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Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe (EUME) is a multi-disciplinary research program at the Forum Transregionale Studien.

Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe (EUME) is a multi-disciplinary research program at the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien. EUME seeks to rethink key concepts and premises that link and divide Europe and the Middle East. Within the framework of five research fields in the disciplines of Literature, Political Philosophy, Urban History, Philology-cum-Late Antiquity, and Islamic Studies, the program attempts to recollect the legacies of Europe in the Middle East and of the Middle East in Europe in an inclusive way that aims to do justice to their entanglements. The program creates a platform that rests upon the idea of “learning communities” (Wolf Lepenies) and the principle of “research with, rather than research on”. It allows for the invitation of 10 post-doctoral researchers every year, the organization of annual summer academies, workshops, regular seminars and lectures that strengthen and modify existing research groups and contexts in Germany, beyond academic circles. The program draws on the international expertise of scholars in and outside of Germany and is embedded in university and extra-university research institutions in Berlin. EUME was initiated in 2006 by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and builds upon the previous work of the Working Group Modernity and Islam (1996-2006). Please find a short program description here:

http://www.eume-berlin.de/fileadmin/eume/pdf/profil/w-eume-short2.pdf

The guiding ideas of the program are explained in the following long description:

http://www.eume-berlin.de/fileadmin/pdf/EUME/texte_grundlagen/w-eume-long.pdf

16/10/2026

Anna Christina Scheiter on her new book “‘Hama‘ as a Figure of Memory. Taboo, Silence, and the Struggle for Interpretive Authority in Syrian Literature”.

If you want to learn more about her research, she'll be giving a talk on "Memories of Violence: The Hama Massacre (1982) in Syrian Literature" in the context of the EUME Berliner Seminar on 28 October 2026. More information: https://tinyurl.com/EUMEbs

By Anna Christina Scheiter. In her book “‘Hama‘ as a Figure of Memory. Taboo, Silence, and the Struggle for Interpretive Authority in Syrian Literature” Scheiter explores how different writers kept the memory of the 1982 Hama Massacre alive and interpreted its historical meaning despite gove...

08/10/2026

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06/10/2026

By Looay Wattad. This article explores the impact of physical and imagenery borders on children’s literature. Motivated by personal memories of the Israeli Separation Wall transforming a neighboring Palestinian village from an accessible destination into an invisible, imaginary space, Wattad exami...

01/10/2026

🎉 Welcome! 🎉

EUME is delighted to welcome its Fellows of 2026/27. Starting in October, they will have the opportunity to work on their research projects, join networks and take part in discussions during the coming months.

Detailed information on the Fellows and their research projects can be found here: https://www.eume-berlin.de/en/fellows/current-fellows

28/09/2026

EUME Berliner Seminar Program | Winter Term 2026/27
»Aftermath as Beginning?«

with contributions by Rasha Chatta, Jasmin Wrobel, Rim Naguib, Daniel Behar, Maysoon Shibi, Asef Bayat, Myriam Ahmed, Anna Christina Scheiter, Rashof Salih, Eli Osheroff, Liron Mor, Pascale Ghazaleh, Georges Khalil, Abed Kanaaneh, Florian Zemmin, Valentina Schiattarella, Alia Mossallam, Wendy Doyon, Clara Abai, Nahid Siamdoust, Alexander Jabbari, Saphe Shamoun, Odai al Zoubi, Anne-Marie McManus, Bashir Abu-Manneh, Himmat Zoubi, Francisco Reyes, Shir Alon, Rawia Aburabia, Suhad Bishara, Seda Altuğ, Jad Kiadan, and Galili Shahar.

The weekly seminar series starts on 7 October 2026 and continues until 10 February 2027.

The Berliner Seminar takes place on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 pm (if not indicated otherwise) at the Forum Transregionale Studien (Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin).

Please register in advance via [email protected].

Complete seminar program: https://www.eume-berlin.de/en/events/eume-berliner-seminar

24/09/2026

This blog series is an outcome and continuation of the workshop “Diasporas, Exiles, Migrants, and Refugees from Europe in the Middle East and North Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries”held at the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin in July 2025, convened by Alexandros Lamprou (University of the Aegean...

15/09/2026

🎧 Listen to our newly published audio recording: »Palestine in Berlin« – By Himmat Zoubi (Mada al-Carmel / EUME Fellow 2018-26) that was chaired by Hanan Toukan (Bard College Berlin / EUME Fellow 2019-23).

Himmat Zoubi's (Mada al-Carmel / EUME Fellow 2018-26) talk “Palestine in Berlin” was held in the framework of the EUME Berliner Seminar on 5 May 2026. The talk was chaired by Hanan Toukan (Bard Colleg

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