Guest Lecture (Zoom)Religion and EthnicityWed. 10 Nov. 2021

10 November 2021

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We cordially invite you to our interdisciplinary guest lecture "Religion and Ethnicity" on Wed. Nov. 10, 2021, 5 -7 pm (German time) on Zoom. For registration please contact romanislam"AT"uni-hamburg.de

The format comprises the lectures "Ethnicity and Christianity: the Iberian Peninsula in a comparative perspective" by Walter Pohl (Universität Wien) and "'The personal is apolitical?' Identity and Power in North Africa 800-1000 CE" by Peter Webb (Universiteit Leiden).

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