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Fall Semester

Robert Parnica, Credibility, Authenticity and Usability of Archival Documents - Introduction into the Blinken OSA and efficient research strategies toward analog and digital archival collections

Matthias Duller, Academic exchange in the cultural Cold War, 1956-1989 

Paul V. Dudman, Salvaging Memories and (Re-) Connecting with Communities: Reflections on Tate Lives as a Participatory Oral History Project in North Woolwich and Silvertown, East London

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Arab world has undergone a series of radical transformations. One of the most significant is the resurgence of activist and puritanical forms of religion presenting as viable alternatives to existing social, cultural and political practices. The rise in sectarianism and violence in the name of religion has left scholars searching for adequate conceptual tools that might generate a clearer insight into these interconnected conflicts.