OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium on Ethics

Between May 2023 and April 2024, the DAAD Regional Office Cairo in cooperation with the Orient Institut Beirut (OIB) organised the “OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium on Ethics”, taking place at the DAAD Regional Office Cairo in Zamalek. Within the framework of “Clusters of Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa” (COSIMENA), which is a platform that aims to strengthen and initiate scientific cooperation and networks between researchers and universities in Germany and the MENA region, this series of lectures intended to investigate the recent developments in the current Islamic discourse in new areas of ethics resulting from modern scientific discoveries and investigations, as well as climatic changes.

OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics

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The last series of lectures held from February until April 2024 examined the latest developments in the field of biomedical ethics, shedding light on the numerous interconnections between the topics discussed throughout all lectures and connecting them to other areas, namely at the socio-cultural and political levels. Starting from a general overview of the field of biomedical ethics, integrated with a comprehensive review of the main literature on the topic, the first lecture highlighted major points debated over time, such as family planning, abortion, genetics, cloning up to prenatal diagnostics.

OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium on Environmental Ethics

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Following the same format, the subsequent four lectures, taking place between September and December 2023, investigated the larger theme of ethics from the specific lens of the environment. From the first general presentation of the key concept of ‘Eco-Islam’ until the last lecture introducing the original approach of the ‘Islamic Practical Theology’, attendees were able to develop a new understanding of environmental ethics and its related fields.

OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium on Gender Ethics

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The first part of the colloquium, taking place between May and August 2023 on the theme of gender ethics, analysed the highly debated topic of the position of women in Islam from various angles.