Practices of Commentary Reading Group: Orality and Written Textuality

The Practices of Commentary reading group brings humanities researchers of different
backgrounds together to discuss matters of common interest. The group meets once a month in a
hybrid mode (i.e., both in person and online). Every session is led by a graduate student
researcher who introduces in 5 to 10 minutes an article, a book chapter (or chapters), or a book
on a selected theme. 1 A discussion then follows, open to all participants

Friday December 15 , 2023, from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (Eastern time). Michele Petrone (University of Napoli l ’ will lead the group in a discussion o f the following article: Knight, M. Oral Features of the Qur’ān Detected in Public Recitation in: Oral Tradition , 32/1 (2018): 141 190