables and their discussion within the Qur’an as well as exegetical works touching upon the aspect.

    Suggested reading

    "Jane Mc. Auliffe, Hg. Encyclopedia of the Qur'an (Leiden 2001-2006), article 'Parables' Stefan Wild, Self-Referentiality in the Qur‘an (Wiesbaden 2006) Helmut Gätje and Alford T. Welch, The Qur‘an and Its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations (Oxford 1969)"

  • 14181 Reading Course
    Oral Traditions in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This seminar will focus on the ways in which knowledge is remembered and transmitted in oral traditions in the Iranian-speaking world, with a particular emphasis on three major forms of knowledge transfer: epics, history, and religion. During the course, a range of topics will be systematically discussed, including the following: the distinction between oral and written literature, the interaction between orality and literacy, the concept of 'text', the comparison of oral and written/'factual' history, and cultural memory. The seminar will draw upon a range of texts to explore the applicability of Parry and Lord's 'oral-formulaic theory' to oral traditions beyond epics. The course is offered in English and is available as part of the Master of Iranian Studies programme. Due to the limited capacity of the course, enrolment is restricted; students from other universities must obtain permission from the instructor. While prior knowledge of any Iranian language is very welcome, it is not a prerequisite for enrolment. The course will necessitate extensive reading of secondary literature in English.

    Suggested reading

    Allison, Christine and Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (eds.), Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2013. Assmann, Jan, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis: Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, 6th edition, München, 2007. Cantera, Alberto (ed.), Transmission of the Avesta, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2012. Finnegan, Ruth, Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: a Guide to Research Practices, London and New York, 3rd edition, 2001, 1st edition 1992. Goody, Jack (ed.), ‘Canonization in oral and literate cultures,’ in A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn (eds.), Canonization and Decanonization, papers presented to the interna¬tional conference of the Leiden institute for the study of religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9–10 January 1997. With an annotated bibliography compiled by J. A. Snoek, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1998, pp. 3–16. Kreyenbroek, Philip and Marzolph, Ulrich (eds.), Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Ta¬jik, companion volume II: A History of Persian Literature, I.B. London and New York, 2010. Omarkhali, Khanna and Kreyenbroek, Philip (eds.), Oral Tradition among Religious Communities in the Iranian-Speaking World, Volume 35, Number 2, Harvard, Cambridge, 2022. Omarkhali, Khanna, The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts, Series: Studies in Oriental Religions, vol. 72, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2017. Ong, W. J., Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, Methuen, London and New York, 1982. Rubanovich, Julia (ed.), Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World. Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries, Brill, 2015.

  • 14227-ISME Practice seminar
    From the Hanbali School of Law to the Salafiyya (Birgit Krawietz)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    The reading exercise offers specific texts in Arabic, which will be read, translated and discussed together.

  • 14324 Reading Course
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Ugur Caliskan)
    Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14364 Methods Tutorial
    (MÜ) The Christian Orient: Past and Present (Shabo Talay)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14140 Language Course
    Modern Arabic Poetry: Where Words Meet Music (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    Throughout the history of Arabic literature, poetry and music have always gone hand in hand, maintaining a close and meaningful connection to this day. In this course, students will read and analyze poems by outstanding poets in detail. The selected poems have been set to music by renowned artists from the Arab world, making them widely popular. After reading the texts, students will also listen to their musical renditions and engage in various related exercises. Music serves as an effective tool for learning vocabulary, grammatical structures, and linguistic nuances. This course aims to enhance both the reading and listening comprehension skills of the participants.

  • 14141 Language Course
    The Art of Speaking (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Language skills (Arabic)

    Comments

    This course offers Master’s students in Arabic language an opportunity to enhance their oral communication skills. Throughout the course, guest speakers will be invited to discuss their areas of expertise. Students, working in groups, will prepare targeted questions and conduct interviews with the guests. The course aims to improve listening comprehension and verbal expression in Arabic while exploring cultural and professional topics in depth.

  • 14180 Reading Course
    The Bagam Nask: exegesis of the Old Avestan prayers in the Antiquity and Late Antiquity (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Information for students

    Die Sitzung am 26.06.2025 findet abweichend in Raum 1.2058 statt.

  • 14182 Practice seminar
    The Parthians: A Dark Age in Iranian History? (Stefan Härtel)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14221-ISME Reading Course
    Nineteenth-Century Book Culture through Arabic Sources (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Active and regular attendance

    Comments

    In this course, we will read primary sources in Arabic on the topics of book circulation and production. We will study the associated debates on cultural heritage as they were conducted both by well-known intellectual figures of the time and by lesser-known actors of the book trade. In addition to reading excerpts from edited sources, including early print editions, students will have the chance to work with manuscripts relating to book culture in the long nineteenth century.

  • 14223-ISME Reading Course
    Print Media in the Arab World: Historical Evolution and Cultural Impact (Reading sessions) (Mohammad Magout)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance; knowledge of Arabic

    Comments

    This reading course is designed to accompany the seminar “Print media in the Arab World”, but it can also be taken independently. It will consist of readings of primary texts from Arabic print media up to the mid 20th C, mainly periodicals from Egypt, Ottoman Syria, and the Syro-Lebanese diaspora in North and Latin America. The discussion, however, will go beyond textual reading to include other aspects such as examining the design, distribution, and tracing the original sources of news and articles in periodicals. In doing so, participants will be introduced to tools and resources for research about Arabic periodicals. tba

  • 14323 Seminar
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Zeynep Türkyilmaz)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: K 25/11 weitere Hinweise zur Austattung unter: www.raum.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
    
  • 14361 Reading Course
    (Lk) Northwest Semitic Inscriptions (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14366 Reading Course
    (Lk) North African (Magrebi) Arabic (Maciej Klimiuk)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Histories and Societies of the Middle East

  0593bB1.1

  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden besitzen vertieftes Wissen und Verständnis der geschichtlichen und gesellschaftlichen Ausfor mungen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens von der Spätantike bis in die Gegenwart sowie der historischen Vorbe dingungen seit der Antike. Sie kennen wichtige aktuelle theoretische und methodische Debatten der gesellschafts geschichtlichen Forschung, die für das Studium des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens von Bedeutung sind. Die Studie renden können Bedingungen und Probleme der sozial-historischen Beschreibung des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens erkennen, einordnen und formulieren, eigenständig diesbezüglich Quellenbestände heranziehen, auswerten und interpretieren und die Werkzeuge der Geschichts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften auf eigene Fragestellungen anwenden. Sie kennen die zentralen Kategorien zur Analyse geschichtlicher und gesellschaftlicher Prozesse und können die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse dieser Analyse mündlich und schriftlich diskutieren und präsentieren.

  Inhalte:

  Im Modul setzen sich die Studierenden vertieft mit komplexen Themen wie Periodisierung, Dimensionen des Räumlichen (Machtzentren vs. periphere Regionen, transregionale Verbindungen), Herrschaft, Staatlichkeit und gesellschaftliche Gruppen sowie Identität, Mobilität, Kommunikation, Gender, ethnische und religiöse Minderheiten auseinander. Sie werden dabei angeleitet, selbstständig Themen u. a. aus den Bereichen der arabisch-islami schen, arabisch-christlichen, armenischen, byzantinischen, jüdischen, kurdischen, osmanischen, persischen, sy risch-christlichen oder türkischen Geschichte sowie aus dem Bereich der historischen Quellenkunde mit Bezug zu geschichts- und gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Theorien und Methoden zu reflektieren und die entsprechende fachwissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit diesen zu erschließen und kritisch auszuwerten.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 5.000 Wörter)

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14221-ISME Reading Course
    Nineteenth-Century Book Culture through Arabic Sources (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Active and regular attendance

    Comments

    In this course, we will read primary sources in Arabic on the topics of book circulation and production. We will study the associated debates on cultural heritage as they were conducted both by well-known intellectual figures of the time and by lesser-known actors of the book trade. In addition to reading excerpts from edited sources, including early print editions, students will have the chance to work with manuscripts relating to book culture in the long nineteenth century.

  • 14222-ISME Introductory Course
    Print Media in the Arab World: Historical Evolution and Cultural Impact (Mohammad Magout)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    Like many other aspects of modernity in the Arab world, the history of Arabic print media has until recently been dominated by a narrative of “failure” or a “delay”–often attributed to alleged religious prohibitions–in catching up with Western technological and intellectual innovations. Recent scholarship, however, has shown that there is thin evidence to support such narrative and that it is largely based on Orientalist preconceptions. Yet the debate continues about the material and cultural conditions that shaped the historical development of printing in the Arab world and its impact on thought, religion, society, and politics.
    
    The aim of this seminar is to engage with these debates by providing an overview of the history of Arabic print media with a focus on the periodical press in the Levant and Egypt (ca. 1850-1950), including periodicals founded by their diaspora in Europe and Latin America. The seminar will cover several aspects from material production and economics of printing, through censorship and intellectual history, to social networks. Furthermore, it will be informed by theoretical discussions on the sociological and cultural effects of new print technologies and communication media. tba

  • 14324 Reading Course
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Ugur Caliskan)
    Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14404 Methods Tutorial
    Oral History Methods (Nayera Soliman)
    Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 2.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    This course explores the intersection of memory studies and oral history in the Middle East, contrasting its development with Western academic traditions. We will learn the key theories of memory studies, examining how the socio-political context of the Middle East has shaped the field and influenced oral history practices. We will trace the evolution of oral history theories and methodologies. We will engage with seminal texts, particularly those by feminist scholars, to understand the reciprocal relationship between oral history and the feminist movement in the Middle East. Through an examination of various oral history projects across the region, we will learn about important historical events from the perspectives of those who witnessed them. This will allow us to understand how personal memories contribute to collective narratives and shape our understanding of the past. Furthermore, we will analyze the influence of subaltern studies and social history on contemporary Middle Eastern historians. The course includes an important empirical part. Students will collaborate on a research project throughout the semester, conducting interviews, analyzing data, and producing written work based on their findings.

  • 14463 Advanced seminar
    Ibn Kammuna's Scientific Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: K 23/21 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This course explores the thought of Sa?d ibn Mansur Ibn Kammuna (d. 1284), a Jewish philosopher who conducted pioneering comparative studies of the three Abrahamic faiths in medieval Baghdad following the Mongol conquest. Through English translations of selected key works, we will examine Ibn Kammuna's contributions across three main areas: (1) Comparative Religion and Jewish Thought: In his "Examination of the Three Faiths", Ibn Kammuna employs an innovative method that blends philosophical reasoning with religious inquiry; in his analysis of Rabbanite and Karaite Judaism he demonstrates awareness of internal Jewish debates. (2) Ethics and Spiritual Practice: We will study Ibn Kammuna’s reflections on ethics and piety, as expressed in "Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice" and "Establishing the First Principle". These works illuminate his theories of moral and spiritual development, building on this theory of the soul. (3) Theory of the Soul: Ibn Kammuna’s elaborate theory of the soul emerges in his treatises on the soul’s eternity, his philosophical commentaries on Avicenna and Suhrawardi, and his comprehensive philosophical summa. Neither knowledge of Arabic or Hebrew, nor prior familiarity with Arabic philosophy, are required to participate in the course.

  • 14181 Reading Course
    Oral Traditions in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This seminar will focus on the ways in which knowledge is remembered and transmitted in oral traditions in the Iranian-speaking world, with a particular emphasis on three major forms of knowledge transfer: epics, history, and religion. During the course, a range of topics will be systematically discussed, including the following: the distinction between oral and written literature, the interaction between orality and literacy, the concept of 'text', the comparison of oral and written/'factual' history, and cultural memory. The seminar will draw upon a range of texts to explore the applicability of Parry and Lord's 'oral-formulaic theory' to oral traditions beyond epics. The course is offered in English and is available as part of the Master of Iranian Studies programme. Due to the limited capacity of the course, enrolment is restricted; students from other universities must obtain permission from the instructor. While prior knowledge of any Iranian language is very welcome, it is not a prerequisite for enrolment. The course will necessitate extensive reading of secondary literature in English.

    Suggested reading

    Allison, Christine and Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (eds.), Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2013. Assmann, Jan, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis: Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, 6th edition, München, 2007. Cantera, Alberto (ed.), Transmission of the Avesta, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2012. Finnegan, Ruth, Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: a Guide to Research Practices, London and New York, 3rd edition, 2001, 1st edition 1992. Goody, Jack (ed.), ‘Canonization in oral and literate cultures,’ in A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn (eds.), Canonization and Decanonization, papers presented to the interna¬tional conference of the Leiden institute for the study of religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9–10 January 1997. With an annotated bibliography compiled by J. A. Snoek, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1998, pp. 3–16. Kreyenbroek, Philip and Marzolph, Ulrich (eds.), Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Ta¬jik, companion volume II: A History of Persian Literature, I.B. London and New York, 2010. Omarkhali, Khanna and Kreyenbroek, Philip (eds.), Oral Tradition among Religious Communities in the Iranian-Speaking World, Volume 35, Number 2, Harvard, Cambridge, 2022. Omarkhali, Khanna, The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts, Series: Studies in Oriental Religions, vol. 72, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2017. Ong, W. J., Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, Methuen, London and New York, 1982. Rubanovich, Julia (ed.), Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World. Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries, Brill, 2015.

  • 14182 Practice seminar
    The Parthians: A Dark Age in Iranian History? (Stefan Härtel)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14220-ISME Introductory Course
    Book Circulation and Arab Cultural Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    What were the political and cultural repercussions of the spread of print culture in Egypt and Greater Syria in the thirteenth/nineteenth century? How did manuscripts and printed books circulate between the Ottoman Arab provinces, Istanbul, and Europe? In this course, we will examine the link between the circulation of books and developing ideas about Arab cultural heritage. We will consider the writings and practices of leading Arab authors, publishers, and editors as well as those of lesser-known book collectors and traders, with a focus on the inherently transregional and diachronic nature of the shift from a manuscript to a print culture. Additionally, we will examine the wider socio-political context of nineteenth-century book culture, including perceptions of that pivotal time in contemporary postcolonial debates and in the latest research into manuscript provenance.

  • 14223-ISME Reading Course
    Print Media in the Arab World: Historical Evolution and Cultural Impact (Reading sessions) (Mohammad Magout)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance; knowledge of Arabic

    Comments

    This reading course is designed to accompany the seminar “Print media in the Arab World”, but it can also be taken independently. It will consist of readings of primary texts from Arabic print media up to the mid 20th C, mainly periodicals from Egypt, Ottoman Syria, and the Syro-Lebanese diaspora in North and Latin America. The discussion, however, will go beyond textual reading to include other aspects such as examining the design, distribution, and tracing the original sources of news and articles in periodicals. In doing so, participants will be introduced to tools and resources for research about Arabic periodicals. tba

  • 14226-ISME Seminar
    From the Hanbali School of Law to the Salafiyya (Birgit Krawietz)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    This MA seminar problematizes the expression “Salafiyya” that nowadays often serves as an umbrella term for various phenomena of modern Islam. Constructing an idealized Islamic history evolving around the pristine community of early Muslims (al-salaf al-salih) is not a phenomenon that did not develop until the 19th century. Historical spotlights will elucidate various aspects of the development of this framing. A wider historical perspective counterbalances the widespread focus if not fixation on the threat of political Salafism. The strong connection of Salafi topics and methods to the Hanbali School of law deserves particular attention but so do the (post)modern conditions of media society. Students have to take part in a final written test.

  • 14227-ISME Practice seminar
    From the Hanbali School of Law to the Salafiyya (Birgit Krawietz)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    The reading exercise offers specific texts in Arabic, which will be read, translated and discussed together.

  • 14323 Seminar
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Zeynep Türkyilmaz)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: K 25/11 weitere Hinweise zur Austattung unter: www.raum.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
    
  • 14364 Methods Tutorial
    (MÜ) The Christian Orient: Past and Present (Shabo Talay)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14369 Basic Course
    (GK) The Christian Orient: Past and Present (Yousef Kouriyhe)
    Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14462 Lecture
    Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: K 23/21 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course examines the social, cultural, and religious history of Jews in Islamicate societies, using specific in-depth examples to explore central themes and questions. It also looks at how past discussions and debates have influenced current understandings of the relationship between Judaism and Islam.

  • 31601a Seminar
    Comparative Economic Systems (Theocharis Grigoriadis)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 315 Besprechungsraum (Garystr. 21)
    

    Comments

    Comparative Economic Systems offer students a comprehensive overview of the new and vibrant field of comparative economic development that has emerged from transition economics, economics of central planning. Before the economics of transition, comparative economics was devoted mostly to the comparison of capitalism and socialism, and in practice mostly to the study of socialist economic systems (central planning, Yugoslav self-management, market socialism). The transition experience and the economics of transition have shown the importance of the institutions underlying the capitalist system. Comparative economics is now turning to the comparative analysis of institutions of existing capitalist systems and to the historical evolution of those institutions. Political Economics focuses on transitions from social choice theory to political economics, the role of median voter models and their applicability to general interest politics, probabilistic models of voting, and agency models of politics. Moreover, it concentrates on special interest politics, partisan politicians, political regimes, and democratization. Economics/Public Economics students must take both parts of this module to fulfill the School of Business and Economics requirements, while East European/Political Science/IR students may take them separately according to their learning and schedule preferences within the School of Political and Social Sciences.

• Traditions of Texts and Knowledge in the Middle East

  0593bB1.2

  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden besitzen ein vertieftes Verständnis für die Entstehung und Systematisierung verschiedener Wis sens- und Texttraditionen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, deren Präsentation und Medialität, sowie deren Ak teur*innen und die damit verbundene Autorität im Blick auf religiöse, soziale und epistemologische Strukturen, insbesondere von den Anfängen des Islams bis in die Gegenwart. Sie sind für historische und gegenwärtig ab laufende Prozesse der kollektiven Identitätsbildung und Standortbestimmung bei Wissens- und Textkulturen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens sensibilisiert und verfügen über ein begriffliches Instrumentarium etablierter wissens geschichtlicher, kulturwissenschaftlicher und philologischer Theorien und Methoden, um über Zeugnisse unter schiedlicher Wissens- und Textkulturen zu reflektieren und die Ergebnisse ihrer Analysen mündlich und schriftlich angemessen zu präsentieren.

  Inhalte:

  Das Modul beschäftigt sich mit der Geschichte und gegenwärtigen Bedeutung von Text-, Traditions- und Wissens kulturen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, insbesondere seit den Anfängen des Islams bis in die unmittelbare Ge genwart; hierzu gehören einerseits z. B. die Rezeption und Weiterentwicklung des antiken Erbes im Bereich der Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften (etwa Philosophie, Logik, Mystik) sowie der Bereich des im weitesten Sinne wissenschaftlichen Schrifttums durch die Jahrhunderte und andererseits normative Traditionen, wie z. B. die Exe gese heiliger Texte, Traditionswissenschaften und Normenlehre, Dogmatik, Hagiographie, religiöse Ethik, oder Rituallehre, aber auch Folklore. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte der arabischsprachi gen Welt, jüdischer Wissensgeschichte und dem Verhältnis von Judentum und Islam sowie Facetten des christ lichen Orients und iranischer Religionen in Geschichte und Gegenwart.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 5.000 Wörter)

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 13748-ISME Advanced seminar
    (Hs) Ancient Language Processing (Eliese-Sophia Lincke, Hubert Mara)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-13:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-09)
    Location: -1.2057 Seminarraum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Information for students

    This course cannot be registered via the campus management directly; in case you are interested in this course, please contact the instructor via email.

  • 13993 Lecture
    Introduction to Astronomy and Astrology in the Ancient World (Antonius Ossendrijver)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Information for students

    If it is not possible to enrol for this course via Campus Management, please enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decided to take the course. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses in Campus Management, namely within the first two or three weeks of the course. The workload of the course equals 240 hours: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, presentation and Hausarbeit (5000 words) 120 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program.

    Comments

    The lecture introduces central topics from the astral sciences (astronomy, celestial divination, astrology, cosmology) of the ancient world with a focus on Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greco-Roman world. Topics to be covered are methodological aspects of research on ancient astral science; the reconstruction of ancient practices and theories based on original sources.

  • 14138-ISME Seminar
    Introduction to Quranic Studies (Christian Mauder)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    How did the Quranic text come into being? Are all words in the Quran originally Arabic? How did the discipline of Quranic exegesis develop? What does the Quran say about relations between Muslims and non-Muslims? This seminar explores these and other questions and thereby provides an introduction to current topics of Quranic Studies in Western academia. It moreover sheds light on the Quran as a religious text and as the most important foundation of Islamic religious thought and practice since the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day.

  • 14139 Methods Tutorial
    Parables in Qur'an and Tafsir (Beatrice Gründler)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Arabic, English

    Comments

    The Qur’an contains a large number of parables (amthal, sing. mathal) on various subjects as well as explaining in a self-reflective way how these should be understood. Therefore the parable also plays a prominent role in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir). Readings will include parables and their discussion within the Qur’an as well as exegetical works touching upon the aspect.

    Suggested reading

    "Jane Mc. Auliffe, Hg. Encyclopedia of the Qur'an (Leiden 2001-2006), article 'Parables' Stefan Wild, Self-Referentiality in the Qur‘an (Wiesbaden 2006) Helmut Gätje and Alford T. Welch, The Qur‘an and Its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations (Oxford 1969)"

  • 14179 Seminar
    Zoroastrianism II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14181 Reading Course
    Oral Traditions in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This seminar will focus on the ways in which knowledge is remembered and transmitted in oral traditions in the Iranian-speaking world, with a particular emphasis on three major forms of knowledge transfer: epics, history, and religion. During the course, a range of topics will be systematically discussed, including the following: the distinction between oral and written literature, the interaction between orality and literacy, the concept of 'text', the comparison of oral and written/'factual' history, and cultural memory. The seminar will draw upon a range of texts to explore the applicability of Parry and Lord's 'oral-formulaic theory' to oral traditions beyond epics. The course is offered in English and is available as part of the Master of Iranian Studies programme. Due to the limited capacity of the course, enrolment is restricted; students from other universities must obtain permission from the instructor. While prior knowledge of any Iranian language is very welcome, it is not a prerequisite for enrolment. The course will necessitate extensive reading of secondary literature in English.

    Suggested reading

    Allison, Christine and Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (eds.), Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2013. Assmann, Jan, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis: Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, 6th edition, München, 2007. Cantera, Alberto (ed.), Transmission of the Avesta, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2012. Finnegan, Ruth, Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: a Guide to Research Practices, London and New York, 3rd edition, 2001, 1st edition 1992. Goody, Jack (ed.), ‘Canonization in oral and literate cultures,’ in A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn (eds.), Canonization and Decanonization, papers presented to the interna¬tional conference of the Leiden institute for the study of religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9–10 January 1997. With an annotated bibliography compiled by J. A. Snoek, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1998, pp. 3–16. Kreyenbroek, Philip and Marzolph, Ulrich (eds.), Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Ta¬jik, companion volume II: A History of Persian Literature, I.B. London and New York, 2010. Omarkhali, Khanna and Kreyenbroek, Philip (eds.), Oral Tradition among Religious Communities in the Iranian-Speaking World, Volume 35, Number 2, Harvard, Cambridge, 2022. Omarkhali, Khanna, The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts, Series: Studies in Oriental Religions, vol. 72, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2017. Ong, W. J., Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, Methuen, London and New York, 1982. Rubanovich, Julia (ed.), Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World. Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries, Brill, 2015.

  • 14220-ISME Introductory Course
    Book Circulation and Arab Cultural Heritage in the Long Nineteenth Century (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    What were the political and cultural repercussions of the spread of print culture in Egypt and Greater Syria in the thirteenth/nineteenth century? How did manuscripts and printed books circulate between the Ottoman Arab provinces, Istanbul, and Europe? In this course, we will examine the link between the circulation of books and developing ideas about Arab cultural heritage. We will consider the writings and practices of leading Arab authors, publishers, and editors as well as those of lesser-known book collectors and traders, with a focus on the inherently transregional and diachronic nature of the shift from a manuscript to a print culture. Additionally, we will examine the wider socio-political context of nineteenth-century book culture, including perceptions of that pivotal time in contemporary postcolonial debates and in the latest research into manuscript provenance.

  • 14226-ISME Seminar
    From the Hanbali School of Law to the Salafiyya (Birgit Krawietz)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    This MA seminar problematizes the expression “Salafiyya” that nowadays often serves as an umbrella term for various phenomena of modern Islam. Constructing an idealized Islamic history evolving around the pristine community of early Muslims (al-salaf al-salih) is not a phenomenon that did not develop until the 19th century. Historical spotlights will elucidate various aspects of the development of this framing. A wider historical perspective counterbalances the widespread focus if not fixation on the threat of political Salafism. The strong connection of Salafi topics and methods to the Hanbali School of law deserves particular attention but so do the (post)modern conditions of media society. Students have to take part in a final written test.

  • 14369 Basic Course
    (GK) The Christian Orient: Past and Present (Yousef Kouriyhe)
    Schedule: Fr 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14463 Advanced seminar
    Ibn Kammuna's Scientific Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: K 23/21 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This course explores the thought of Sa?d ibn Mansur Ibn Kammuna (d. 1284), a Jewish philosopher who conducted pioneering comparative studies of the three Abrahamic faiths in medieval Baghdad following the Mongol conquest. Through English translations of selected key works, we will examine Ibn Kammuna's contributions across three main areas: (1) Comparative Religion and Jewish Thought: In his "Examination of the Three Faiths", Ibn Kammuna employs an innovative method that blends philosophical reasoning with religious inquiry; in his analysis of Rabbanite and Karaite Judaism he demonstrates awareness of internal Jewish debates. (2) Ethics and Spiritual Practice: We will study Ibn Kammuna’s reflections on ethics and piety, as expressed in "Subtle Insights Concerning Knowledge and Practice" and "Establishing the First Principle". These works illuminate his theories of moral and spiritual development, building on this theory of the soul. (3) Theory of the Soul: Ibn Kammuna’s elaborate theory of the soul emerges in his treatises on the soul’s eternity, his philosophical commentaries on Avicenna and Suhrawardi, and his comprehensive philosophical summa. Neither knowledge of Arabic or Hebrew, nor prior familiarity with Arabic philosophy, are required to participate in the course.

  • 13749-ISME Methods Tutorial
    (Mü) Building Datasets for Digital Palaeography and Handwritten Text Recognition (Eliese-Sophia Lincke; Hubert Mara)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-22)
    Location: -1.2002 PC-Raum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 13990 Basic Course
    Medicine in the Ancient World (Cale Johnson)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Information for students

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13991 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program.

    Comments

    The course will survey the development of medicine in Mesopotamia, draw important parallels with contemporary Egyptian medical practice, and also look at the spread of originally Mesopotamian traditions into several Aramaic dialects. These materials and traditions represent the most important examples of disciplinary medicine prior to the advent of Greco-Roman medicine and we will also look at any possible links between these traditions and the Greco-Roman world. We will focus in particular on the emergence of technical literature in Mesopotamia, how technical compendia anchored specific disciplines and indoctrinated its would-be practitioners, and the specific pathways through which these materials were transmitted to other medical traditions. There is a companion reading seminar for those interested in reading some texts in translation.

  • 13991 Reading Course
    Ancient Medicine in Translation (Cale Johnson)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Information for students

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 180 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course “13990 - Ancient Medicine in Translation” the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program.

    Comments

    This course serves as both a discussion section for the lectures and secondary literature readings in “Medicine in the Ancient World” as well as the primary context in which we will read and discuss ancient texts in translation. Although these primary documents in translation will be in a number of different ancient genres, including diagnostic texts and therapeutics prescriptions, we will also look at letters, law codes and mythological texts that are relevant to ancient medicine. No knowledge of ancient languages or writing systems is required, although we will occasionally look at selected passages in transliteration and translation. The bulk of the class will, however, focus on texts in English translation. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course in combination with “Medicine in the Ancient World” as a single module. This course will be taught in English.

  • 13992 Seminar
    Text Assemblage Lab (Cale Johnson)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, and portfolio 120 hours. Together with the companion course LV 13995, the workload equals 300 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program."

    Comments

    This course takes a step-by-step practical approach to assembling textual materials into a useful format or working environment. At the same time, the course will deal with thematic issues such as archives, filing systems, textual criticism, media studies and conceptual metaphor theory, based on weekly readings from different secondary literatures. The ideas from these materials will be dealt with informally in the active work of the lab, but the secondary literature will also be discussed separately in the Text Assemblage Colloquium, which will meet separately. We presuppose that each participant needs to have at least one year of an ancient semitic language before beginning the lab. Please contact the conductor of the course via wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de. Ideally, participants in the course will develop their own dataset of open linked data that can, in turn, be used as the raw material for future work in digital humanities or programmatic approaches to philological data. Each term we will, depending on the participants, focus on a single type of textual artifact from a single time and place, so the course can be repeated.

  • 13994 Seminar
    Mythology from the Sumerians to the Presocratics I (Cale Johnson)
    Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, exam preparation and exam 120 hours. For a term paper you need to write 5000 words. By attending also the companion course in the next semester the workload equals 450 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program."

    Comments

    This seminar looks at the broad history of written myth, ranging from southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, through the Hurro-Hittite and Ugaritic myths, to their earliest manifestation in Greek myth. This course focuses in particular on how myths are transformed and reinterpreted as they pass from one culture or written tradition into the next, on the origins of commentary traditions in text and image, and on whether or to what extent modern theories of mythology can contribute to our understanding. Each seminar meeting will combine lecture, discussion and reading of ancient mythical sources in English translation. The course will be taught chronologically over two semesters, so students are strongly encouraged to take course both courses as part of a single module. This course will be taught in English, 2 hours per week.

  • 14221-ISME Reading Course
    Nineteenth-Century Book Culture through Arabic Sources (Ingrid Austveg Evans)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Active and regular attendance

    Comments

    In this course, we will read primary sources in Arabic on the topics of book circulation and production. We will study the associated debates on cultural heritage as they were conducted both by well-known intellectual figures of the time and by lesser-known actors of the book trade. In addition to reading excerpts from edited sources, including early print editions, students will have the chance to work with manuscripts relating to book culture in the long nineteenth century.

  • 14227-ISME Practice seminar
    From the Hanbali School of Law to the Salafiyya (Birgit Krawietz)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    active and regular attendance

    Comments

    The reading exercise offers specific texts in Arabic, which will be read, translated and discussed together.

  • 14323 Seminar
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Zeynep Türkyilmaz)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: K 25/11 weitere Hinweise zur Austattung unter: www.raum.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
    
  • 14324 Reading Course
    (S) Core Topics in Ottoman History (Ugur Caliskan)
    Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    
  • 14364 Methods Tutorial
    (MÜ) The Christian Orient: Past and Present (Shabo Talay)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14462 Lecture
    Jews in the Islamicate World (Lukas Mühlethaler)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: K 23/21 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This lecture course examines the social, cultural, and religious history of Jews in Islamicate societies, using specific in-depth examples to explore central themes and questions. It also looks at how past discussions and debates have influenced current understandings of the relationship between Judaism and Islam.

• Languages of the Middle East

  0593bB1.3

  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden können über sprachliche Entwicklungen im Nahen und Mittleren Osten kritisch und auf Grund lage der wichtigsten primären und sekundären Forschungsquellen reflektieren. Sie kennen Prinzipien der Klassifi kation von Sprachen der Region (historisch, komparativ, typologisch, regional, etc.) und können verschiedene Me thoden der empirischen Linguistik (z. B. Sprachdokumentation, Feldforschung, Dialektologie, Variationslinguistik, Soziolinguistik) auf die Sprachen der Region anwenden. Sie sind in der Lage, Modelle und Beispiele des komple xen Wechselverhältnisses von Sprache und Gesellschaft in verschiedenen historischen Kontexten anzuwenden, eigenständig mündliche und schriftliche Quellen hinsichtlich der sprachwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen zu un tersuchen und ihre Beobachtungen systematisch in mündlicher und schriftlicher Form zu präsentieren.

  Inhalte:

  Die Lehrveranstaltungen bieten einen Überblick über die Sprachgruppen der Region, ihre historischen Quellen und aktuelle Klassifikation (z. B. semitisch, iranisch, türkisch, armenisch) sowie über linguistische Ökologie im Hinblick auf Komplexe wie Nationalstaaten, Minderheiten, Gender, Regionalsprachen, Diglossie, Schriftsysteme, Sprach ideologien.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 5.000 Wörter)

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14133 Language Course
    Abbasid Literature: Love, Wine, Mysticism and Wisdom. (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Mi 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    In this course, participants will read, translate, and analyze a selection of texts from various authors and genres of classical Arabic literature. The study of these texts aims to provide an introductory insight into the richness and diversity of classical Arabic literary tradition.

  • 14140 Language Course
    Modern Arabic Poetry: Where Words Meet Music (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    Throughout the history of Arabic literature, poetry and music have always gone hand in hand, maintaining a close and meaningful connection to this day. In this course, students will read and analyze poems by outstanding poets in detail. The selected poems have been set to music by renowned artists from the Arab world, making them widely popular. After reading the texts, students will also listen to their musical renditions and engage in various related exercises. Music serves as an effective tool for learning vocabulary, grammatical structures, and linguistic nuances. This course aims to enhance both the reading and listening comprehension skills of the participants.

  • 14177 Seminar
    Avestan II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14178 Seminar
    Middle Persian II (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14184 Language Course
    New Persian I (Ramin Shahzadi)
    Schedule: Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: JK 25/208 weitere Hinweise zur Austattung unter: www.raum.geschkult.fu-berlin.de
    
  • 14185 Proseminar
    Morphology of the Middle and Modern Iranian languages (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14361 Reading Course
    (Lk) Northwest Semitic Inscriptions (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14362 Seminar
    (S) Biblical Aramaic (Grace Jeongyeon Park)
    Schedule: Fr 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14363 Advanced seminar
    (HS)Aramaic Linguistics and Dialektology (Nikita Kuzin)
    Schedule: Mo 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14366 Reading Course
    (Lk) North African (Magrebi) Arabic (Maciej Klimiuk)
    Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14141 Language Course
    The Art of Speaking (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Language skills (Arabic)

    Comments

    This course offers Master’s students in Arabic language an opportunity to enhance their oral communication skills. Throughout the course, guest speakers will be invited to discuss their areas of expertise. Students, working in groups, will prepare targeted questions and conduct interviews with the guests. The course aims to improve listening comprehension and verbal expression in Arabic while exploring cultural and professional topics in depth.

  • 14183 Language Course
    Northern Kurdish (Kurmanci) II (Khanna Usoyan)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-30)
    Location: 1.2051 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    Kurmanji, the northern dialect of the Kurdish language, belongs to the north-western Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by the vast majority of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq, Khorasan (Iran), Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and in other diaspora communities. The political situation of the Kurds, in conjunction with the absence of official institutions supporting the development of the language and assimilation attempts in certain countries, has influenced the evolution of Kurmanji, resulting in numerous unresolved issues, including the matter of standardisation. This advanced course is offered in English for Master students and it has been designed to introduce students to the further grammatical themes of contemporary Kurmanji. Prerequisite: successful completion of the seminar "Northern Kurdish I (Kurmanci)".

    Suggested reading

    Bedir Khan, E.D. und Lescot. R., Kurdische Grammatik. Kurmancî-Dialekt, Bonn, 1986; Chyet, M., Kurdish-English Dictionary, New Haven and London, 2003; Chyet, M., Em hînî Kurmancî dibin [We learn Kurmanji], unpubl., last update 1999; Incekan, A., Kurdisch Kompakt Lehr- und Übungsbuch mit Lösungsschlüssel und CD, Wiesbaden, 2010; Omarkhali, Kh., Kurdish Reader. Modern Literature and Oral Texts in Kurmanji. With Kurdish-English Glossaries and Grammatical Sketch, Wiesbaden, 2011; Rizgar, B., Kurdish-English, English-Kurdish (kurmancî) dictionary, London, 1993; Thackston, W.M., Kurmanji Kurdish. A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings; Wurzel, P., Rojbas. Einführung in die kurdische Sprache, Wiesbaden, 1997.

  • 14187 Modul
    Khotanese II (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Schedule: Fr 13:00-15:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14188 Modul
    Bactrian I (Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst)
    Schedule: Fr 15:00-17:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-25)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Literatures of the Middle East in their Social Dimensions

  0593bB1.4

  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden sind in der Lage, ihre analytischen Fähigkeiten im wissenschaftlichen Umgang mit den schriftli chen und mündlichen Quellen aus dem nah- und mittelöstlichen Kulturkreis weiterzuentwickeln und haben ein Be wusstsein für die Entstehungs- und Rezeptionsbedingungen literarischer Produktion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Sie besitzen die Fähigkeit, einer konkreten Fragestellung an unterschiedlichen Textgattungen und literarischen Phänomenen unter kritischer Verwendung der Sekundärliteratur sowie der wichtigsten Primärquellen methodisch und terminologisch reflektiert nachzugehen und diese historisch und ästhetisch zu beschreiben, zu analysieren und einzuordnen. Sie können Querverbindungen und intertextuelle Bezüge erkennen und gegenseitige Beeinflussun gen, Kontinuitäten und Brüche verstehen und historisch kontextualisieren. Sie stärken ihre Reflexions- und Argu mentationsfähigkeit in komplexen, mehrsprachigen, überregionalen Zusammenhängen. Sie verfügen über mündli che und schriftliche Darstellungskompetenz und sind in der Lage, die eigene Vorgehensweise kritisch zu reflektie ren.

  Inhalte:

  Das Modul dient der exemplarischen Erarbeitung ausgewählter Epochen, Autor*innen, Gattungen, Sprachstufen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens bzw. einer spezifischen Literaturgattung unter Verwendung der wichtigsten Quel len und kritischer Beleuchtung der Fachliteratur. In den Lehrveranstaltungen wird ein Überblick über die zu behan delnde Teilepoche oder Literaturgattung erarbeitet, der die spezifischen literaturwissenschaftlichen, sozial- und gendergeschichtlichen Forschungsprobleme in die Erörterung mit einbezieht. Es werden hierzu aussagekräftige regionalsprachige Texte oder auch mündliche Zeugnisse diskutiert im Hinblick auf Autorschaft, Produktionspro zesse und mediale Vermittlung sowie auf Prägungen und Wahrnehmungsmuster bei der Rezeption der Literatur aus den Regionen des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens; dabei werden theoretische Interpretationsansätze anhand von Zeugnissen der arabisch-, hebräisch-, persisch-, kurdisch-, osmanisch-, syrisch-aramäisch- oder türkischsprachi gen Literatur erprobt.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 
  
  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja

  Modulprüfung

  Schriftliche Arbeit (ca. 5.000 Wörter)

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 14140 Language Course
    Modern Arabic Poetry: Where Words Meet Music (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-28)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    Throughout the history of Arabic literature, poetry and music have always gone hand in hand, maintaining a close and meaningful connection to this day. In this course, students will read and analyze poems by outstanding poets in detail. The selected poems have been set to music by renowned artists from the Arab world, making them widely popular. After reading the texts, students will also listen to their musical renditions and engage in various related exercises. Music serves as an effective tool for learning vocabulary, grammatical structures, and linguistic nuances. This course aims to enhance both the reading and listening comprehension skills of the participants.

  • 14141 Language Course
    The Art of Speaking (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Language skills (Arabic)

    Comments

    This course offers Master’s students in Arabic language an opportunity to enhance their oral communication skills. Throughout the course, guest speakers will be invited to discuss their areas of expertise. Students, working in groups, will prepare targeted questions and conduct interviews with the guests. The course aims to improve listening comprehension and verbal expression in Arabic while exploring cultural and professional topics in depth.

  • 14180 Reading Course
    The Bagam Nask: exegesis of the Old Avestan prayers in the Antiquity and Late Antiquity (Alberto Cantera Glera)
    Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 2.2059 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Information for students

    Die Sitzung am 26.06.2025 findet abweichend in Raum 1.2058 statt.

  • 14133 Language Course
    Abbasid Literature: Love, Wine, Mysticism and Wisdom. (Montserrat Rabadan Carrascosa)
    Schedule: Mo 10:00-12:00, Mi 10:00-12:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-23)
    Location: 1.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    In this course, participants will read, translate, and analyze a selection of texts from various authors and genres of classical Arabic literature. The study of these texts aims to provide an introductory insight into the richness and diversity of classical Arabic literary tradition.

  • 14138-ISME Seminar
    Introduction to Quranic Studies (Christian Mauder)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 0.3099B Seminarraum (Zugang von der L-Strasse) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Comments

    How did the Quranic text come into being? Are all words in the Quran originally Arabic? How did the discipline of Quranic exegesis develop? What does the Quran say about relations between Muslims and non-Muslims? This seminar explores these and other questions and thereby provides an introduction to current topics of Quranic Studies in Western academia. It moreover sheds light on the Quran as a religious text and as the most important foundation of Islamic religious thought and practice since the time of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day.

  • 14139 Methods Tutorial
    Parables in Qur'an and Tafsir (Beatrice Gründler)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: 1.2058 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    Arabic, English

    Comments

    The Qur’an contains a large number of parables (amthal, sing. mathal) on various subjects as well as explaining in a self-reflective way how these should be understood. Therefore the parable also plays a prominent role in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir). Readings will include parables and their discussion within the Qur’an as well as exegetical works touching upon the aspect.

    Suggested reading

    "Jane Mc. Auliffe, Hg. Encyclopedia of the Qur'an (Leiden 2001-2006), article 'Parables' Stefan Wild, Self-Referentiality in the Qur‘an (Wiesbaden 2006) Helmut Gätje and Alford T. Welch, The Qur‘an and Its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations (Oxford 1969)"

  • 14181 Reading Course
    Oral Traditions in the Iranian Speaking World (Khanna Usoyan)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-04-24)
    Location: K 23/27 (Habelschwerdter Allee 45)
    

    Comments

    This seminar will focus on the ways in which knowledge is remembered and transmitted in oral traditions in the Iranian-speaking world, with a particular emphasis on three major forms of knowledge transfer: epics, history, and religion. During the course, a range of topics will be systematically discussed, including the following: the distinction between oral and written literature, the interaction between orality and literacy, the concept of 'text', the comparison of oral and written/'factual' history, and cultural memory. The seminar will draw upon a range of texts to explore the applicability of Parry and Lord's 'oral-formulaic theory' to oral traditions beyond epics. The course is offered in English and is available as part of the Master of Iranian Studies programme. Due to the limited capacity of the course, enrolment is restricted; students from other universities must obtain permission from the instructor. While prior knowledge of any Iranian language is very welcome, it is not a prerequisite for enrolment. The course will necessitate extensive reading of secondary literature in English.

    Suggested reading

    Allison, Christine and Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (eds.), Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2013. Assmann, Jan, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis: Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, 6th edition, München, 2007. Cantera, Alberto (ed.), Transmission of the Avesta, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2012. Finnegan, Ruth, Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: a Guide to Research Practices, London and New York, 3rd edition, 2001, 1st edition 1992. Goody, Jack (ed.), ‘Canonization in oral and literate cultures,’ in A. van der Kooij and K. van der Toorn (eds.), Canonization and Decanonization, papers presented to the interna¬tional conference of the Leiden institute for the study of religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9–10 January 1997. With an annotated bibliography compiled by J. A. Snoek, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 1998, pp. 3–16. Kreyenbroek, Philip and Marzolph, Ulrich (eds.), Oral Literature of Iranian Languages: Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Ossetic, Persian and Ta¬jik, companion volume II: A History of Persian Literature, I.B. London and New York, 2010. Omarkhali, Khanna and Kreyenbroek, Philip (eds.), Oral Tradition among Religious Communities in the Iranian-Speaking World, Volume 35, Number 2, Harvard, Cambridge, 2022. Omarkhali, Khanna, The Yezidi Religious Textual Tradition: From Oral to Written. Categories, Transmission, Scripturalisation and Canonisation of the Yezidi Oral Religious Texts, Series: Studies in Oriental Religions, vol. 72, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2017. Ong, W. J., Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, Methuen, London and New York, 1982. Rubanovich, Julia (ed.), Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World. Patterns of Interaction Across the Centuries, Brill, 2015.

• Research Perspectives

  0593bC1.1

  Qualifikationsziele:

  Die Studierenden üben Formen der Debatten der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East anhand der exempla rischen Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Forschungsprojekten ein. Ziel des Moduls ist die Vorbereitung auf den Entwurf eines eigenständigen Forschungsprojekts bzw. eines Exposés mit Blick auf die Masterarbeit und/oder eine Dissertation und eine wissenschaftliche Karriere. Nach Abschluss des Moduls haben die Studierenden einen Ein blick in aktuelle Forschungstendenzen in den Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East bzw. einer oder mehrerer ihrer beteiligten Disziplinen, können sich am wissenschaftlichen Gespräch mit Fachkolleg*innen beteiligen und be sitzen vertieftes Wissen und kritisches Verständnis zu einem repräsentativen Sachbereich und Forschungsfeld. Sie sind vertraut mit verschiedenen Phasen und Aspekten der Forschungsprozesse in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East, können methodologische Probleme identifizieren und die weitere wissenschaftliche und gesell schaftliche Relevanz der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East aufzeigen.

  Inhalte:

  In diesem Modul belegen Studierende eine Lehrveranstaltung im Bereich aktueller Forschungsperspektiven, zum Beispiel ein Forschungskolloquium eines der kooperierenden Masterprogramme bzw. Institute oder Forschungs projekte. Sie diskutieren mit Forscher*innen über methodische, inhaltliche und forschungspraktische Aspekte ihrer Forschungsprojekte anhand von Präsentationen, ausgewählter aktueller Sekundärliteratur oder zuvor zirkulierten Textentwürfen.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Wahlveranstaltung / 2 SWS / ja 

  Modulprüfung

  Projektentwurf (ca. 2.000 Wörter) Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein Semester; Jedes Semester

  • 13751-ISME Methods Tutorial
    Introduction to Python Programming in Ancient Studies (Hubert Mara)
    Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-14)
    Location: -1.2002 PC-Raum (UG) (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Information for students

    Please register for the course via Campus Management. If you are unable to register this way, please use the form "Module, Course, and Exam Registration", which you can find on the website of the Study Office of the Department of History and Cultural Studies (https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/studium/downloadbereich/_pdf/ba-ma/Modulanmeldung.pdf). Please contact the lecturer by email (hubert.mara@fu-berlin.de) to receive instructions during the course. The course has a workload of 210 hours. The written examen has a workload of 120 hours. For questions regarding creditability outside of the MA DISTANT, please contact your BA/MA representatives.

    Comments

    Computational archaeology, digital humanities, data literacy, data science - the digital turn has long since arrived in the study of antiquity. It has opened up new possibilities for the study of Akkadian, Egyptian, Ancient Greek, Latin and other ancient written languages, as well as archaeological artefacts. Therefore, it is helpful to learn programming in addition to ancient scripts, grammar, image processing, or other archaeological sources. In this course you will learn the widely used programming language Python. In addition to basic programming skills, you will learn how to ingest data, sort and filter it, modify it, and save it back into formats for your desired analysis. No prior programming knowledge is required, this will be acquired during the course. You can bring your own laptop so that you can run the programming environment on your computer or use the computers of the PC pool. You will need an account/login with administrative rights on your laptop. Please confirm your intention to attend the course by email no later than the day of the first lecture, so that we can contact you and possibly adapt the course to your background and technical equipment. In addition to your own laptop, you can use the computers in the pool. The course language is English.

  • 13992 Seminar
    Text Assemblage Lab (Cale Johnson)
    Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-16)
    Location: Arnimallee 10, Raum 010
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    For this course, please enrol via Campus Management. If this is not possible, enrol via the form "Modul-, Lehrveranstaltungs- und Prüfungsanmeldung" when you decide to take the course. You can find the form on the website of the Studienbüro Geschkult. Please submit this document to the Studienbüro within the same time frame you would have to enrol in your courses via Campus Management. The workload of the course equals: attendance 30 hours, preparation and wrap-up 90 hours, and portfolio 120 hours. Together with the companion course LV 13995, the workload equals 300 hours. For questions regarding credits you will have to approach your BA- or MA advisor of your study program."

    Comments

    This course takes a step-by-step practical approach to assembling textual materials into a useful format or working environment. At the same time, the course will deal with thematic issues such as archives, filing systems, textual criticism, media studies and conceptual metaphor theory, based on weekly readings from different secondary literatures. The ideas from these materials will be dealt with informally in the active work of the lab, but the secondary literature will also be discussed separately in the Text Assemblage Colloquium, which will meet separately. We presuppose that each participant needs to have at least one year of an ancient semitic language before beginning the lab. Please contact the conductor of the course via wissensgeschichte@geschkult.fu-berlin.de. Ideally, participants in the course will develop their own dataset of open linked data that can, in turn, be used as the raw material for future work in digital humanities or programmatic approaches to philological data. Each term we will, depending on the participants, focus on a single type of textual artifact from a single time and place, so the course can be repeated.

  • 14142 Colloquium
    Forschungscolloquium Arabistik (Beatrice Gründler)
    Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 0.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14143 Advanced seminar
    Digital Humanities and Data Sustainability: A hands-on practical approach (Christian Dane Casey)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 2.2063 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

    Additional information / Pre-requisites

    English

    Comments

    In this course, we will learn about the available techniques for collecting and disseminating digital data for humanistic projects, with a special emphasis on sustainability. A common problem when working on academic projects is that funding provides only for the collection or creation of data, not their longterm preservation. But there are ways of designing around this problem and creating online resources that remain permanently free and accessible. In order to learn these techniques, we will build an online resource from the ground up and then make it available forever. Students will receive course credit for regular attendance in class and an academic citation for their work on the project.

    Suggested reading

    Casey, C. (2023) “Building Digital Projects to Outlive Their Funding”, Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East . London, UK, 2(2), pp. 355–378. doi: 10.33182/aijls.v2i2.2835.

  • 14365 Advanced seminar
    (HS) Research perspectives in Semitic Studies (Maciej Klimiuk)
    Schedule: Di 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-15)
    Location: 1.2002 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    
  • 14370 Colloquium
    (C) Research perspektives in Semitic Studies (Shabo Talay)
    Schedule: Do 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-04-17)
    Location: 1.2001 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)
    

• Internship A

  0593bC1.2

  Qualifikationsziele:

  In diesem Modul werden Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East praktisch er probt und reflektiert. Durch den Abschluss eines Praktikums erwerben Teilnehmende des Moduls Kenntnisse im beruflichen Einsatz von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in einschlägigen Institutionen, Organisationen und Unternehmen, z. B. in universitären und außeruniversitären Forschungsein richtungen, in Dokumentation, Medien, Publizistik, Archiven und Museen, in internationalen Organisationen, Nicht regierungsorganisationen, in der Arbeit mit Migrant*innen, im Tourismus; in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung, ferner in der Vermittlung von interkulturellen Problemstellungen in der akademischen und außerakademischen Lehre und Bildung, im Bereich der Wissensvermittlung, des Managements und der gesellschaftlichen, politischen und kulturellen Interessenvertretung, insbesondere in international oder in speziellen Weltregionen agierenden Un ternehmen und Organisationen.

  Inhalte:

  Dieses Modul konfrontiert Studierende mit den Erfordernissen und Besonderheiten einer Anwendung von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in der Berufspraxis durch ein Praktikum von min destens drei Wochen (Vollzeit) in einer selbstgewählten Institution. Auch mehrere kürzere Praktika mit einem Ge samtarbeitsaufwand von mindestens 120 Stunden sind möglich. Dem Praktikum soll der Abschluss einer Verein barung zwischen der*dem Studierenden und der Praktikumsstelle über die Rechte und Pflichten der Beteiligten während des Praktikums vorausgehen. Die Rückkopplung zwischen Praktikum und universitärer Ausbildung wird durch einen Abschlussbericht als Form der aktiven Teilnahme sichergestellt, der aus einer sachlichen Beschrei bung der geleisteten Arbeiten sowie einer Reflexion über die Übertragung erlernten Forschungswissens auf prak tische Zusammenhänge besteht.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Externes Praktikum / 120 h / ja 

  Modulprüfung

  Reflexionsbericht (ca. 400 Wörter) mit Praktikumsbestätigung. Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  150 Stunden (5 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  Module with no course offerings

• Internship B

  0593bC1.3

  Qualifikationsziele:

  In diesem Modul werden Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East praktisch er probt und reflektiert. Durch den Abschluss eines Praktikums erwerben Teilnehmende des Moduls Kenntnisse im beruflichen Einsatz von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in einschlägigen Institutionen, Organisationen und Unternehmen, z. B. in universitären und außeruniversitären Forschungsein richtungen, in Dokumentation, Medien, Publizistik, Archiven und Museen, in internationalen Organisationen, Nicht regierungsorganisationen, in der Arbeit mit Migrant*innen, im Tourismus; in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung, ferner in der Vermittlung von interkulturellen Problemstellungen in der akademischen und außerakademischen Lehre und Bildung, im Bereich der Wissensvermittlung, des Managements und der gesellschaftlichen, politischen und kulturellen Interessenvertretung, insbesondere in international oder in speziellen Weltregionen agierenden Un ternehmen und Organisationen.

  Inhalte:

  Dieses Modul konfrontiert Studierende mit den Erfordernissen und Besonderheiten einer Anwendung von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in der Berufspraxis durch ein Praktikum von min destens sechs Wochen (Vollzeit) in einer selbstgewählten Institution. Auch mehrere kürzere Praktika mit einem Gesamtarbeitsaufwand von mindestens 240 Stunden sind möglich. Dem Praktikum soll der Abschluss einer Ver einbarung zwischen der*dem Studierenden und der Praktikumsstelle über die Rechte und Pflichten der Beteiligten während des Praktikums vorausgehen. Die Rückkopplung zwischen Praktikum und universitärer Ausbildung wird durch einen Abschlussbericht als Form der aktiven Teilnahme sichergestellt, der aus einer sachlichen Beschrei bung der geleisteten Arbeiten sowie einer Reflexion über die Übertragung erlernten Forschungswissens auf prak tische Zusammenhänge besteht.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Externes Praktikum / 240 h / ja 

  Modulprüfung

  Reflexionsbericht (ca. 700 Wörter) mit Praktikumsbestätigung. Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  300 Stunden (10 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  Module with no course offerings

• Internship C

  0593bC1.4

  Qualifikationsziele:

  In diesem Modul werden Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East praktisch er probt und reflektiert. Durch den Abschluss eines Praktikums erwerben Teilnehmende des Moduls Kenntnisse im beruflichen Einsatz von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in einschlägigen Institutionen, Organisationen und Unternehmen, z. B. in universitären und außeruniversitären Forschungsein richtungen, in Dokumentation, Medien, Publizistik, Archiven und Museen, in internationalen Organisationen, Nicht regierungsorganisationen, in der Arbeit mit Migrant*innen, im Tourismus; in der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung, ferner in der Vermittlung von interkulturellen Problemstellungen in der akademischen und außerakademischen Lehre und Bildung, im Bereich der Wissensvermittlung, des Managements und der gesellschaftlichen, politischen und kulturellen Interessenvertretung, insbesondere in international oder in speziellen Weltregionen agierenden Un ternehmen und Organisationen.

  Inhalte:

  Dieses Modul konfrontiert Studierende mit den Erfordernissen und Besonderheiten einer Anwendung von Wissen aus dem Bereich der Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East in der Berufspraxis durch ein Praktikum von min destens neun Wochen (Vollzeit) in einer selbstgewählten Institution. Auch mehrere kürzere Praktika mit einem Ge samtarbeitsaufwand von mindestens 360 Stunden sind möglich. Dem Praktikum soll der Abschluss einer Verein barung zwischen der*dem Studierenden und der Praktikumsstelle über die Rechte und Pflichten der Beteiligten während des Praktikums vorausgehen. Die Rückkopplung zwischen Praktikum und universitärer Ausbildung wird durch einen Abschlussbericht als Form der aktiven Teilnahme sichergestellt, der aus einer sachlichen Beschrei bung der geleisteten Arbeiten sowie einer Reflexion über die Übertragung erlernten Forschungswissens auf prak tische Zusammenhänge besteht.

  Lehr- und Lernformen/ Umfang / Pflicht zur regelmäßigen Teilnahme

  Externes Praktikum / 360h / ja 

  Modulprüfung

  Reflexionsbericht (ca. 1.000 Wörter) mit Praktikumsbestätigung. Diese Modulprüfung wird nicht differenziert bewertet.

  Veranstaltungssprache

  Englisch (ggf. Arabisch, Armenisch, Hebräisch, Kurdisch, Osmanisch, Persisch, Syrisch-Aramäisch, Türkisch)

  Arbeitszeitaufwand

  450 Stunden (15 LP)

  Dauer des Moduls / Häufigkeit des Angebots

  Ein oder zwei Semester; Jedes Semester

  Module with no course offerings

• Modules w/o courses in this semester

  5 Modules
  • Komplementäres Modul (15 LP) 0593bC1.5
  • Komplementäres Modul (10 LP) 0593bC1.6
  • Komplementäres Modul (5 LP) 0593bC1.7
  • Komplementäres Modul (5LP) 0593bC1.8
  • Komplementäres Modul (5 LP) 0593bC1.9