Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Research Seminar Series: Benjamin Weineck

In brief

Date - 11 November 2024

Guest speaker - Dr Benjamin Weineck (University of Heidelberg)

Title - Ambivalent Subjects: The Ottoman State and Its Non-Sunni Muslim Population

Format - Talk, Q&A and reception

About the speaker

Dr Benjamin Weineck is an Academic Councillor in the Department of Languages ​​and Cultures of the Near East within the University of Heidelberg. His research interests include the Ottoman Empire and Iran in modern times, Near Eastern religious history (heresiography; hagiography; theology), minorities in the Middle East and Ottoman and Turkish religious policy.

How to join

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All talks are followed by a reception.

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