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The Art of AssemblyWhat is considered an acceptable opinion has been increasingly narrowed down in recent years. The 30th edition of The Art of Assembly asks where the limits of freedom of expression lie, what we have to listen to, how we can combine the need for safe spaces with the need for agonistic spheres – and when the state should intervene. Looking at the history of the Enlightenment, philosopher Susan Neiman doubts that the explosive current debates in Germany, for example, are really about freedom of expression. The historian Aziz Al-Azmeh profiles Arab and Islamic topoi present in Germany today and juxtaposes considerations of...2025-05-161h 45
Kreisky Forum TalksAziz Al-Azmeh; Tarek Mitri & Ghassan Salamé: SPOILS OF WAR - BRINGING THE ARAB WORLD BACK IN?Aziz Al-Azmeh in conversation with Tarek Mitri and Ghassan Salamé
SPOILS OF CIVIL WAR – BRINGING THE ARAB WORLD BACK IN?
“After Conflict? Spoils of war and the emergent international disorder in the Arab World” is the title of an international expert meeting convened by the Striking from the Margins research project of the Central European University with the support of the Carnegie Corporation New York.The meeting opens with a public keynote panel at Bruno Kreisky Forum, joining two eminent intellectuals and actors in the international arena – Tarek Mitri and Ghassan Salamé – to discuss current chal...2024-03-151h 01
Stuff You Missed in History ClassIbn KhaldūnIbn Khaldūn was a Muslim writer who covered history, economics and sociology. He lived during a time of chaos and strife, and his life was mired in the political drama and intrigue of the day. Research: Alatas, Syed Farid. “Ibn Khaldun.” Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Oxford University Press. 2012. Albertini, Tamara. “Special Issue: Politics, Nature and Society – The Actuality of North African Philosopher Ibn Khaldūn.” Philosophy East & West Volume 69, Number 3 July 2019. Al-Jubouri, Imadaldin. “Ibn Khaldun and the Philosophy of History.” Philosophy Now. 2005. https://philosophynow.org/issues/50/Ibn_Khaldun_and_the_Philosophy_of_History Gearon, Eamonm. “Turning...2022-08-1039 min
International HorizonsIbn Khaldun’s The Muqadimah: The Best Book You’ve Never Read with Aziz Al-AzmehIbn Khaldun, the late 14th century statesman and historian, is regarded as one of the earliest social scientists on the strength of his classic, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. The book catalogues the political, social, and historical trends in Arab, Berber, Persian, and European civilizations in the Middle Ages and recalls Aristotle’s Politics in its encyclopedic treatment of social and political life. Yet regardless of its contributions to the humanities, it has been largely forgotten in modern times.
Aziz Al-Azmeh, University Professor Emeritus at the Central European University, talks to RBI Director John Torpey about the life, ideas, an...2021-12-2033 min
Autumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfFreethinking, Secularism and the Arab SpringContributor(s): Professor Aziz Al- Azmeh | What is the condition of the relationship between religion and polity in the Arab World following the upheaval of the past two years? What is the relationship between this condition and the long history of secularism and freethinking in the Arab World? Professor Aziz Al-Azmeh will reflect on these questions as well as take questions from the audience during this lecture. Aziz Al-Azmeh is professor in the School of History at the Central European University and author of Islams and Modernities (Verso, 2009). Al-Azmeh has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Yale University, University...2012-10-151h 30Autumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoFreethinking, Secularism and the Arab SpringContributor(s): Professor Aziz Al- Azmeh | What is the condition of the relationship between religion and polity in the Arab World following the upheaval of the past two years? What is the relationship between this condition and the long history of secularism and freethinking in the Arab World? Professor Aziz Al-Azmeh will reflect on these questions as well as take questions from the audience during this lecture. Aziz Al-Azmeh is professor in the School of History at the Central European University and author of Islams and Modernities (Verso, 2009). Al-Azmeh has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Yale University, University...2012-10-151h 30