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kind of pricey but could be good. Chester Beatty Library (one of the best places in dublin) is having a conference on the art, religion and culture of Islam.
€80 or €50 for unemployed and students
€80 or €50 for unemployed and students
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The Chester Beatty Library presents Understanding Islam, a conference on the culture and religion of Islam. This major conference will take place from 6 to 8 December 2004 in the Dublin Castle Conference Centre.
The conference has been specifically designed to appeal to both the general public and students and scholars of Islamic studies. A reception on the evening of Monday 6 December will be followed by two days of lectures by renowned specialists in various aspects of Islamic studies from Ireland, the UK, North America and Germany. Lectures on Tuesday 7 December will consider the history, religion, art and culture of Islam, while the theme of the lectures on the following day, Wednesday 8 December, will be Islam in the 21st century.
To register, print out and complete the registration form or complete the registration form to appear in the Irish Times on various days from Saturday 16 October.
Click here for Registration Form
Pre-registration is strongly recommended as places are limited.
Post the completed registration form with cheque or credit card details to:
Understanding Islam
c/o Lisa Fitzsimons
The Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
For further information contact:
Lisa Fitzsimons
Telephone: 407-0779
Fax: 407-0760
Email: [email protected]
Supported by:
The Irish Times http://www.ireland.com
Brooks Hotel http://www.sinnotthotels.com/brooks
British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/ireland
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM
06-08 December 2004
Please note:
- Minor changes to the times and titles of lectures as stated below may occur. All registered participants will be sent a final conference schedule approximately two weeks before the conference.
- The reception on Day One will take place at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle. The lectures will take place in the Dublin Castle Conference Centre in the Upper Yard of Dublin Castle.
DAY ONE
Monday 06 December
Early evening reception (exact time to be announced)
DAY TWO
Tuesday 07 December
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:45 Opening remarks
Session 1: The History and Religion of Islam
9:45-10:25 The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate
Professor Hugh Kennedy
Professor of Middle Eastern History
St. Andrew’s University
10:25-11:05 Understanding the Qur’an
Professor Neal Robinson
Department of Theology, Religious Studies and
Islamic Studies
University of Wales, Lampeter
11:05-11:35 Coffee
11:35-12:15 The Ismailis
Professor Farhad Daftary
Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publication
The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
12:15-12:45 Discussion of the four morning papers
12:45-2:00 Lunch
Session 2: The Art and Culture of Islam
2:00-2:40 Monuments of the Faith
Professor Robert Hillenbrand
Dept. of Art History
University of Edinburgh
2:40-3:20 Inscribing God’s Word: Qur’anic Inscriptions in Art and Architecture
Professor Sheila Blair
Norma Jean Calderwood Chair of Islamic and Asian Art
Boston College, Boston
3:20-3:50 Tea
3:50-4:30 Islamic Science within the Context of Islamic Civilization
(as opposed to what Europe learned of it centuries ago)
Professor David King
Institute for the History of Science
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt
4:30-5:10 Sacred and Secular: Decorated Manuscripts of the Islamic Faith
Dr. Elaine Wright
Curator of the Islamic Collections
Chester Beatty Library
5:10-5:40 Discussion of the four afternoon papers
DAY THREE
Wednesday 08 December
Session 3: Islam Today, Part One
9:30-10:10 Islamic Law and the 21st Century
Dr Yasin Dutton
Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Department Head
University of Edinburgh
10:10-10:50 Observant, Orthodox and Fundamentalist
Dr Malise Ruthven
Author and Independent Scholar
London
10:50-11:20 Coffee
11:20-12:00 Death and Paradise in Islam
Professor Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Edward Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
12:00-12:40 Global Feminism, Imperialism and the Muslin Woman: Whose Modernity is it Anyway?
Dr Fadia Faqir
Author and scholar
12:40-1:10 Discussion of the four morning papers
1:10-2:30 Lunch
Session 4: Islam Today, Part Two
2:30-3:10 Western Involvement in the Middle East, The View of the Reporter
Lara Marlow
The Irish Times
3:10-3:50 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Islamic World
Dr. Beverly Milton-Edwards
Dept. of Politics and International Studies
Queen’s University
Belfast
3:50-4:30 Discussion of the two afternoon papers followed by a general discussion of all conference papers