The lecture series jointly organized by the scholarly Networks LOGOS+ and Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World promotes a genuine encounter between different perspectives on various currents of Philosophy in the Islamic World and creates a space for scholars and philosophers from Japan, Iran, Lebanon and Germany to present their thoughts and to engage in a transcultural, multifocal dialogue on a specific topic in the field.
Überreichung der Festschrift zur Ehrung von Anke von Kügelgen
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Am 18. März 2023 wurde Anke von Kügelgen an der Universität Göttingen die zu ihren Ehren verfasste Festschrift überreicht. Diese Festschrift für die Philosophiehistorikerin und Islamwissenschaftlerin Anke von Kügelgen trägt ihrem übergeordneten Forschungsinteresse an „Wissenskulturen muslimischer Gesellschaften” Rechnung und präsentiert originelle Forschungsbeiträge von ihren Kolleg:innen und Schüler:innen.
Online book launch – Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World
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On 13th of march the editors of the recently published open access volume
Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World, invite to an online book launch.
Most authors, including network coordiantor Roman Seidel, shall be present online and give a brief talk on their chapters before an open discussion.
Decentering Enlightenment: New Publication by Roman Seidel
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Roman Seidel article “Decentring the Grand Narrative of the Enlightenment: The Transregional Micronarrative of Mīrzā Āqā Khān Kermānī’s Writings in Global Intellectual History,” has just been published in the Volume Thinking the Re-Thinking of the World. Decolonial Challenges to the Humanities and Social Sciences from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, edited by Kai Kresse and Abdoulaye Sounaye. Seidel’s article discusses some methodological reflections such as epistemic asymmetries and the idea of philosophical micro narratives.
Women Life Freedom: Philosophies, Histories, Possibilities
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This hybrid symposium, taking place on March 3, 2023 at the University of Dayton as an academic tribute to the Woman Life Freedom movement, will explore the philosophical, historical and contemporary dimensions and possibilities of the women’s human rights struggle in the Middle East, and its relationship with authoritarianism and decolonization.
Towards Epistemic Justice in Islam: A Virtue Ethics Approach. Lecture by Prof. Dr. Fatema Amijee
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On Jan. 31th, 6pm, the Colloquium for Philosophy in the MENA-Region is hosting an online talk by Prof. Fatema Amijee (University of British Columbia), participation is free and without registration.
Philosophische Reflexionen zu Islam und Gesellschaft des syrischen Philosophen Nayef Ballouz: Buchvorstellung und Diskussion
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Am 25. Januar 2023 um 18:00-20:00 Uhr, online, lädt das wissenschaftliche Netzwerk zur Präsentation und Diskussion der neu erschienenen deutschen Übersetzung von “Studie über den Islam und seine gegenwärtige Bedeutung” des syrischen Philosophen Nayef Ballouz ein.
What was Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī up to? Lecture by Prof. Ayman Shihadeh
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On Jan. 24th, 6pm, the Colloquium for Philosophy in the MENA-Region is hosting an online talk by Ayman Shihadeh, participation is free and without registration.
Epistemic, Analytic, and Ontological Meditations on Philosophy in the Islamic Milieu: Inherited Perspectives and Future Horizons. Lecture by Prof. Nader El-Bizri
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On Dec. 13th, 9pm, LOGOS+ and the scholarly network Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World are hosting an online talk by Nader El-Bizri, participation is free and without registration.
New Publication by Mansooreh Khalilizand and Kata Moser
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The network members Mansooreh Khalilizand and Kata Moser published each a paper in the anthology “Women’s Contemporary Readings of Medieval (and Modern) Arabic Philosophy” edited by Saloua Chatti. The paper by Mansooreh Khalilizand focuses on the debate on primacy of existence (aṣālat al-wujūd) versus the primacy of essence (aṣālat al-māhiyya). Khalilizand aims at problematizing and questioning what has been taken as a matter of course in the research, i.e. the implication of the debate on the primacy of existence versus the primacy of essence, formulated as a strict dichotomy in a particular stage of Islamic philosophy.
Kata Moser examines in her study the contemporary Arabic discourse on the legitimacy and nature of metaphysics. In particular the study presents and discusses the notions of Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Youssef Karam, and Yumna Tarief El-Kholy on Metaphysics.