April 10th, 202110:00 am - 1:15 pm
April 9th, 202110:00 am - 1:15 pm
Qur'an and the Humanities:A Symposium
Zoom Registration Required
https://religion.princeton.edu
Sponsored By: Department of Religion, University Center for Human Values, the Center for the Study of Religion, Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Humanities Council.
Aisha Geissinger, Carleton University
Lauren Osborne, Whitman College
Ali Karjoo -Ravary, Bucknell University
Walid Saleh, University of Toronto
Kristin Zahra Sands, Sarah Lawrence College
William Sherman, UNC Charlotte
Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Université de Nantes
Devin Stewart, Emory University
Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University
Rizwan Zamir, Davidson College
Aisha Geissinger, Carleton University
Lauren Osborne, Whitman College
Ali Karjoo -Ravary, Bucknell University
Walid Saleh, University of Toronto
Kristin Zahra Sands, Sarah Lawrence College
William Sherman, UNC Charlotte
Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Université de Nantes
Devin Stewart, Emory University
Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University
Rizwan Zamir, Davidson College
Photo: Walters Art Museum, W.563, fol 6a © 2011 Creative Commons
Princeton Qur’an Symposium April 9-10th 2021
Friday, April 9th Symposium Introduction
Panel 1 - Qur’an, Hermeneutics and Power10:00am -11:45 am
Aisha Geissinger‘Rather, blessed is the one who reads the Book of God and obeys what is in it’: The transmission of the Qur’an and gendered memories.
Devin StewartNotes on Speech Genres in the Qur'an
Walid SalehSuras betwixt and between: Early Medinan Suras
Break 11:45am – 12noon
Panel 2 - Performing the Qur’an12noon – 1:15pm
Rizwan Zamir Shi‘ite Qur‘anic Elucidations in Twentieth Century South Asia:The Case of Sayyidul ‘Ulama (d.1988)
Lauren OsborneA Theory of Qur'anic Orality
Princeton Qur’an Symposium April 9-10th 2021
Saturday, April 10th
Panel 3 - The Qur’an and Literary Sensibilities
10:00am -11:45 am
Ali Karjoo-Ravary Weaving the Qur'an into the King's Presence: The Qur'an and Royal Chronicles
Emmanuelle StefanidisIn search of chronology: theological, historical and literary approaches to qur‘anic temporality
William ShermanIn the Name of the Name of God: Oaths, Rhymes, and Repetitions in Examples of Qur'anic Imitation
Break 11:45am – 12noon
Panel 4 - The Qur’an and Textual Play,and Symposium Closing
12noon – 1:15pm
Kristin Sands Rambunctious Readings and Textual Play: Creative Encounters with the Qur'an.
Tehseen Thaver Negotiating Language and Revelation in Early Islam