Avicenna Study Group

08/09/2023

Good news for anyone who cannot make it to France next week to join the Fourth International meeting of the Avicenna Study Group in person: we were able to turn the conference into a hybrid event. You can follow it on Zoom with the links announced here: http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/index.php/asg-iv/zoom/

This page will always display the correct Zoom link. (If no link is shown yet, please check back later! You will find the correct link – at the very latest – on the first day of the conference.)

We are looking forward to welcoming you either as an essence existing on Zoom or as an essence existing in the real world.

General Information NEWS: The conference is now a hybrid event – follow it on Zoom here! The conference will be held from 13–15 September 2023 in the Maison méditerranéenne des…

13/08/2023

Dear friends and colleagues,

please consider joining us in a month for the Fourth International Meeting of the Avicenna Study Group — this time in France.

We will meet from 13–15 September 2023 in the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence (for the first two days: https://www.mmsh.fr/presentation/) and in the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseille (for the final day: https://www.mucem.org/en) to discuss Avicenna’s shorter treatises and writings:

“A Hidden Treasure: Editorial, Historical, and Philosophical Issues in Avicenna’s ‘Minor’ Works (rasāʾil)” / “Un trésor caché :�Questions éditoriales, historiques et philosophiques sur les œuvres “mineures” (rasāʾil) d’Avicenne”

For a detailed programme, visit http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/.

Please spend a half minute on registering, if you wish to come, as this will help us greatly to organise the venue and everything else: http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/index.php/asg-iv/registration/.

Avicenna, Olga L. Lizzini, and I are looking forward to welcoming you!

01/06/2023

In just about 100 days, the Avicenna Study Group is coming back together for a fourth time in France from 13–15 September 2023 in the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence (for the first two days: https://www.mmsh.fr/presentation/) and in the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseille (for the final day: https://www.mucem.org/en).

The topic of the fourth meeting of the ASG will be: “A Hidden Treasure: Editorial, Historical, and Philosophical Issues in Avicenna’s ‘Minor’ Works (rasāʾil)”

Confirmed speakers are: Nicholas Aubin (University of Warwick) – Cristina Cerami (CNRS, UMR 7219 Sphère, Paris) – Mohammad Javad Esmaeili (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran) – Dimitri Gutas (Yale University, New Haven) – Jawdath Jabbour (CNRS, centre Paul Albert Février, Aix-en-Provence) – Damien Janos (Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung/LMU Munich) – Jules Janssens (De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Leuven) – Ivana Panzeca (University of Palermo) – Marwan Rashed (Université Paris-Sorbonne) – Burak Şaman (Istanbul 29 Mayis University) – Yotam Schremer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) – Omer Michaelis (Tel Aviv University) – Meryem Sebti (CNRS, UMR 8230 Centre Jean Pépin, Paris) – Sarah Virgi (Utrecht University) – Mali Alinejad Zanjani (École normale supérieure, Paris) – Nadjet Zouggar (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Iremam)

A programme and more details will be circulated soon. But you may already think about looking for itineraries!

Registration: http://www.arabic-philosophy.com/index.php/asg-iv/registration/ (the registration helps us to organise the venue and everything else).

Many thanks!

General Information The conference will be held from 13–15 September 2023 in the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence (for the first two days) and in the Musée…

25/07/2022

The Avicenna Study Group continues in 2023 in Aix-en-Provence (France). Please consider submitting an abstract on Avicenna's so-called “Minor” Works (rasāʾil) until 18 September 2022 to become part of ASG IV. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/436835716328335/posts/8137262802952216/)