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The MIDA Journey 2019-2023 - The Documentary

Sep 262 min read

The MIDA Journey 2019-2023 - The Documentary

From 2019 to 2023, the MIDA (Mediating Islam in the Digital Age) project brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers who...

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New Publication: What You Wear, What You Eat, and Whom You Love

Lena Richter

Mar 121 min read

New Publication: What You Wear, What You Eat, and Whom You Love

Reflections on a Turn Toward Lived Nonreligion Looking at the diverse experiences of former Muslims shows that becoming and being...

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"A Colonial Gaze on Mecca: Networks Surrounding the First Documentary about the Hajj" #BRILL

Rukayyah Reichling

Sep 14, 20231 min read

"A Colonial Gaze on Mecca: Networks Surrounding the First Documentary about the Hajj" #BRILL

Recently Rukayyah Reichling published her research about the first moving pictures about the Hajj and Mecca. #BRILL #hajj #media...

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Capturing Change: Iran Through the Photographer's Lens

Elaheh Habibi

Sep 7, 20232 min read

Capturing Change: Iran Through the Photographer's Lens

Venture into the captivating world of my PhD dissertation, where I unravel the stories behind Iran's pivotal photographic moments. This...

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FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF AL-QURTUBI by Justin M. Benavidez

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Jun 29, 20232 min read

FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OF AL-QURTUBI by Justin M. Benavidez

In this short biopic, Justin M. Benavidez explores the life and writings of al-Qurtubi (‘the Cordoban’). Al-Qurtubi (d. 1273) lived in a...

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Aleeha Ali

May 15, 20231 min read

MIDA Final Conference

In February 2023, we wrapped up the MIDA project with a final conference at KU Leuven, Belgium. Whilst many knots came to a close, some...

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Mawa'id al-Ajdad (Banquets of Forebears)

Pascal Buresi

Mar 23, 20231 min read

Mawa'id al-Ajdad (Banquets of Forebears)

The Trauma-Film Collective and Al-Jazeera Documentary are pleased to introduce to you, a six-episode documentary series sketching the...

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Robin Cognée

Jan 13, 20231 min read

MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE - A Walk through the Medina of Tunis, with Robin Cognée

In this film we present the research of ESR Robin Cognée while walking through the old city of Tunis. Cognée compares the Tunisian and ...

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Audrey Debargue

Jan 9, 20231 min read

Final Conference Leuven

Dear all, we are pleased to announce the dates of the ITN-MIDA Final Conference. For 4 years, ESRs, Supervisors, Beneficiaries and...

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Grief is a thing to be sung: solace from Shi’a lamentation BY ALEEHA ZAHRA ALI

Aleeha Ali

Dec 6, 20221 min read

Grief is a thing to be sung: solace from Shi’a lamentation BY ALEEHA ZAHRA ALI

"A year and a half ago, I learnt what grief was. Before that I had known waves of sadness, despair, depression, heartbreak and anger. But...

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Lena Richter

Nov 16, 20221 min read

Not Religious in Tunis - Lena Richter about her research on Atheism

NEW FILM RELEASE Lena Richter's research is about non-religious everyday activism in Morocco and the Moroccan diaspora in Europe. Already...

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NEW Publication: Digital Artivism in Movement: The 2019 Lebanese Uprising’s Art on Instagram

Rayane al-Rammal

Nov 10, 20221 min read

NEW Publication: Digital Artivism in Movement: The 2019 Lebanese Uprising’s Art on Instagram

Rayane al-Rammal contributed to the Brill publication The Global Politics of Artistic Engagement: Beyond the Arab Uprisings (edited by...

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Eleonora Landucci

Oct 21, 20221 min read

REFLECTIONS about Research and Crisis - Eleonora Landucci

Tunis, September 2022 The International Forum for Humanities and Social Science INSANIYYAT took place in Tunis this year. Also MIDA...

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INVITATION - Farewell Lecture by Thijl Sunier

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Oct 5, 20221 min read

INVITATION - Farewell Lecture by Thijl Sunier

On Friday the 28th of October at 3.45 p.m. I shall give my valedictory lecture as professor of Islam in European Societies at the Vrije...

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UPCOMING COURSE: Reading Ethnographically: How Fiction Can Be Used in Anthropology - VU Amsterdam

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Aug 24, 20221 min read

UPCOMING COURSE: Reading Ethnographically: How Fiction Can Be Used in Anthropology - VU Amsterdam

This course will be rooted in anthropological and sociological theory, whilst encouraging students to bring in literary theory through...

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Policy brief on social media and Morocco’s elections out now!

Lena Richter

Jul 13, 20221 min read

Policy brief on social media and Morocco’s elections out now!

The Moroccan elections of September 2021 were unusual for various reasons. As electoral campaigning took place under pandemic...

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MIDA in the spotlight for the first Masterclass program in Digital Humanities in Indonesia!

Audrey Debargue

Jun 28, 20222 min read

MIDA in the spotlight for the first Masterclass program in Digital Humanities in Indonesia!

Pascal Buresi & ESRs Elmozfar Kotoz Ahmed, Mustafa Oğuzhan Çolak, Rukayyah Reichling and Lena Richter: MIDA in the spotlight for the...

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Justin Benavidez

Jun 14, 20221 min read

THE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE - Justin Benavidez about the Andalusian Influence in Islamic Tradition

Justin Benavidez works on the transfer of knowledge, in particular from Al-Andalus to the Islamic East. In his research he focus on the...

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D–7 ENIS/NISIS - MIDA Summer School Yogyakarta!

Audrey Debargue

Jun 13, 20223 min read

D–7 ENIS/NISIS - MIDA Summer School Yogyakarta!

The ENIS/NISIS-MIDA Summer School 2022 takes place from Monday 20 June to Friday 24 June 2002 at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University,...

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Hands-on Work with Manuscripts - Mahdieh Tavakol at the Gotha Research Library

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May 16, 20221 min read

Hands-on Work with Manuscripts - Mahdieh Tavakol at the Gotha Research Library

As part of my involvement in the project “Mediating Islam in the Digital Age” (MIDA), I spent an internship in the Gotha Research Library...

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