Main Content
International Cooperation
International cooperation of the CNMS in the Near and Middle East
The Philipps University of Marburg has given itself a new regional focus by founding the Center for Near and Middle East Studies. Marburg University was the first German university to establish a Liaison Office in Cairo in 2009, taking part in the DAAD initiative COSIMENA (Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa). There has been a continuous expansion of its international agreements and cooperation since then. From 2010-2017, the annual Hessen International Summer University (ISU) has been organised by the CNMS in cooperation with the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS), focussing on the Middle East.
List of international cooperation agreements with partner institutions in the Near and Middle East
| since | University |
|---|---|
| Sept. 2017 | Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey |
| July 2016 | Aydın University, Istanbul, Turkey |
| May 2015 | Tajik National State University, Dushanbe, Tadjikistan |
| April 2015 | Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesch, Morocco |
| Nov. 2014 | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, EGE, Rabat, Marokko |
| July 2014 | University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan |
| July 2014 | German-Jordanian University, Jordan |
| April 2014 | Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt |
| Jan. 2014 | Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran |
| July 2013 | Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt |
| July 2013 | Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha, Qatar |
| March 2013 | Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nov. 2012 | Mohammed V – Agdal University, Rabat, Morocco |
| Nov. 2011 | Teheran University, Teheran, Iran |
| March 2011 | Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt |
| July 2010 | United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), al-Ain, Emirates |
| June 2007 | Damascus University, Damascus, Syria (currently not active) |
| May 2006 | Baghdad University, Bagdad, Iraq (currently not active) |
List of international cooperation agreements at institute level
| Aug. 2013 | Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| 2011/12 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi und Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Okt. 2011 | Faculty for Political and Economic Sciences (FEPS), Cairo University, Cairo |
| July 2009 | Azhar University, Cairo, Faculty of Languages and Translation |
University dialogue with Iran
In the years 2016-18, the DAAD was supporting a university dialogue with Iran on the topic of "Natural Resource Management" (including different Iranian universities in Tehran and Mashhad), with several summer and winter schools taking place in various partner institutions in Tehran and Mashhad and in Marburg. Additionally, in the years 2020-2022, the DAAD was supporting a university dialogue with Iran (including University of Tehran, Islamic Azad University, and Iranian Strong Motion Network) on the topic of "Socio-Economic, Cultural and Technical Aspects of Natural Disaster Management", with several events in Iran and Marburg.