In the Islamic tradition\, Abu ʿAlī Ibn Sīnā or Avicenna [d. 1037] remains the paradigmatic philosopher whose modification of the Aristotelian system\, to propose the first comprehensive Islamic philosophy\, was to have a lasting impact in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe. Bringing together a range of Avicenna scholars from established names to younger\, up-and-coming scholars\, this \;colloquium will focus on the impact and reception of Avicenna in these two lines of influence&mdash\;in scholasticism and in the Islamicate world. We will perpetuate the recent tendency of defining philosophy in the Islamic traditions broadly to include the tradition of philosophical theology or \;kalām.
\nAvicenna and Avicennisms will examine not just what Avicenna meant for the formulation of Islamic philosophy and philosophical inquiry more generally in the Arabic and Persian traditions\, but also how he was received\, understood\, reformulated\, criticized\, and even rejected (often in ways that still marked out the great influence that he had upon his detractors). In that sense\, it will analyse what one of the speakers called 'la pandé\;mie avicennienne&rsquo\; that marked out learned culture in both Christendom and the world of Islam for most of the pre-modern period. The presenters will discuss not just wider issues of the very understanding of philosophy and what Avicenna meant\, but also a range of particular considerations in metaphysics\, logic\, natural philosophy\, and even anthropology.
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Note: \;Attendance \;is free. However\, prior registration is required for Day 2\, as places are limited. Please register here: https://avicennaandavicennisms.eventbrite.co.uk/
\n\nProgramme\n\nFRIDAY\, 6 June 2014\, \;Khalili Lecture Theatre\, SOAS \;
\n14.00&ndash\;14.15 Welcome: Ayman Shihadeh (SOAS) and Sajjad Rizvi (Exeter)
\nSession 1. \;Chair: Ayman Shihadeh
\n14.15&ndash\;15.00 \;Ahab \;Bdaiwi (St. Andrews)\, &lsquo\;Interpreting Avicenna in Timurid Iran: The Davānī-Dashtakī Debate&rsquo\;
\n15.00&ndash\;15.45 \;Laura \;Hassan (SOAS)\, &lsquo\;The Reception of Ibn Sīnā&rsquo\;s Philosophy in Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī&rsquo\;s (d. 631/1233) Philosophical and Theological Works&rsquo\;
\n15.45&ndash\;16.00 Break
\nSession 2. \;Chair: Catarina Belo
\n16.00&ndash\;16.45 \;Toby \;Mayer (IIS)\, &lsquo\;Disputed Concepts of Creation in the 5th Namaṭ \;of Ibn Sīnā&rsquo\;s \;Ishārāt \;and in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's and Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī&rsquo\;s Commentaries&rsquo\;
\n\nSATURDAY\, 7 June 2014\, \;Room B102\, Brunei Gallery\, SOAS \;
\nSession 3. \;Chair: Sajjad Rizvi
\n09.00&ndash\;09.45 \;Jon \;Hoover (Nottingham)\, &lsquo\;Ibn Sina and Ibn Taymiyya on Fitra&rsquo\;
\n09.45&ndash\;10.30 \;Sophia \;Vasalou (Oxford Brookes)\, &lsquo\;Ibn Taymiyya against the Philosophers: Reclaiming the \;Nativity \;of Moral Propositions&rsquo\;
\n10.30&ndash\;10.45 Break
\nSession 4. \;Chair: Yahya Michot
\n10.45&ndash\;11.30 Gregor \;Schwarb (FU Berlin)\, &lsquo\;The Reception of Avicenna and Avicennan Philosophy in Christian-Arabic Literature&rsquo\;
\n11.30&ndash\;12.15 Catarina \;Belo (AUC)\, &lsquo\;Avicenna on Intellect in Thomas Aquinas' \;Summa contra gentiles&rsquo\;
\n12.30&ndash\;14.00 Lunch break
\nSession 5. \;Chair: Morgan Davis (BYU)
\n14.30&ndash\;15.15 Wilfrid \;Hodges (Queen Mary&rsquo\;s\, London)\, &lsquo\;The Architecture of \;Ibn Sīnā&rsquo\;s Logic&rsquo\;
\n15.15&ndash\;16.00 \;Tony \;Street (Cambridge)\, &lsquo\;Against Avicenna? The Evolution of the Seventh-Century Logic Text&rsquo\;
\n16.00&ndash\;16.15 \;Break
\nSession 6. \;Chair: Wilfrid Hodges
\n16.15&ndash\;17.00 \;Meryem \;Sebti (CNRS)\, &lsquo\;Potency in the \;Metaphysics \;of the \;Healing \;(IV\, 2)&rsquo\;
\n17.00&ndash\;17.45 Yahya \;Michot (Hartford)\, &lsquo\;Avicenna\, Bahmanyār and the &ldquo\;Ishārāt"&rsquo\;
\n17.45&ndash\;18.00 Closing Remarks: Sajjad Rizvi and Ayman Shihadeh
\n\nSponsored by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship and the Brigham Young University London Centre. ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR