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Conference Announcement Theme: Cultures of Continuity Subtitle: Jewish-Muslim Conversations on a Contested Ideal Type: Forum for Jewish-Muslim Theology and Thought Institution: Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Virginia Center for the Study of Religion, University of Virginia Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 24.–26.10.2022 __________________________________________________ The inaugural Forum for Jewish-Muslim Theology and Thought will take place this October in Berlin and will be on the theme of "Cultures of Continuity." All discussions will be held in English. Monday, October 24 9:00 – 10:00 Introduction Asher Biemann (University of Virginia) & Ufuk Topkara (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) 10:15 – 11:45 Panel I Elias Sacks (University of Colorado, Boulder): The Limits of Continuity: Nachman Krochmal and the Case for Philosophy Armina Omerika (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): Jewish-Muslim Positions on Religion and Rationality at the Turn of the 20th Century 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Panel II Daniel Weiss (Cambridge University): Moses Mendelssohn's surprising continuity with pre-modern Jewish law and its challenge to narratives of cultural "integration" Sara Omar (Georgetown University): A Shared Narrative: Muslim Qaṣaṣ and the Aggada 15:00 – 17:30 Guided tour of historic Berlin 18:00 – 19:30 Keynote Celene Ibrahim (Groton School/Boston Islamic Seminary): Women's Midrash and Tafsir: Twenty-First Century Exegetical Continuities and Ruptures Reception & Music: Nur Ben Shalom Ensemble Tuesday, October 25 9:00 – 10:30 Panel III George Kohler (Bar Ilan University): Abraham Geiger on Jewish Texts in the Koran Tuğrul Kurt (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin): The Interdependency of Jews and Muslims in Medieval Intellectual History: Muslim Impact on Saadia Gaon (d. 942) and the Reception of his Thoughts 10:45 – 12:15 Panel IV Nimet Şeker (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin): From late antique Medina to (post-)modern Europe: Muslim women’s veil in the Qur’an and in today’s context. A Qur’anic perspective Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia): A New Creation: Continuity and Change in Sufi Cosmologies 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:30 – 16:00 Panel V Shira Billet (Yale University): The "Principle of Continuity" in Hermann Cohen's Philosophy of (Jewish) History: Between Conservation, Annihilation, and Transformation Elad Lapidot (University of Lille): Continuity as Recontinuation. The Figure of Return in 20th Century German and French Jewish Thought 16:30 – 18:00 Panel VI Esra Almas (Bilkent University) & Jack Kugelmass (University of Florida): Joining the Club: Jews, Muslims and Others in an Istanbul Cabaret 19:00 Dinner Wednesday, October 26 9:00 – 10:30 Panel VII Elisabeth Topkara (Universität Heidelberg): Theorising Otherness: The Continuities and Ruptures of Strangerhood in German Jewish Thought Yaniv Feller (University of Florida): The Ellipse of Jewish History: Leo Baeck and the Spanish Golden Age 11:00 – 12:30 Panel VIII Yael Atia (Universität Potsdam): Between Continuity and Rupture: The Case of Albert Memmi Samia Hathroubi (Universität Heidelberg): Albert Memmi an “Arab Jew” in the 20th century 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch 14:30 – 16:00 Text Study & Presentation Cedric Cohen-Skalli (University of Haifa/Bucerius Institute): The Revival of Philosophy in the 19th and early 20th Century Middle East: An Untold Story 16:00 – 17:00 Concluding Discussion 18:00 – 19:30 Keynote Ephraim Meir (Bar Ilan University): Interreligious theology and its relevance for Jewish-Muslim relations Location Senatssaal, Main Campus, 1st floor Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin Registration There is no fee to attend and registration is only required for the keynote sessions. Participants should register by October 21 by contacting Maeve Mc Grath: maeve.mcgr...@hu-berlin.de Further information: https://hu.berlin/JMForum __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
