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Philology and Religious Encounter in Medieval and Early Modern Times

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…

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A European Qur’an? The Muslim holy book in European culture – Presentation by John Tolan

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"…

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Call for Papers – Autumn School 2023: ‘ The Qur’an and Its Interpretive Communities’

Call for Papers – 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…

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Watch a new video by John Tolan: The Enlightenment Muhammad: An Anticlerical Hero

Watch a new video by John Tolan: The Enlightenment Muhammad: An Anticlerical Hero

From the eighteenth century onwards, many European and American leaders saw the Prophet Muhammad as a…

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Programme ERC : un événement autour des talents des Pays de la Loire

Programme ERC : un événement autour des talents des Pays de la Loire

Le 10 mai 2023 Campus Centre Loire Bâtiment BIAS 2, amphithéâtre C 10, rue Bias -…

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Conference “What is the European Qur’ān? Definitions, descriptions, representations (12th-19th c.)”

Conference “What is the European Qur’ān? Definitions, descriptions, representations (12th-19th c.)”

Nantes, 11-12 May 2023 Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Ange Guépin The Nantes Université researchers of…

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EuQu International Workshop ” Cataloguing Multilingual Manuscripts by the Examples of European Qurans and Tafsirs”

EuQu International Workshop ” Cataloguing Multilingual Manuscripts by the Examples of European Qurans and Tafsirs”

26-27 April 2023 Naples – Italy Katarzyna K. Starczewska, Post-Doc Researcher at the EuQu Project (ERC…

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Séminaire du CRHIA #1 : “Les crises religieuses”

Séminaire du CRHIA #1 : “Les crises religieuses”

Le 20 octobre 2022 de 10:00 à 16:45 Campus Tertre Amphi 4 Bâtiment Censive Nantes Université…

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Colloque « Usages du passé et imaginaire politique dans la littérature bourguignonne »

Colloque « Usages du passé et imaginaire politique dans la littérature bourguignonne »

Du 19 au 21 octobre 2022 Centre Universitaire du musé Boulogne-sur-mer Organisé par l’Université littorale Côte…

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Call for papers: What is the European Qur’ān?

ERC EuQu, Nantes, 11-12 May 2023 (deadline for the submission of proposals: 24 October 2022) The…

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The University of Chicago to award Professor Mercedes Garcia Arenal

Honorary degree in recognition of her significant contribution to her field of study.   On the…

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Summer School “The Qur’an in inter-Christian polemic” June 2022

14-17 June 2022 Nantes, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin 5 allée Jacques Berque, 44021…

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Conference “The Propaganda Fide and Filippo Guadagnoli’s Arabic Refutations of the Quran, 1637 and 1649”

By Nabil Matar, Professor of English, University of Minnesota Tuesday 14th of June 2022 6pm-8pm IEA…

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Publication “Nouvelle histoire de l’islam” de John Tolan

Le dernier livre de John Tolan vient de paraitre (5 mai 2022) : Nouvelle histoire de…

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Programme 2021-2022 (second semestre) du séminaire Prométhéd – Problèmes et méthodes de l’édition des textes médiévaux

Programme 2021-2022 (second semestre) du séminaire Prométhéd – Problèmes et méthodes de l’édition des textes médiévaux

Pour ce second semestre, la première séance du séminaire Prométhéd sera assurée par Irene Reginato, post-doctorante…

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International Workshop – The Holy Book of the Ishmaelites in the World of Eastern Christianity

International Workshop – The Holy Book of the Ishmaelites in the World of Eastern Christianity

May 11-12, 2022   |   University of Copenhagen The Holy Book of the Ishmaelites was the name…

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Summer School “The Qur’an in inter-Christian polemic” June 2022

Summer School “The Qur’an in inter-Christian polemic” June 2022

14-17 June 2022 Nantes, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin 5 allée Jacques Berque, 44021…

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Interview with Mercedes García-Arenal – PI of ‘The European Qur’an’

Video about our ERC project 5 minutes to understand our ERC Synergy Grant project "The European…

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Webinar “The European Qur’ān: The Qur’ān in European Religious and Cultural History”

Webinar “The European Qur’ān: The Qur’ān in European Religious and Cultural History”

February 10, 2021 on Zoom Near Eastern Studies Lecture, The European Qur’ān: The Qur’ān in European…

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Video conference by John Tolan

Video conference by John Tolan

La conférence "Le Coran de Napoléon" (jeudi 7 janvier 2021) du Professeur John Tolan est en…

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ACMES panel on Sharia, Justice and Legal Order

ACMES panel on Sharia, Justice and Legal Order

In celebration of the publication of: Sharia, Justice and Legal Order Egyptian and Islamic Law: Selected…

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Interview with John Tolan about his book ‘Faces of Muhammad’

Interview with John Tolan about his book ‘Faces of Muhammad’

 Listen to the podcast of the New Books Network - Nov 6, 2020 Faces of…

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Table ronde « Quelques réflexions autour du Coran des historiens »

Table ronde « Quelques réflexions autour du Coran des historiens »

Mardi 9 février 2021 à 18h Lieu Unique à Nantes - France /// Table ronde proposée…

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Webinar 2: Recognizing Religion(s): The Cultural Dynamics of Religious Encounters and Interactions in Historical Perspective

Webinar 2: Recognizing Religion(s): The Cultural Dynamics of Religious Encounters and Interactions in Historical Perspective

Webinar on "Forms of Religious Recognition in Early Modern Iberia and the Ottoman Empire" Timings: Abu Dhabi…

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Current Issues with John Tolan

Current Issues with John Tolan

John Tolan (Université de Nantes, France) gave a lecture on the 2nd of November 2020 on…

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Tribune de John Tolan dans Le Monde « Voltaire, premier islamo-gauchiste de l’histoire ? »

Tribune de John Tolan dans Le Monde « Voltaire, premier islamo-gauchiste de l’histoire ? »

[caption id="attachment_2284" align="aligncenter" width="300"] FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP[/caption] Tribune publiée dans Le Monde le 10 octobre…

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John Tolan becomes associate fellow of the IAS-Nantes

John Tolan becomes associate fellow of the IAS-Nantes

The Nantes Institute for Advanced Study has the honour to announce the nomination of a new…

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Lecture with John Tolan. Rethinking the Dhimma System: Comparative Perspectives in Legal History

Lecture with John Tolan. Rethinking the Dhimma System: Comparative Perspectives in Legal History

Mellon Minorities in the Middle East series Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) Live…

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Roberto Tottoli new rector of the University of Naples L’Orientale

Roberto Tottoli new rector of the University of Naples L’Orientale

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Recognizing Religion(s): The Cultural Dynamics of Religious Encounters and Interactions in Historical Perspective

Recognizing Religion(s): The Cultural Dynamics of Religious Encounters and Interactions in Historical Perspective

Fall 2020 Webinars: These are the first of a series of online seminars that will explore…

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Podcast Euradionantes avec John Tolan “La place de l’islam en Europe au Moyen Age”

Podcast Euradionantes avec John Tolan “La place de l’islam en Europe au Moyen Age”

Pour écouter le podcast : http://euradio.fr/2020/02/10/la-place-de-lislam-en-europe-au-moyen-age-les-voies-de-lhistoire/ Le Coran Européen : l’étude du Texte Sacré de l’Islam…

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L’Alcoran. Comment l’Europe a découvert le Coran

L’Alcoran. Comment l’Europe a découvert le Coran

L’historien Olivier Hanne est venu sur France culture présenter l'histoire de la réception du Coran en…

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Le Coran des Historiens

Le Coran des Historiens

Coran : le regard des historiens Comment l'interprétation des textes coraniques a-t-elle changé au cours du…

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Postdoctoral positions with all EuQu partner universities – closing date: 4 March 20

Postdoctoral positions with all EuQu partner universities – closing date: 4 March 20

General call for applications University of Kent (UK) advertisement

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Doctoral Scholarships with all EuQu partner Universities – closing date: 1 March 20

Fully funded scholarships -  general call for applications Fully funded scholarships at the University of Kent…

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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…

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Call for participation in a research student workshop on Interreligious relations in the Middle Ages

The Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies, the Renaissance and Mediterranean Forum and the Haifa Center for…

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Call for papers: The Materiality of Pious Texts

Call for papers: The Materiality of Pious Texts

36th CIHA World Congress in Lyon Matter Materiality | Matière Matérialité Dates: June 23–27, 2024 –…

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