This is a past event
International scholars from more than ten countries from across the globe are gathering in person in Aberdeen on 12-13 September to converse on intellectual approaches to race, ethnicity, and knowledge production in the Arabo-Islamic ‘Golden Age’ that go beyond Eurocentric – or indeed Occidocentric – and Arabocentric perspectives. The wide range of conversations will include such topics as premodern multilingualism, Classical Arabic poetry, Arabic Judaism and Arabic Christianity, the Ottoman literary canon, Arabic Large Language Models, or current media debates on decolonisation.
The full programme is available here (design version) and here (accessible version). Please note that all times are listed according to British Summer Time.
This interdisciplinary gathering is held as the International Workshop of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), which is jointly based at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany) and the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (Egypt). The workshop is co-organised by the ERC-SIQILLIYA project at the Università degli Studi di Padova, and it is hosted by the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History in cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Institute (Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity Challenge) at the University of Aberdeen.
The AGYA organisers are: Dr Hany Rashwan (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)Professor Florian Zemmin (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
The co-organisers are: Professor Nile Green (University of California, Los Angeles)Professor Nicola Carpentieri (Università degli Studi di Padova)Dr Jakub Zbrzezny as the host co-organiser from the University of Aberdeen (DHPA – Divinity Department). The organisers welcome expressions of interest in online participation from academics, students, and members of the public worldwide.
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To register, please fill in the form Monday 8 September.