Lectures on Medieval Arabic Thought

The Lectures on Medieval Arabic Thought aim to provide a forum where lectures are presented on a wide variety of subjects relating to the history of medieval Arabic philosophy, the Arab world, and Islamic tradition in the Middle Ages.

Papers address issues of specific academic and general interest in the field. The invited speakers are drawn from a range of academic backgrounds, and include visiting scholars and associates of the Research Unit from both within the EU and the wider international community.

The Lectures are open to the public. Students are welcome.

2024-2023

Workshop Thèmes et Problèmes de Philosophie arabe médiévale

Fès (Morocco): Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines Dhar El Mahraz, Salle des conférences Alqarawiyyn, Date and time: April 24, 2024 – 2.30 p.m. CEST, Speakers: Cecilia Martini Bonadeo, Université de Padoue, Italie; Mohammed Mesbahi, Université Mohamed V de Rabat; Mohammed Abouhafs, Université Moulay Ismaïl de Meknès; Alaa Masry Al-Nahr, Université d’Alexandrie, Egypt, Gerhard Endress, RUB Bochum – Convenors: Youssef Tibesse, E. Coda

Round Table L’influence de la religion néoplatonicienne dans les monothéismes au Moyen Âge

Convenors: Daniel De Smet and Géraldine Roux, Venue: Institut RACHI, 2 rue Brunneval, Troyes, Date: March 16, 2023, h. 20.15.

Previous events in the series

The Heritage of Islamic Humanism

A lecture by prof. Lenn E. Goodman (Vanderbilt University in Nashville), Venue: Faculté des lettres et des Sciences Humaines Département de Philosophie – Université Sidi Mohammed Fes (Morocco) Laboratoire “Droit, Philosophie et Société” — Centre D’Études Ibn Rushd (CEIR) — MSCA project THEIA (GA 892639) Organizers: Youssef Tibesse, Azelarabe Lahkim Bennani, E. Coda

International meetings:

International Meeting on the Transmission of Aristotle’s Meteorology from Antiquity to the Arabic and Latin Middle AgesNovember 26-28, 2019 (Pisa, Palazzo Matteucci – Aula Magna)

Workshops:

Insegnare e disputare La vita intellettuale e universitaria in età medievale

November 25-26, 2019 (Università di Pisa, Complesso ex-Salesiani, via dei Mille 19, 56126 Pisa)

Five Lectures by Prof. Richard C. Taylor (Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

(i) DATE: March 20, 2018. “The Metaphysics of Being and Creation in the Arabic Philosophical Tradition and its Importance for Aquinas: Part One: Arabic tradition, Part Two: Aquinas”

(ii) DATE: March 27, 2018.”Theories of Human Knowing and the Nature of Universals in the Arabic Philosophical Tradition and its Importance for Aquinas: Part One: Arabic tradition, Part Two: Aquinas”

(iii) DATE: April 10, 2018.“The Nature of the Human Soul in the Arabic Philosophical Tradition and its Importance for Aquinas: Part One: Arabic tradition, Part Two: Aquinas”

(iv) DATE: April 23, 2018.”Ultimate Human Happiness in the Arabic Philosophical Tradition and and its Importance for Aquinas: Part One: Arabic tradition, Part Two: Aquinas”

(v) DATE: April 30, 2018.”Philosophy and Religion in the Classical Rationalist Arabic Tradition and Aquinas: Part One: Arabic Tradition, Part Two: Aquinas”

Arabic Codicology – Three Lectures by Dr. Laura E. Parodi (Harvard University)

“I manoscritti in area islamica: Codicologia e illustrazione dal Vicino Oriente all’India”
Date: May 3, 2017 and May 9, 2017
Venue: Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Palazzo Carità, via Pasquale Paoli 15, Pisa (Aula B)
“Una pagina d’album svela i suoi segreti. Considerazioni su un manoscritto Moghul del XVII secolo (Villa I Tatti, TL 41534.7)”
Date: May 18, 2017
Time: 3.00 p.m.
Venue: Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, via dei Mille, Pisa (Sala riunioni 3rd floor)
The lectures are organised by Prof. Pier Giorgio Borbone.
_________________________________

Medieval Arabic Philosophy – A lecture by Dr. Veysel Kaya (Istanbul University)

“Al-Ghazali’s Critique of the Cosmology of the Philosophers”
April 26, 2017 – 8.45 a.m.
Venue: Palazzo Carità (Aula Seminari C), via Pasquale Paoli 15, 2nd floor.
The lecture is organised by Prof. Cristina D’Ancona
_________________________________

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP Greek into Arabic. Philosophical Concepts and Linguistic Bridges

March 14, 2017 (Aula Magna, Palazzo Boileau, via Santa Maria 85, Pisa)
9.30 Introduzione – Pierluigi Barrotta, Direttore del Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere
10.00 Cristina D’Ancona, “Greek into Arabic” 2010-2015
10.15 Andrea Bozzi, Linguistica e filologia computazionali per traduzioni di testi antichi: modello, infrastruttura e esempi
11.15 Henri Hugonnard-Roche, L’ Aristote logique en syriaque: le commentaire de Proba d’Antioche (VIe siècle) sur les Premiers Analytiques
12.00 Rüdiger Arnzen, Aristotle’s Physics: What can we learn from Isḥāq’s Arabic translation about the Greek manuscript tradition?
The workshop is organised by Prof. Cristina D’Ancona and Dr. Elisa Coda
_________________________________

Islamic Thought – A lecture by Prof. Godefroid de Callataÿ (Louvain-la-Neuve)

“The Ṣābi’ans of Ṣā‘id al-Andalusī”
March 13, 2017 – 9.15 a.m.
Venue : Palazzo Boileau (Aula Magna), via Santa Maria 85, 1st floor.
The lecture is organised by Prof. Cristina D’Ancona

Medieval Arabic Science – “International meeting on the transmission of botanical corpora from Antiquity to the Arabic and Latin Middle Ages”

November 16-17, 2016
Pisa (Aula Savi, Museo e Orto botanico, via L. Ghini 13 Pisa).
__________________________________

Arabic History and Linguistics “L’ORIENTE NEL MEDITERRANEO CONTATTI DI LINGUE E CULTURE”

May 30-31, 2016 (Pisa, Palazzo Venera – Museo e Orto botanico)
June 6, 2016 (Museo e Orto botanico)
Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa

Program

The Conference is organised by Prof. Roberto Peroni (University of Pisa) and Dr. Issam Marjani (University of Pisa).