News (2025)

21 May 2025|Online Lecture

Carthography and Empire - The World on View

Persian Sea with the accompanying text from one of the oldest dated manuscripts of al-Iṣṭakhrī’s Book of Routes and Realms, Ms. Or. 3101 (1193 CE, Ar.), f. 8v–9, Leiden, Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden

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The Roman Empire and the Islamic Empire conquered and ruled large areas of land. What did emperors, caliphs, and governors know about the lands they...

30 April 2025|News

Mahmud of Ghazni (November 2, 971 - April 30, 1030)Eroberer wie Caesar und Alexander der Große: Mahmud von Ghazni

An illustration in the 1305-14 Jami‛ al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din.

Photo: © University of Edinburgh

Prof. Stefan Heidemann talks about Mahmud von Ghazni in the WDR podcast (in German)

Vom Sohn eines Söldners steigt Mahmud von Ghazni zu einem der...

21 April 2025|Lecture

The Political Geography of the Last and Largest Empire of the Long Late Antiquity

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The Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies invites you to a lecture on the Caliphate and governance in the 7th Century CE.

The...

13 February 2025|Event

Imperial Cult in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa: Challenges and Perspectives of Comparison

Flyer announcing workshop on the imperial cult

Photo: Sabine Panzram

We would like to invite you to the International Workshop "Imperial Cult in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa: Challenges and Perspectives of...

15 January 2025|Online Lecture

Religions and Empires

We cordially invite you to our guest lecture “Religions and Empires" on Wed. Jan. 15, 2025, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For registration please...