Press Releases
July - September 2013
September 2013
- [24.09.2013] “Arab world does not want a state without religion.” Only a minority of people in Arab countries support the secular principle according to Islamic scholar Gudrun Krämer – de facto, however, secularisation already exists in many instances – public lecture at the German Oriental Studies Conference
- [12.09.2013] From Assyrian Inscriptions to Asian Popular Culture. Well over 1,000 researchers in Oriental Studies expected at the largest German Oriental Studies Conference in Münster
- [09.09.2013] “Young Chinese People Disappointed with German Companies”. Sociologist interviews Chinese junior employees on career plans in international companies – 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference (Deutscher Orientalistentag) presents new Asia studies
August 2013
- [29.08.2013] “Eco Islam is in Fashion”. Islamic studies scholar: Muslims in the West increasingly advocate protecting the environment
- [07.08.2013] “Syria’s cultural heritage is under threat”. Researchers expect the destruction of evidence of one of mankind’s oldest cultures – 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference investigates the history of the ancient Orient
- [02.08.2013] “Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have not yet been lost”. Islamic scholars: all political forces need to make compromises – maintaining the unifying impetus – otherwise civil war might be imminent
July 2013