December 2023
14 Hiob Ludolf, the Qurʾan, and the History of Writing In: Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben Author: Jan Loop Type: Chapter Pages: 351–393 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004548190_015 In Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700 Series: The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: [...]
Date & Time Friday Dec 15 , 2023; 1 2:15 p.m. EST 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 [...]
November 2023
One of our EuQu researcher, Michael Pregill (University L’Orientale Naples) https://euqu.eudr-michael-e-pregill/ has recently published an article “From the Mishnah to Muḥammad: Jewish Traditions of Late Antiquity and the Composition of the Qur’an.” It discusses the question of qur'anic authorship in light of the Qur'an's intertextual connections to biblical and Jewish [...]
Jan Loop in Lorck’s illustration of the Kaaba, in the catalogue entry to the Melchior Lorck exhibition at Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Exhibition Melchior Lorck – An Artist in Transit 9 November 2023 - 3 March 2024 Copenhagen at SMK Facts, fiction and interpretation in the 16th century A [...]
The Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Essays in Honour of Nasser David Khalili Edited by Qaisra M. Khan and Nahla Nassar With Contributions by Alastair Hamilton, Aram Vardanyan, Arnoud Vrolijk, Bilal Badat, Sami De Giosa, Edmund Hayes, Harry Munt, James Nicholson, Jan Loop, Janie Lightfoot, John Slight, Luitgard Mols, [...]
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).
