Memory, Translation and Revelation

Ort: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10
17.00-18.30 h

18 April |Literary Ghosts
Gish Amit
(Ben-Gurion University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12),
Palestinian Cultural Assets, Restitution and the Politics of Reconciliation
Moderation:
Ihab Saloul
(University of Amsterdam / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)

2 Mai | Thrice Upon a Time
Joseph Witztum
(EUME-Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung)
Intra-Quranic Parallels in Light of Biblical Narratives and Syriac Homilies
Moderation:
Clemens Leonhard
(Universität Münster / Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 2011/12)

16 Mai | From Verse to Sura
Samer Rashwani
(University of Aleppo / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Current Debates on the Interpretation of the Qur’an: Sura 54 as a Case Study
Moderation:
Islam Dayeh
(Zukunftsphilologie / Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für Literaturwissenschaftliche Studien)

30 Mai | Performativity and Political Change
Ihab Saloul
(University of Amsterdam / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
Palestinian and Israeli Contested Memories
Moderation:
Friederike Pannewick
(Philipps-Universität Marburg / Mitglied des EUME Kollegiums)

13 Juni | Mis-recognizing Honour
Sonia Ahsan
(Columbia University)
Honour Effect and Honour Killings in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Moderation:
Prashant Keshavmurthy
(McGill University / Zukunftsphilologie-Fellow 2011/12)

20 Juni | The Arabic Freud
Omnia El Shakry
(University of California at Davis)
The Unconscious and the Modern Subject
Moderation:
Michael Allan
(University of Oregon / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)

4 Juli | Reformers Rethinking Revelation
Mehrdad Abbasi
(Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation Tehran / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)
The Ideas of Fazlur Rahman, Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd and Abdolkarim Soroush on the Qur’an and Exegesis
Moderation:
Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim
(Georgetown University / EUME-Fellow 2011/12)