Analysis of the methodology for reading Sībawayh’s Kitāb Dʳ Abderrahmane Boudraa, February 27ᵗʰ, 2025 Session report Introduction The scientific study of the Kitāb must first place it within its original context before exploring its connections with modern linguistics. This approach relies on two levels of analysis: a historical reading that
Dr. Ramzi Baalbaki, January 25, 2025 Session report Introduction The lecture delivered by Dr. Ramzi Baalbaki focused on the Arabic linguistic theory, with particular emphasis on grammar and lexicography. For a system to be considered a linguistic theory, it must be based on a comprehensive, well-defined, and coherent corpus, establish
Fourth IDEO Conference in Cairo, October 16ᵗʰ‒17ᵗʰ, 2021 Scientific committee: Omar Alí-de-Unzaga (IIS, London), Aziz Hilal (IDEO, Cairo), Davidson McLaren (Thesaurus Islamicus, Istanbul), Ahmad Wagih (IDEO, Cairo). Coordination: Asma Hilali (Lille University). Watch the contributions of Saturday, October 16th Under the auspices of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies, and
Asma Lamrabet Euro-Arab Foundation of the University of Granada icon-calendar Sunday February 21ˢᵗ, 2021 Click here to watch the lecture on Youtube (in French with Arabic subtitles)… Like many Muslim women working in intellectual and activist networks (Karamah in the United States, or Musawah in Malaysia), Mrs. Asma Lamrabet tries
Sana Bou Antoun PhD student at Paris-IV Sorbonne Université icon-calendar Tuesday November 10ᵗʰ, 2020 Western studies of the Qurʾān have a very ancient history, dating back to the 12ᵗʰ century, and it is important to study this history in order to better understand the stakes of the current situation. Consisting
Notes on a Work in Progress, by Simon Conrad PhD student at Princeton University icon-calen Tuesday October 20ᵗʰ, 2020 When he returned from Cambridge in 1930 with his doctorate in his pocket after nine years of study, Abū al-ʿIlā ʿAfīfī (1897‒1966) was determined to introduce Sufi studies at the Egyptian
Third IDEO Conference in Cairo (and on Zoom) icon-calendar October 16ᵗʰ‒18ᵗʰ, 2020 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Devin J. Stewart, Emory University (Atlanta) Scientific coordination: Anne-Sylvie Boisliveau (IDEO, Strasbourg) & Asma Hilali (Lille) The questions raised by the topic of recitation are many and sometimes difficult to define, as Devin Stewart summed
Youssouf Sangaré University of Clermont-Auvergne (France) icon-calendar June 21, 2020 Click here to watch the lecture on Youtube (in French with Arabic subtitles)… The Iraqi Shiite theologian al-Sayyid Kamāl al-Haydarī (born in 1956) is one of the most active theologians on social networks, where he is highly followed. In his
Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner Journalist at La Croix icon-calendar Sunday February 16ᵗʰ, 2020 We asked Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, who was in charge of the section on Islam for several years at the newspaper La Croix, to reflect on her experience. Knowing practically nothing about Islam when she accepted that position, she embarked
Adrien de Jarmy PhD candidate at Sorbonne Université, IDEO/IFAO Fellow icon-calendar Tuesday February 11ᵗʰ, 2020 While the classical Muslim exegetical tradition considers the Qurʾān as a starting point, and focuses on clarifying its obscure points by referring to the life of the Prophet and His sayings, the contemporary tendency of
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