Etiket: OII-Religion
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Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes – Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz
Threads of Tradition: Textile practices and material culture of Sufism in Istanbul. Some field notes Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz 4 June 2021 Perhaps this yarn is the only thing that holds this man together/ some say he was never here at all… (Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombone) The above quoted lines of a song lingered in my…
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“Saint Anthony’s Bread” in Istanbul and “Problem-Solving Chickpeas” in Iran: July’s Religion-Related Research Get-Together dedicated to Food and Religion – Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz
“Saint Anthony’s Bread” in Istanbul and “Problem-Solving Chickpeas” in Iran: July’s Religion-Related Research Get-Together was dedicated to Food and Religion Author: Esther Voswinckel Filiz 14 August 2020 Since 2019, the research field “History of Religions” of the Orient-Institut Istanbul together with IFEA has been hosting a monthly networking meeting that brings together scholars of religion…
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Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany – Authors: Katja Rieck, Melike Şahinol, Burak Taşdizen
Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany Authors: Katja Rieck, Melike Şahinol, Burak Taşdizen 31 July 2020 The spread of SARS-CoV-2 took place along the arteries and capillaries of globalisation. Hardest hit were thus major nodal points of such global flows, centres of commerce, travel and tourism like…
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Building Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration With Iran (and Beyond): Of COVID-19 and other challenges – Author: Katja Rieck
Building Sustainable Scholarly Collaboration With Iran (and Beyond): Of COVID-19 and other challenges 3 July 2020 Author: Katja Rieck Next to producing innovative scholarship, the second but no less important pillar of the “Knowledge Unbound” initiative is forming and strengthening international research networks. At Orient-Institut Istanbul we are pursuing this aim through the International Standing…