DOT 2025
35th Deutscher Orientalistentag DOT 2025
8th–12th September 2025 | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
The Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) is the biggest conference of Oriental Studies in the german speaking area and an internationally important conference for the research of languages, cultures and societies of the Near East, Asia and Africa.
The conference will be structured into 21 sections and panels, which are thematically and organisationally connected to the sections.
Scientists of all career phases are invited to present and discuss their research at the 35th DOT in front of an expert audience and the interested public.
Information on various aspects of the conference registration will be released soon. For more details on the submission of abstracts please check the Call for Papers.
Initiatives to publish conference papers are strongly welcomed by the organizers, but no funds are available for this within the framework of the DOT.
There will be an accompanying cultural program with musical events and thematic excursions to the region.
The 35th DOT is organized by the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) on behalf of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG).
The local organizing team consists of Prof. Dr. Lutz Edzard, Dr. Cleophea Ferrari, Dr. Melanie Hanitsch, Claudia Hoga M.A. (Project Coordination) and Anke Moosdorf (Secretary) as well as the scientific advisory board Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber, Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner, Prof. Dr. Dominik Müller, Dr. Stephanie Müssig, PD Dr. Frank Peter, Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaffner and Dr. Jörn Thielmann.