[math-ias] REMINDER: IAS Medieval Studies and NES Joint Lecture: Beyond Ethiopia: The Islamic Intellectual History of the Horn of Africa, May 20, 12-1:30 pm

[Digital Scholarship @IAS]

IAS Medieval Studies and Near Eastern Studies Joint Lecture

 

May 20, 12-1:30 pm

 

Beyond Ethiopia: The Islamic Intellectual History of the Horn of Africa. 

 

This is the fourth and final event of a webinar series IAS Ethiopian
Studies.

 

Panelists: Maria Bulakh (Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies,
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow) .
Alessandro Gori (University of Copenhagen) . Hassen Muhammad Kawo
(University of Cape Town, South Africa) . Paul M. Love (Al Akhawayn
University) . Anne Regourd (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Paris)

 

Much progress has been made over the past decade in the study of Muslim
Ethiopia, and with the ongoing work of digitizing, cataloguing and
analyzing the local Muslim manuscript tradition, scholars are in a better
position than ever before to assess the intellectual strands prevalent
among the Muslims of Ethiopia at any given time in history. Our objective
for the webinar is threefold: First, we would like to get a clearer
picture of what still needs to be done in terms of salvaging and providing
access to the Muslim manuscript tradition of Ethiopia (or Ethiopian
provenance) - what are the challenges and what would be the promises?
Secondly, we hope to engage in a discussion that will assess the
intellectual traditions prevalent among Ethiopian Muslims, e.g. legal
traditions, doctrinal stances, and other prevalent expressions of Islamic
identity, throughout history. Thirdly, we intend to engage in a discussion
that will situate the intellectual history of Muslim Ethiopia beyond its
core region and discuss how it intersected over the centuries with other
prevalent strands and developments, such as the Horn of Africa (including
Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia), Southern Arabia (Yemen), as well as East
Africa or even the Indian Ocean network. Lastly, we are eager to think
together about where the study of Muslim Ethiopia stands within the larger
picture of Ethiopian Studies. 

 

Register in advance for this meeting
<https://theias.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ZUVkUsnQM271HngNrlIAQ> here.

For additional information visit:
<https://www.ias.edu/hs/ias-ethiopian-studies-series>
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ias-ethiopian-studies-series

 

The IAS Ethiopian Studies Series is convened by Suzanne Akbari (IAS),
Aaron Butts (CUA/IAS), Samantha L. Kelly (Rutgers U/IAS), Sabine Schmidtke
(IAS).

 

 

 

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