Mo. 10 Nov. 2008

Literatur als Palimpsest

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The pamplisest stands for a complex dialectic of forgetting and remembrance, whereas the overwriting of the old with the new implies at the same time an obliteration as well as conserving the overwritten. The symposium inquires about the subtexts and the buried connections of the profane and sacred as well as the classical and modern Arabic literature. It also inquires about methodological implications of a interdisciplinary field of Arabic Studies with respect to the general discourse of philology and cultural studies.

Schedule:

9 am
Welcome

9.15 am
Stefan Wild (University of Bonn), "Angelika Neuwirth zum Geburtstag - Rückblick eines Weggefährten"

9.45 am
Walid Saleh (University of Toronto, EUME Fellow 2007-08), "The Hebrew Bible in Islam"

11 am
Islam Dayeh (Freie Universität Berlin), "The Restoration of the Law: Surat al-Anam as National Self-Criticism"

11.45 am
Stefan Weidner (Cologne), "Playing with Fire: Religious Travesties in the Poetry of Adunis"

2 pm
Thomas Bauer (University Münster), "Poesie und Politik - Ibn Nubata (1287-1366) und der Fürst von Hama"

2.45 pm
Sinan Antoon (New York University, EUME Fellow 2007-08), "Ruins and Spectre in Muhammad Darwish's Late Poetry"

4 pm
Reuven Snir  (University of Haifa), "Arab-Jewish Identity: Memory, Poetry and Singularity"

4.45 pm
Litas Levy (Princeton University), "Israel, Interrupted: Writing in the Hebrew-Arabic No-Man's Land"

7.30 pm
Discussion: "Gibt es einen 'Oriental Turn' in den Geisteswissenschaften?"
with: Angelika Neuwirth (Freie Universität Berlin)
Gyburg Uhlam (Freie Universität Berlin)
Stefan Weidner (Cologne)
Sigrid Weigel (Zentrum für Literatur - und Kulturforschung Berlin)
Chair: Ludwig Amman (Freiburg / Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies Berlin)

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