In this series of masterclasses, convened by the NISIS Junior Council, we examine and interrogate the changing scholarly landscape in Islamic and Middle East Studies so as to understand its limits and potentials. How will research on Islamic traditions and cultures look like in the future? And how is it evolving in the present? How…

We are very happy that the ENIS/MIDA Spring School 2020 can still continue online from 22 to 26 June. This year the theme is ‘Contesting Authority: Knowledge, Power and Expressions of Selfhood’. Keynote lectures will be given by Marjo Buitelaar (University of Groningen), Suad Joseph (University of California, Davis), Hilary Kalmbach (University of Sussex), Siobhan Lambert-Hurley (University of…

On 22 March 2020 emerita professor Turkish Language and Culture Barbara Flemming passed away due to heart failure: a great loss for her partner Dr. Sybille Duda, family, friends and colleagues. Read the in memoriam (in Dutch) below. In memoriam, geschreven door Dr. Petra de Bruijn. Op 22 maart 2020 overleed emerita professor Turkse taal en cultuur…

Unfortunately the ENIS Spring School 2020 that was scheduled to take place in Catania, Italy has been cancelled officially. The Spring School will nevertheless continue online from 22 to 26 June 2020. We will keep you updated with more information about the online program as soon as it becomes available.