Convenors: Professor MAS Abdel Haleem & Dr Ayman Shihadeh.
‘The Qur’an: Text, History & Culture’ Conference aims to bring together papers representing a diverse range of areas and approaches within Qur’anic studies. While the conference will remain committed to the textual study of both the Qur'an itself and the history of the religious, intellectual and artistic activity that developed around it and drew on it, attention will also be given to non-textual cultural and sociological studies relating to the Qur'an. Our objective is to stimulate discussion, debate and research on all aspects of Qur'anic studies.
Programme.
Thursday 12 November
Structure and Composition (chair: Mustansir Mir) 10.00–12.00
The Qur’an and Medieval Philosophy (chair: Ayman Shihadeh) 13.30–15.00
Theological Approaches to the Qur’an (chair: Mustafa Shah) 15.30–17.30
Friday 13 November
Tafsir (chair: Toby Mayer) 9.00–10.30
Tafsir (chair: MAS Abdel Haleem) 11.00–12.30
Ethics in the Qur’an (chair: Anthony Johns) 14.00–15.30
The Qur’an in the Contemporary World (chair: Sebastian Guenther) 16.00–17.30
Saturday 14 November
Early Manuscripts (chair: Hugh Kennedy) 9.30–11.00
Early Qur’anic Text (chair: Elsaid Badawi) 11.30–13.00
Cultural Expressions (chair: Sebastian Guenther) 14.00–15.30
Literary Perspectives (chair: Stefan Sperl) 16.00–17.30