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Thomas Andreas Scheffler
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1998 “Introduction: Religion between Violence and Reconciliation – pros and cons”, Beirut, 11
September 1998, International Symposium “Religion between Violence and Reconciliation”,
Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (11-13 September 1998).
1996 „Die Parlamentswahlen im Libanon 1996”, Hamburg, 28 November 1996, 3rd Congress of the
German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO), (28-30 November 1996).
1994 „Orientalisten und Orientkenner als Väter der deutschen Politikwissenschaft, Potsdam, 26
August 1994, Congress of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (25-28 August
1994).
1989 “Hegemony and Communal Cohesion at an Interface Periphery: The Druzes in Lebanon”,
Toronto, 16 November 1989, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of
North America (MESA) (15-18 November 1989).
1989 “Ethnicity and Political Boundaries: The Case of Lebanon”, Bonn, 3 November 1989,
International Workshop “Theory Construction and Comparative Research on Violent Conflicts
in Third World Countries: Nomothetic Explanation vs. Ideographic Descriptions”, German
Research Council (DFG), Program in “Origins of Militant Conflicts in Third World States”
[Entstehung militanter Konflikte in Staaten der Dritten Welt] (2-4 November 1989).
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2012 „Der ‚Arabische Frühling‘ als Herausforderung für die christlichen Minderheiten im Nahen
Osten“, Potsdam, 7 September 2012, Lepsiushaus.
2012 “Catholic Social Teaching: A Historical Introduction”, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, 16 May 2012,
Extended Seminar „Catholic Social Theory: Intellectual, Historical and Spiritual Roots”,
Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP), Notre Dame University.
2011 “The Arab Spring as a Challenge to the Social Sciences: Introductory Remarks”, Beirut, 16
December 2011, international workshop „The Arab Spring as a Challenge to the Social
Sciences”, Orient-Institut Beirut (16-17 December 2011).
2011 „Ein fehlgeschlagener Transfer Christliche Soziallehren zwischen Orient und Okzident“,
Beirut, 18 June 2011, Colloquium of Orient-Institut Beirut and Orient-Institut Istanbul.
2011 “Monotheism and Political Order”, Beirut, 17 February 2011, Near East School of Theology.
2010 “‘The best wealth is the abandonment of desires’: Mimetic rivalry, grief, and the
management of emotions in Imam ʿAlī’s Nahğ al-Balāġa”, Beirut, 19 December 2010,
International conference „Les émotions dans un monde transculturel: Le rôle des émotions
dans les cultures arabes et européennes et dans leurs rélations‟ (jointly organized by Freie
Universität Berlin, OIB, German UNESCO Commission, and the UNESCO chairs for
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