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Princeton Qur’an Symposium: April 9-10, 2021
April 9, 2021 - April 10, 2021
From the organizers:
Zoom Registration Required:
https://princeton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfumvqjkrGtVqSXt_o7LyOWgfmPuoadT3
Princeton Qur’an Symposium
April 9-10th 2021
Friday, April 9th
Symposium Introduction
Panel 1 – Qur’an, Hermeneutics and Power
10:00am -11:45 am
Ash Geissinger
‘Rather, blessed is the one who reads the Book of God and obeys what is in it’: The transmission of the Qur’an and gendered memories.
Devin Stewart
Notes on Speech Genres in the Qur’an
Walid Saleh
Suras betwixt and between: Early Medinan Suras
Break 11:45am – 12noon
Panel 2 – Performing the Qur’an
12noon – 1:15pm
Rizwan Zamir
Shi‘ite Qur‘anic Elucidations in Twentieth Century South Asia: The Case of Sayyidul ‘Ulama (d.1988)
Lauren Osborne
A Theory of Qur’anic Orality
Saturday, April 10th
Panel 3 – The Qur’an and Literary Sensibilities
10:00am -11:45 am
Ali Karjoo-Ravary
Weaving the Qur’an into the King’s Presence: The Qur’an and Royal Chronicles
Emmanuelle Stefanidis
In search of chronology: theological, historical and literary approaches to qur‘anic temporality
William Sherman
In the Name of the Name of God: Oaths, Rhymes, and Repetitions in Examples of Qur’anic Imitation
Break 11:45am – 12noon
Panel 4 The Qur’an and Textual Play, and Symposium Closing
12noon – 1:15pm
Kristin Sands
Rambunctious Readings and Textual Play: Creative Encounters with the Qur’an.
Tehseen Thaver
Negotiating Language and Revelation in Early Islam
Event Sponsors:
Department of Religion, Center for the Study of Religion, University Center for Human Values, Council of the Humanities, Near Eastern Studies