November 2020
FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP Tribune publiée dans Le Monde le 10 octobre 2020 Plutôt que de proférer des qualificatifs injurieux dans le but de disqualifier d’éventuels adversaires, l’historien John Tolan invite à renouer avec le débat contradictoire. Lire l'article Copyright photo : Un buste du philosophe et écrivain Voltaire, [...]
The Nantes Institute for Advanced Study has the honour to announce the nomination of a new associate fellow: John Tolan John Tolan works on the history of religious and cultural relations between the Arab and Latin worlds in the Middle Ages and on the history of religious interaction and conflict [...]
October 2020
Mellon Minorities in the Middle East series Friday, October 9, 2020 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) Live Meeting via Zoom. RSVP required to obtain access details. In textbook versions of Islamic history, the pact of Umar still looms large. According to Muslim tradition, caliph ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb imposed on the Christians [...]
September 2020
Fall 2020 Webinars: These are the first of a series of online seminars that will explore the historical, cultural, and geographical boundaries and contact points between the peoples of Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of the world, from the beginning of Islam to the near present. The series [...]
February 2020
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 à travers la Culture et Religion Européenne » est un projet de recherche financé sur six ans par une bourse d’équipe, Synergy Grant, du Conseil européen de la recherche. Ce projet va permettre l’étude [...]
