Arabic, Islamic and Middle East Studies
The Ghent Center for Arabic, Islamic and Middle East Studies (GhentCAIMES) approaches the Middle East from various perspectives, including anthropology, history, religious studies, philology, linguistics, literature. The languages, cultures and societies of this important region are the focus of our teaching, research and public outreach. Current perspectives such as decolonization, intersectionality, multiperspectivism and the critical interrogation of globalisation and orientalism represent a common feature.
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News and events
- Karin van Nieuwkerk: Narratives on Marriage, Love, and Sexuality. Body Politics among Nonreligious Women in Egypt. (24/02/26)
- Rethinking Rural Communities and Tribalism in Islamic Lands (6th –10th / 12th –16th Centuries) (17-18/12/25)
- Yossef Rapoport: Becoming Arab: The Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East (16/12/25)
- Hanan Toukan: The Thorn in Germany’s Side: Palestinian Archives and the (il)Logic of Dehumanization (Palestine Talks Autumn 2025 – 02 /12)
- An Van Raemdonck: The ‘productive Muslim’, between Algorithm, Neoliberal and Islamic Ethos (25/11/25)
- AICAP Winter School on the Epigraphy of AlUla