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Avicenna Conference (ASG V): December 2 to December 4, 2025

Fifteen scholars from all over the world will gather in Bochum to discuss one of the most exciting and enigmatic works by the most important philosopher of the Islamic world: Avicenna's “Discussions [with his students]” (al-Mubāḥaṯāt)!

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Lecture: Death in Zanzibar. A microhistory of monoculture

With Prof. Dr. Frank Uekötter (History of Technology and Environment). Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 2:00 p.m. c.t., Room GB 2/131.

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Official Whatsapp Channel of our Student Council

This is the official Whatsapp Channel of our Student Council. Scan the QR code on the PDF to join.

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New subpage: Student's Experiences Abroad

Students of Arabic and Islamic Studies have written reports on their stays abroad and made them available on a new subpage. Feel free to take a look!

International Experience


Contact & Directions

Ksenia Kalinichenko und Giselle Milloch

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Institut für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft / Postfach 151
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum

Office: GB 2/39
Office hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 9am – 2pm
Phone availability: on workdays, 9am – 4pm
Phone numbers: 

+49 234 32 28125 and
+49 234 32 26917





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Late Ottoman Palestinians

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Krit:arab, kritische Zugänge zu Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft

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