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SUMMARY:CIRS Hosts Conference on "Innovation in Islam"
DESCRIPTION:On April 5–6\, 2008\, the Center for International and Regional Studies hosted the “Innovation in Islam” Conference. \n\nInnovation in Islam explored topics such as the idea and reality of innovation in Islam; development of knowledge in early Islam; development and change in the Islamic legal system; the arts and artistic innovation in Islam; science and scientific innovation in Islam; jurisprudential innovation in Islam; and politics and political innovation in Islam. \n\nIn addition to posting the proceedings of the conference on its website\, CIRS plans on compiling\, editing\, and publishing some of the key papers of the conference in the form of an edited volume titled Innovation in Islam: Traditions and Contributions (University of California Press\, 2011).  \n\nKeynote Speaker:\n\nThe keynote address for the conference was delivered by the acclaimed poet Adonis. A pioneer in modern Arabic poetry\, Ali Ahmad Said Esber has written more than twenty books in Arabic.  \n\nParticipants:\n\nThe conference brought together some of the most prominent scholars on Islamic thought\, culture and history. They included Amira Sonbol\, Hassan Hanafi\, John Voll\, Mehran Kamrava\, Mohammed Arkoun\, Nasr Hamid Abu-Zayd\, Nelly Hanna\, Omaima Abou Bakr\, Patrick Laude\, Peter Gran\, Sherman Jackson\, Sumaiya A. Hamdani\, Tariq Ramadan\, Walter Denny\, Zakaryya Abdel-Hady\, and Ziba Mir-Hosseini.  \n\nSchedule:\n\nPanel I – Innovation In Islam: Concept and Reality  \n\nChair: James Reardon-Anderson \n\nDevelopment of Knowledge in Early Islam – Nasr Hamid Abu-ZaydHistory from Below; Dictionary from Below – Nelly Hanna	 \n\nPanel II – Islamic Institutions: Traditions and Contributions \n\nChair: Patrick Meadows \n\nThe Fatimid Legacy: Policy and Precedent for Minority-Majority Coexistence in Islam – Sumaiya A. HamdaniThe Changing Family in Islam – Amira SonbolThe Mosque Yesterday and Today – Zakaryya Abdel-Hady	​	 \n\nPanel III – Islam and the Intellectual Process \n\nChair: Ibrahim Oweiss \n\nNew Directions in Islamic Thought – Hassan HanafiIslam and the Intellectual Process: Deconstructing Episteme(s) – Mohammed ArkounKnowledge and Hermeneutics in Islam Today – Tariq Ramadan	 \n\nPanel IV – Literary and Artistic Innovation \n\nChair: Patricia O’Connor \n\nInnovation and Tradition in Islamic Art – Walter DennySufi Poetry:  Innovation and Tradition – Patrick LaudeHistory and Biography – Jawid Mojaddedi	​	 \n\nPanel V – Theology and Politics of Fiqh \n\nChair: Edmund Ghareeb \n\nShi’a Fiqh at the Gates of  Historic Change – Mehran KamravaFiqh and Moral Disagreement in : Challenging the Justice of the Criminal Justice System – Ziba Mir-Hosseini Interpreting Women’s Biographies in Medieval Islamic Writings – Omaima Abou-Bakr	​	 \n\nPanel VI – Islam and Modernity  \n\nChair: Joshua Mitchell \n\nLiberal/Progressive\, Modern and Modernized Islam: Muslims and the American State – Sherman JacksonModern Movements in Islam – John VollThe Reception of Islamic Roots of Capitalism  – Peter Gran	 
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/cirs-hosts-conference-innovation-islam/
CATEGORIES:Dialogue Series,Panels,Race & Society,Regional Studies
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