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IMG_0075SEMINARS AUTUMN 2007:


SMI will arrange a number of activities during the autumn 20007.
An overview of the activities can be found here >>




CONCEPTIONS OF ISLAM - SEMINAR / PH.D COURSE:

Conceptions of Islam is both a seminar and a Ph.D course arranged by Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, Centre for Women and Gender studies (SKOK) and IMER at University of Bergen from August 27th - 30th 2007.

The seminar will deal with mainly two themes, Islam and Feminism, and Interpretations of Islam today. A number of well-known speakers have been invited and their lectures will be open for all interested. More information >>

THE 7th NORDIC CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE EAST:


The Middle East: Diversity – Variation – Interpretation
September 21-23, 2007 at University of Helsinki
Call for Papers >>
Conference web site >>



IMG_0075 LINKING GLOBAL CITIES; TRACING LOCAL PRACTICES:

Linking global cities; tracing local practice. Islamic literature and networks in the South-Western Indian Ocean, 1800-2000 is a new research project that will run from 2007 - 2010.
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UNIQUE BOOK COLLECTION ON THE SUDAN:


University of Bergen recently received a unique book collection on the Sudan. The book collection belongs to the Sudanese businessman Mahmoud Salih and UoB will keep the collection at The Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies for at least five years before it will be returned to the Sudan. The collection contains about 2000 volumes of literature on the Sudan written in European languages. Some of the books are from the 18th century >>

IMG_0075GLOBAL MOMENTS:

Global Moments in the Levant. - Towards an Understanding of a Contact Zone Between Peoples, Cultures and States

Global Moments are breakthrough events that change peoples lives and futures. They are developments that call for significant adaptations leading to new forms of cooperation or conflict. In this project, Historians, Anthropologist, and Archeologists from Norway, Palestine and the USA will pursue research projects centred around a common objective of exploring selected Global Mioments in the history of the Levant, and the way in which peoples identities and traditions have been affected by inter-cultural encounters. The researchers at this project, lead by Leif Manger, had their second annual workshops in Bergen, March 26th - 29th 2007. Global Moments has been approved for funding over the next four years by the Norwegian Research Council. A number of researchers are already well into their work, and information about some of the researchers involved and their individual projects is now awailable on the Global Moments-website >>

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Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (SMI)
Phone + 47 55 58 26 47, fax + 47 55 58 98 91, e-mail: post@smi.uib.no
Postal address: SMI, University of Bergen. PO Box 7800 Bergen, Norway
Visiting address: SMI, 5th floor , Stein Rokkans Hus, Nygårdsgaten 5, 5015 Bergen