Lecture “The Diversity of Islam”
John Tola, Lecture “The Diversity of Islam”, as distinguished guest lecturer to the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Budapest (19 June 2023, 12:00).
Lecture “Napoléon in Egypt. Between Qur’an and Enlightenment”
John Tolan, Lecture “Napoléon in Egypt. Between Qur’an and Enlightenment”, lecture to the Hungarian Historical Institute, Budapest (20 June 2023, 11:00).
A European Qur’an? The Muslim holy book in European culture – Presentation by John Tolan
John Tolan will present hos book “A European Qur’an? The Muslim holy book in European culture” at Columbia University Wednesday September 27, 2023 4:30-6:00pm 207 Knox Hall (606 W 122nd […]
Congreso internacional “El Mediterráneo como entorno de nacimiento, desarrollo, expansión y confrontación de creencias religiosas”
V Congrés Internacional de la Federació Valenciana d’Estudis Clàssics (FeVEC) Vila-real / Peñíscola, 5-7 de octubre de 2023 Comunicación de John Tolan (Nantes Université) el 6 de octubre : ¿Los […]
Philology and Religious Encounter in Medieval and Early Modern Times
International Conference University of Copenhagen Faculty of Theology 9 – 11 October 2023 At this conference we want to discuss and celebrate philology as a tool of religious encounter. ‘Scriptural […]
Sessions “Practices of Commentary Reading Group: Orality and Written Textuality”
On October 16, 2023, the first session of the Reading Group on Orality and Written Textuality will take place at the University of Toronto and it will be open to […]
Il Corano tra testi e contesti – Nuovi strumenti e nuove interpretazioni
Nell’ambito del progetto di rilevante interesse per l’Ateneo “Cambiamento o trasformazione? Conoscere, comunicare e trascendere nell’era digitale. Per un nuovo umanesimo” (Linea d’intervento D.3.2., 2020). Venerdì 20 ottobre 2023 Sala […]
Autumn School 2023: ‘ The Qur’an and Its Interpretive Communities’
Date: 23 – 26 October 2023 Location: VU Amsterdam The significance of the Qur’an extends far beyond the confines of Islamic theological circles. Its study continues to engross, firstly, the […]
Exhibition in Faenza of antique books about the Ottoman world : Il Turco a Faenza
The opening will take place on the 24th of October at 5.30pm at the Biblioteca Manfrediana in Faenza, Italy. With Davide Scotto and Michele Petrone, post-doc researchers of the Università […]
International Congress “Christian Readings of Muslim Exegetical Sources in Interreligious Perspective”
15-16 November 2023, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sala de Graus de la Facultat de Lletres Organized by Ulisse Cecini Ramón y Cajal Fellow of the Spanish Ministry of Science and […]
Online Webinar EuQu Project – John Tolan International Conference Quranic and Prophetic Life Studies
John Tolan, invited by the Isfahan University in Iran, will be giving an online webinar on the "European Qur'an Project" on November 22, 2023, at 15h30 (Paris Time).
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., […]