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11NOV 2024
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Guest Lecture by Fengshi Wu: “Environmental Activism in China: Revisiting the Thesis of ‘In the Name of the Public'”
On Monday, November 18th 2024, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Dr. Maria Bondes’ “Contentious Politics” seminar will host Fengshi Wu. Fengshi Wu is an Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. She is a world leading scholar in environmental politics, state-society […]
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14OCT 2024
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“SUPER-POWER” IN THE GRAVE: Meaning-Making of Muslim Saints’ Graves in Southeast Asia and on the Arabian Peninsula
PD Dr. Viola Thimm is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Heidelberg University and Senior Lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. She has held leadership roles in cultural anthropology and has authored several books on Islam, gender, and mobility. Her current research examines queer Muslims’ pilgrimage experiences in Malaysia and Germany. The lecture, titled “Super-Power […]PD Dr. Viola Thimm is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Heidelberg University and Senior Lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. She has held leadership roles in cultural anthropology and has authored several books on Islam, gender, and mobility. Her current research examines queer Muslims’ pilgrimage experiences in Malaysia and Germany. The lecture, titled “Super-Power […]
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11SEP 2024
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International Workshop: Queer Worldmaking Amidst and beyond Religious Conservatism
International Workshop Date: September 30th – October 1st 2024, FAU Erlangen- Nürnberg QUEER WORLDMAKING AMIDST AND BEYOND RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM Jointly organized by: Ferdiansyah Thajib | Senior Lecturer | Elite Graduate Programme “Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures” | University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) PD Dr. Viola Thimm | Associate Professor | Elite Graduate Programme “Standards […]International Workshop Date: September 30th – October 1st 2024, FAU Erlangen- Nürnberg QUEER WORLDMAKING AMIDST AND BEYOND RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM Jointly organized by: Ferdiansyah Thajib | Senior Lecturer | Elite Graduate Programme “Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures” | University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) PD Dr. Viola Thimm | Associate Professor | Elite Graduate Programme “Standards […]
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27AUG 2024
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SDAC Summer School 2024: Interdisciplinary International Summer School in Malaysia: Social Inequality through the Lens of Area Studies
We are excited to announce the success of our recent summer school program, “Malaysia: Social Inequality through the Lens of Area Studies.” This program was a collaborative effort between SDAC / FAU – Ferdi, Oleg, Viola, Prof. Giovanni Maltese from the Theology Department, and Albukhary International University (AIU), Malaysia, represented by Assoc Prof Frederik Holst. […]
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13AUG 2024
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Sexuality as sensory and spiritual: an art-making workshop exploring embodied affective experiences at the intersection of faith, migration, gender, and sexuality.
Workshop on “Sexuality as Sensory and Spiritual” Please join us the workshop “Sexuality as Sensory and Spiritual” on October 1st 2024 (from 9 am -1 pm) at FAU Erlangen. This art-making workshop is led by Gabriel Hoosain Khan, who specializes in developing creative methodologies (such as art, drama, and creative writing) to facilitate dialogues and […]
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26JUN 2024
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Guest Lecture: Prof. Dr. Olaf Zenker: Awkward Alignments: On the Politics and Practice of Anthropological Knowledge-Making
On Tuesday, July 9th of 2024, from 16:15 to 17:45 Ct, Prof. Jean-Baptiste Pettier’s Moral Anthropology Advanced Seminar hosts Prof. Dr. Olaf Zenker. Dr. Olaf Zenker is a Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Focusing on South Africa, Northern Ireland and Germany, his research has dealt with politico-legal issues such […]
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