News   German Congress of Oriental Studies   Programme   Timetable   Participants      Registration   Contact   Deutsch  Login

You are here: German Congress of

German Congress of Oriental Studies

The German Oriental Studies Congress takes place regularly every third year. It is the most prominent conference of Oriental Studies Germany convened by the The Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft . Researchers and academics from various disciplines of Asian, African and Middle Eastern Studies participate.

In addition to the regular German participants, renowned guests from outside of Germany are invited. Participation at the Congress is open to all researchers and is not subject to membership in the DMG. However, the organizers welcome applications for membership in the DMG. Please refer to the application forms [ pdf document ].

The Congress is structured in sections and an interdisciplinary forum all of which are subdivided in various panels. Several branches within the German Oriental Society as well as other academic societies (e.g. the DAVO, the German Working Group Near East), convene their annual meeting during the weeklong event. The DMG itself holds its annual public assembly.

The last conferences took place in 2001 in Bamberg, 2004 in Halle and 2007 in Freiburg.

List of previous Orientalistentage

30 Congresses of Oriental Studies have taken place since 1921 [ more ... ]

Previous Conferences

The web pages of the three previous conferences have been saved by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft [ more ... ]