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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The conference focusses on the interaction between pre-existing local models of antique Babylonia and the new structures that were developed by the emerging Islamic civilization, especially focusing the urban landscape and the spaces of knowledge and religion. The conference takes place as a cooperation between the Excellence-Cluster Topoi and the Courant Research Center “Education and Religion (EDRIS)” (Göttingen) and promises to expand the disciplinary scope of both research institutions by fostering the cooperation between experts in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ancient Middle East, Religious Studies and Theology, Judaic Studies, and Ancient and Medieval History.
Program:
Wednesday, 21 August
9.15 – 9.30
Welcome Address and Introduction
Jens Scheiner / Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Panel 1: Baghdad - Urban Center
9.30 – 10.15
The Sasanian Background of Baghdadian Urban Culture
Parvaneh Pourshariati (Columbus)
10.15 – 11.00
The Economic Circumstances of the Baghdad Region Down to the Mongol Invasion
Richard Bulliet (New York)
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15
Baghdad, the Centre of the World: Foundation Legends
of a Marvellous City in a Marvellous Landscape
Isabel Toral-Niehoff (Berlin/London)
12.15 – 13.00
Islamic Art and Architecture in Pre-Mongol Baghdad
Bernard O’Kane (Cairo)
Lunch break
Panel 2: Baghdad – Space of Knowledge
14.30 – 15.15
Philosophical and Scientifi c Learning in Baghdad
Damien Janos (Göttingen)
15.15 – 16.00
Baghdad: Crossroad of Literary Conversations
Beatrice Gruendler (New Haven)
Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15
The Who is Who of Baghdad
Jens Scheiner (Göttingen)
18.30
Keynote Lecture
Bagdad, Vergangenheit ohne Zukunft oder
Hat eine Hauptstadt „Kultur“?
Josef van Ess (Tübingen)
20.00
Reception
Thursday, 22 August
Panel 3. Baghdad – Caliphal Capital
9.30 – 10.15
Abbasid Baghdad and the Markets
Hugh Kennedy (London)
10.15 – 11.00
The Exchange with Europe: Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid
Kirill Dmitriev / Klaus Oschema (St Andrews/Heidelberg)
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15
The Buyid Social Imaginary: Social Structure and the Formation of Intellectual
Groups in Fourth-Century Baghdad
Nuha al-Sha‘ar (Sharjah)
Panel 4: Baghdad – Space of Religions
14. 30 – 15.15
The Formation of Sunni and Shii Traditionalism in Baghdad
Christopher Melchert (Oxford)
16.00 – 18.00
Visit of the Samarra-Exhibition at the Museum of Islamic Art
19.00
Welcome Dinner
Friday, 23 August
9.30 – 10.15
East-Syrian Christians in Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Pre-Baghdadian Times
Dmitrij Bumazhnov (Göttingen)
10.15 – 11.00
Jews in Bavel and Baghdad
Elisabetta Abate (Göttingen)
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15
Manicheans and Other Religions in Baghdad
Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (Berlin)
12.15 – 13.00
Beyond Baghdad: Looking back to Babylon
Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum (Berlin)
13.00 – 13.30
Concluding Remarks and Final Discussion
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
08/21/2013 09:15 - 08/23/2013 13:30
Event venue:
Freie Universität Berlin
Topoi Building Dahlem
Hittorfstraße 18
Conference Room 010/First Floor
14195 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Religion
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
08/08/2013
Sender/author:
Dr. Nina Diezemann
Department:
Stabsstelle für Presse und Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event44443
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