[Andalusi Studies] Final conference programe: Translation and Multilingualism in the Premodern Islamic World(s) | 15-16 Nov 2024, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Islamic Studies

[Hany Rashwan]

Dear friends and colleagues,

I hope this message finds you and your loved ones in excellent health.
With only one week left until our conference begins, we are excited to
welcome you in person to Berlin soon. You can view the final conference
program on the Berlin University website using the following link:
*https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/aktuelles/Conference_-Translation-and-Multilingualism-in-the-Premodern-Islamic-World_s_.html
<https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/islamwiss/aktuelles/Conference_-Translation-and-Multilingualism-in-the-Premodern-Islamic-World_s_.html>*
Here are the keynote lectures:

15 November 2024

09:30 – 10:15
Arabic Lingua Franca and Popular Philosophy
Beatrice Gründler, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

13:00 – 13:45
Wild Birds Cannot be Sold: Rumi on Translating Wordlessness and Speech
Fatemeh Keshavarz, University of Maryland, USA

16:45 – 17:30
Language Politics and Translation in Multilingual Near East in Early Islam
Dimitri Gutas, Yale University, USA


16 November 2024

09:00 – 09:45
Arabic-Persian Bilingualism and Translation in Ilkhanid Iran
Louise Marlow, Wellesley College, USA

12:30 – 13:15
Islamicate Jewish Religious and Literary Intellectuals on the Status of
Arabic and Hebrew
Ross Brann, Cornell University, USA

17:00 -17:45
The Ultimate Domesticising Translation into Arabic
Geert Jan van Gelder, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

The conference presents 27 excellent papers that cover several overlooked
aspects of premodern multilingualism and the role of translation in Islamic
cultures.

We've received many inquiries from those interested in attending, and we’re
pleased to confirm that the conference is open to the public, with no fees
or prior registration required.

The conference will be held at Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of
Islamic Studies:
Conference Venue
Freie Universität Berlin
Institute of Islamic Studies
Fabeckstraße 23 – 25
14195 Berlin
Seminar Room 2.2058 (second floor)

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I will do my best for
you.

All very best wishes of health and success to you
Hany
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Best wishes,

Dr Hany Rashwan

Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)

Honorary Research Fellow

School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music

University of Birmingham (UoB)

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/HanyRashwan

https://bham.academia.edu/HanyRashwan

PhD in  Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)

Languages & Cultures Faculty

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University of London
SOAS, University of London, is a world-leading higher education institution
specializing in the study of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It has a
unique focus combining both disciplinary and regional expertise with
language scholarship. Founded in 1916, with its first students enrolled in
1917, the School celebrated its Centenary in 2016-17.
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