April 2021
Video published on 02/04/2021 by the Emir Stein Center In the 19th century, some Jewish scholars in Central Europe looked to early Islam and in particular to the Prophet Muhammad for inspiration and consolation. For these scholars, the Muslim prophet could serve as a heuristic model for reforming Judaism. John [...]
March 2021
21 - 25 June, 2021 UIMP Summer Course University Mendendez Pelayo of Santander, Spain Program and registration The objective of this seminar is to analyze the role that the Qur’an had in interactions with Islam in modern and medieval Europe, in debates between Christians of various persuasions and doctrines and [...]
20-21 May 2021 Nantes, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Ange Guépin 5 allée Jacques Berque, 44021 Nantes Cedex 1 Simone Veil Amphitheatre Event online with Zoom - ## REGISTER NOW ONLINE ## Read the program Download the poster Although the first Latin translation of the Qur’ān dates to 1143, and [...]
May 5-6 2021, Madrid ILC-CCHS-CSIC The conference is organized by the EuQu project, Mercedes Garcia-Arenal (CSIC, Madrid) and Gerard Wiegers, (University of Amsterdam) and will be held in Madrid and also on Zoom; Registration links: 5 May. 2021 08:30 a. m. Madrid https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlc-6qpjIsHtHnSpNk0ib0_jDxUUWYGMAP 6 May. 2021 08:30 a. m. Madrid [...]
With the collaboration of the IAS of Princeton. In these videos below, the 4 Principal Investigators who lead the ERC project —Mercedes García-Arenal, John Tolan, Roberto Tottoli, Jan Loop— with their respective units in Madrid, Nantes, Naples and Copenhagen, are presenting their angle of research and expertise within the project [...]
The next EuQu Seminar of Work in Progress will be on Friday, 12 March, at 14.00 (CET) Our post-doc. researcher Asaph Ben-Tov will be presenting some preliminary findings for a chapter in the book The Uses of the Qur’an in Early Modern Germany which he is co-authoring with Jan Loop. [...]
