Hovhannes Mrk‘uz Jułayec‘i
Dennis Halft, “Hovhannes Mrk‘uz Jułayec‘i”, in: Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, vol. 12 (Asia, Africa and the Americas 1700-1800), ed. D. Thomas and J. Chesworth, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 260-265.
From the liberal education market to an Egypt on the move: a return to a path of research
Frédéric Abécassis Director of Studies at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) in Cairo icon-calendar Tuesday October 16ᵗʰ, 2018 Frédéric Abécassis is the new Director of Studies at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO) in Cairo. This seminar was an opportunity for him to present the different stages of his research project. Since […]
Newsletter — September 2018
Dear friends, The talk on the principles of interreligious dialogue, given by Bishop Jean-Marc Aveline at the second gala of IDEO (see the picture above), was inaugural in several ways. Not only did it inaugurate our academic year and our annual cycle of seminars (click here to register), but it was also a great exercise […]
The legacy of al-Fārābī (d. 339/950) in the philosophical thinking in al-Andalus
Aziz Hilal Doctor of Arabic Philosophy icon-calendar Wednesday October 3ʳᵈ, 2018 Muḥammad ʿĀbid al-Ǧābirī (d. 2010) supported the idea of an epistemological break between the philosophical thought of the Arab East and Arab West. According to him, thinking in the East devolved, especially with Avicenna (d. 428/1037), into Gnosticism and irrationalism. Whereas thinking in the […]
The theological principles of interreligious dialogue
Jean-Marc Aveline Auxiliary Bishop of Marseille President of the Council for Interreligious Relations at the Bishop’s Conference of France icon-calendar Wednesday September 12ᵗʰ, 2018 Listen to the lecture (in French): Interreligious dialogue covers two very different realities: it is both what public authorities would like religions to do for greater social peace, as well as […]
Cercare di capirsi
Jean Druel, Cercare di capirsi: Avvio al dialogo interreligioso, Brescia: Queriniana, 2018, 88 pages. «Lo scopo di questo libriccino è aiutare persone che vorrebbero imbastire un dialogo con altri credenti (o con non credenti), ma non sanno bene come e da dove cominciare. Vorrei cercare di aiutare tutte queste persone a entrare progressivamente in una maggiore […]
Newsletter — July-August 2018
Dear friends, I hope you had a good summer, fruitful yet relaxing at the same time. We often receive messages from friends lamenting the fact that this Newsletter reports past events more than it does future events. The idea behind the newsletter is to openly share what is really happening at the IDEO, rather than […]
Newsletter — June 2018
Dear friends, we are glad to announce the publication of volume 33 of MIDEO, dedicated to the Islamic theology of religious diversity. Just as Christianity, Islam must articulate its claim to universality with the reality of a multitude of other religions. What is their status? Are they willed by God? Are they outdated? Are they […]
The Kazan parchment fragments of Sībawayh’s Kitāb
Jean Druel, “The Kazan parchment fragments of Sībawayh’s Kitāb” in Гасырлар авазы (Эхо веков) 90/1 (2018), pages 14‒26.
Newsletter — May 2018
Dear friends, The academic year has ended like last year, with a seminar session (photo) and an ifṭār to which a hundred people attended. It was an opportunity to welcome new students and researchers at the IDEO. At a time when more and more researchers work alone and only document on the Internet, it is […]