April 10th, 202110:00 am - 1:15 pm

April 9th, 202110:00 am - 1:15 pm

Qur'an and the Humanities:A Symposium

Zoom Registration Required

https://religion.princeton.edu

Sponsored By: Department of Religion, University Center for Human Values, the Center for the Study of Religion, Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Humanities Council.

Aisha Geissinger, Carleton University

Lauren Osborne, Whitman College

Ali Karjoo -Ravary, Bucknell University

Walid Saleh, University of Toronto

Kristin Zahra Sands, Sarah Lawrence College

William Sherman, UNC Charlotte

Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Université de Nantes

Devin Stewart, Emory University

Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University

Rizwan Zamir, Davidson College

Aisha Geissinger, Carleton University

Lauren Osborne, Whitman College

Ali Karjoo -Ravary, Bucknell University

Walid Saleh, University of Toronto

Kristin Zahra Sands, Sarah Lawrence College

William Sherman, UNC Charlotte

Emmanuelle Stefanidis, Université de Nantes

Devin Stewart, Emory University

Tehseen Thaver, Princeton University

Rizwan Zamir, Davidson College

Photo: Walters Art Museum, W.563, fol 6a © 2011 Creative Commons

Princeton Qur’an Symposium April 9-10th 2021

Friday, April 9th Symposium Introduction

Panel 1 - Qur’an, Hermeneutics and Power10:00am -11:45 am

Aisha 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 StewartNotes on Speech Genres in the Qur'an

Walid SalehSuras betwixt and between: Early Medinan Suras

Break 11:45am – 12noon

Panel 2 - Performing the Qur’an12noon – 1:15pm

Rizwan Zamir Shi‘ite Qur‘anic Elucidations in Twentieth Century South Asia:The Case of Sayyidul ‘Ulama (d.1988)

Lauren OsborneA Theory of Qur'anic Orality

Princeton Qur’an Symposium April 9-10th 2021

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 StefanidisIn search of chronology: theological, historical and literary approaches to qur‘anic temporality

William ShermanIn 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