Conference descriptionConference programme
Biographies
Abstracts
Programme (all panels are followed by a chaired discussion)
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8:45 |
Welcome |
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9:00 – 10:40 |
Panel One: The Qur’an and the Concept of Adab |
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Chair: Stefan Sperl, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
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Adab Between Belles-lettres and the Qur’an: Redefining and Expanding the Boundaries
Nuha al-Sha‘ar, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
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The Qur’an and the Pre-modern Arabic System of Adab
Sarah Bin Tyeer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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11:00 – 12:40 |
Panel Two: Quoting the Qur’an: Theory and Techniques (al-Tha‘alibi, d. 429/1039) |
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Chair: Wen-Chin Ouyang, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
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Between the Qur’an, Prose and Poetry: al-Tha‘alibi on the Registers of Speech
Bilal Orfali, American University of Beirut
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Major Techniques of Quoting the Qur’an: al-Tha‘alibi’s al-Iqtibas min al-Qur’an
Maurice Pomerantz, New York University
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13:40 - 15:20 |
Panel Three: The Qur’an in Poetry |
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Chair: James Montgomery, University of Cambridge |
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The Qur’an and the Character of Classical Arabic Poetry
Ghassan El Masri, Dahlem Humanities Centre, Berlin
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Abbasid Poets and the Qur’an
Beatrice Gruendler, Yale University
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15:40 - 17:20 |
Panel Four: The Reception of the Qur’an in Qisas al-Anbiya’ and Folk Literature (the Arabian Nights) |
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The Place of the Qur’an in ‘The Sermons and Exhortations’ of Abu ‘Ubayd (d. 224/838)
Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria, British Columbia
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Keynote Lecture |
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The Discovery of Writing: Tracing the Literary Revolution of the Qur’an
Angelika Neuwirth, Freie Universität, Berlin
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9:00 – 10:40 |
Panel Five: The Qur’an, History and Rhetoric |
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Chair: Hugh Kennedy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
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Futuh Historiography as Adab Literature? The Use of Qur’anic material in the Futuh al-Sham of al-Azdi (d. 175/791)
Jens Scheiner, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
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Qur’an Citation in Early Arabic Oration (khutba): Mnemonic, Liturgical, and Evidentiary Functions
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
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11:00-12:40 |
Panel Six: The Qur’an and the Art of Quoting |
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Chair: Gerard Van Gelder, the University of Oxford |
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Al-Ma‘arri’s al-Fusul wa’l-ghayat and the Qur’an: Issues of Prosody and the use of the Qur’an
Devin J. Stewart, Emory University, Georgia
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Qur’anic Exegesis as Belles-Lettres: The Case of the Epistles of the Pure Brethren (Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa‘)
Omar Ali-de-Unzaga, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
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13.40-16.00 |
Panel Seven: The Reception of the Qur’an in Mirrors for Princes |
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Chair: Eric Ormsby, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London |
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The Qur’an and Mirrors for Princes: Reading the Work of Tahir b. al-Husayn
Eisa Ali Alakoub, University of Aleppo
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‘He who has been given wisdom has received abundant good’: The Reception of the Qur’an in Arabic and Persian Mirrors for Princes
Louise Marlow, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
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Speaking through the Qur’an: The hermeneutical interpretations of ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani (d. 525/1099)
Daryoush Mohammad Poor, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
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9:00-10.40
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Panel Eight: The Reception of the Qur’an in Devotional Literature and Islamic Mysticism
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Chair: Ayman El-Desouky, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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‘Serving from Afar’ - the Adab of Interpreting the Qur’an in Islamic Mysticism
Steffen Stelzer, American University of Cairo
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al-Kharraz’s Mystical Reading of Prophetic Stories in the Qur’an
Nada Saab, Lebanese American University, Beirut
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11:00-12:30
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General discussion
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Chair: Nuha al-Sha‘ar
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