Modernity and Islam - Auslandsbüro Jordanien
Seminar
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MODERNITY AND ISLAM PROGRAM
FIRST WORKSHOP
NEW APPROACHES IN KORANIC STUDIES
Program
WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE 2003
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:20 Introduction
Gregor MeieringResident Representative
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Near East Regional Office, Amman - Beirut
Moncef Ben Abdeljelil
Faculty of Literature and Humanities
UniversitySousse
10:20 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:10 The Culture Heritage of
Leading Families of Hadramawt
Abdul-Rahman Al Junayd - Yemen
Early Manuscripts in Yemen
11:10 – 11:35 Yemeni Manuscripts in Sanaa
Ahmad Al Ghumari
Director General
Ministry of Culture
11:35 – 12:15 Yemeni Manuscripts in Hadramawt
Khalid Bawazir
Director of the Studies Center
University of Hadramawt, Mokalla
12:15 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:40 Koranic Studies between
Traditionalism and Revisionism
The Problem of Syro-ِAramaeic Influence
on the Kur'an
Michael Marx, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
15:40 – 16:20 The Koran Between Historical Symbol and
Source of Law: Some Observations on
Early Islamic Exegesis
Nicolai Sinai, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
16:20 – 17:15 Coffee Break and Discussion
17:15 – 17:55 The Relevance of Koranic Studies Material
to a Historico–Critical Edition of the
Koran
Abdelmejid AL Charfi
University of Tunis
17:55 – 18:35 Compiling Material related to the Koran from
Arabic Heritage
Abdelkader Al Mehiri
University of Tunis
18:35 – 19:15 Discussion
19:30 Dinner
THURSDAY 26TH OF JUNE 2003
10:00 – 10:40 Two Codices Ascribed to Ali ben Abi Talib
in Sanaa
Al Moncef Ben Abdeljelil
Faculty of Literature and Humanities
University of Sousse
10:40 – 11:20 Reflections on al-Baqara according to Koranic
ruquq and Some Later Codices in Sanaa
Neila Sellini
Faculty of Literature and Humanities
University of Sousse
11:20 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 – 12:40 Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 The Luxenberg Reading of the Koran
Ralf Ghadban, Berlin
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:20 Preservation of the Manuscripts
Hussien Abdul Hadi
Director of Al Ahqaf Library, Tarim, Yemen
17:20 – 18:20 Discussion
18:20 Closing Session
Gregor Meiering
Resident Representative
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Near East Regional Office, Amman - Beirut
