Participants Begriffsgeschichte und

Johann Bssow, Research

Historische Semantik des
associate, Orient-Institut Beirut.
Vorderen Orients:
Stefan Leder, Director, Orient- Ziele, Methoden und Mglichkeiten
Institut Beirut; Professor of
Arabic and Islamic Studies,
University of Halle-Wittenberg.
Conceptual History and
Stefan Reichmuth, Professor
Historical Semantics in
of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University Middle Eastern Contexts:
of Bochum. Aims, methods and potentials

Maurus Reinkowski, Professor

of Middle Eastern Studies, University of
Basel.
Registration
Henning Sievert, Lecturer in Middle required
Eastern Studies, University of Bonn.

Orient-Institut Beirut
Rue Hussein Beyhoum 44
Zokak al-Blat

Orient-Institut Beirut,
P.O.B. 11-2988
Beirut, Libanon

Phone: +961(1)359423/4/5/6/7

4 - 5 July 2013
Fax: +961(1)359176

Workshop,
E-mail: sek@orient-institut.org
Abstract
Programme
This workshop aims to explore the
potentials of the approaches of conceptual Thursday, 4 July 2013 Friday , 5 July 2013
history (Begriffsgeschichte) and related (Library) (Seminar room)
approaches. As language is not merely an
ornament attached to real politics but very 09:00-11:30 Begriffsgeschichtliche 10:00-12:00 Middle Eastern political
much in the centre of it, a study of Fallstudien imaginaries: Ideas for a
pragmatics and key terms provide an access collaborative research
to the workings and changes of political Kaffeepause project.
practice. Public presentation and
11:45-13:00 Erkenntnisziele, Anstze und discussion of a research
Although the focus is on 18th-20th century
Quellen perspective (in English)
Arabic, Turkish and Persian sources,
interregional, inter-lingual and intercultural
Mittagessen Mittagessen
exchange as well as other periods will also
be considered.
14:00-15:00 Projektplanung 13:30-15:00 Bilanz
In a concentrated two-day effort, the work-
shop participants will discuss approaches, 15:00-16:00 Form und Struktur
agendas and formats that might be possible
to advance conceptual history and historical Kaffeepause
semantics in the Middle Eastern context.
16:30-17:30 Zusammenfassung
Kindly note that the working language
of this workshop will be German, with
the exception of the project presentation Organisers
on Friday, which is in English.

For registration, please contact Mr Ahmad Johann Bssow

(buessow@orient-institut.org)
Hussein (sek@orient-institut.org). and
Henning Sievert
(hsie@uni-bonn.de)