2019-2020 Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues, The Islamic Studies Workshop welcomes paper proposals for the 2019-20 academic year. Presentations can include portions of dissertation chapters or proposals, job talks, master’s theses, conference presentations, or other research, and we especially welcome work-in-progress. In the past, we have hosted scholars from Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, History of Science, History of Christianity […]

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Rosabel Pauline Ansari – Jan 17th

Please join us at Islamic Studies Workshop next Thursday, January 17th from 2-3:30 in Swift 400 for discussion with Rosabel Pauline Ansari (Georgetown) on her paper titled: Al-Farābī and the Ontology Within Language Description: This workshop will focus on a draft section of one of my dissertation chapters. My dissertation is on the genesis of tashkīk al-wujūd (“the ambiguity […]

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Islamic Studies Workshop – Winter Quarter schedule

Dear colleagues, Welcome back! The Islamic Studies Workshop is happy to announce our schedule for the Winter quarter: January 17 Al-Farābī and the Ontology Within Language | Rosabel Pauline Ansari (Georgetown, PhD) January 31 Freeing the Kadi’s Justice: Max Weber and Methodology in Islamic Legal Historiography | Amir Toft (NELC, PhD) February 15* Salafi Ruqya in England: The Role of […]

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October 24th- Zach Winters

Dear Colleagues, Please join us on Wednesday, October 24th at Islamic Studies Workshop, 12:30-1:30pm in Swift 201. We will be hearing from Zach Winters (NELC) on his paper “Messianism and Revolt in 15th-Century Iran: The Musha’sha’id Order in al-Mu’ālī’s Khunkār-nāma.” Please e-mail Allison Kanner (akanner@uchicago.edu) if you would like a copy of the pre-circulated paper. […]

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