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Basic Course
WiSe 20/21: Practices of Arabic-Islamic Scholarship
Islam Dayeh
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Knowledge of Arabic is a requirement.
Comments
What subjects would a student have needed to study to qualify as a jurist or a chronicler in 15th century Cairo, Jerusalem or Damascus? How was he examined? And what would he have most likely owned in his private library? These are some of the questions that we shall be treating in this course. We will start by examining the concept of knowledge and the categories and hierarchies of scholarly disciplines that developed over the centuries, with attention to traditional discussions about their legitimacy, function and positionality. We will then explore key features of pedagogy and instruction, including the sites of learning, curriculum, and scholarly ethics. We shall also be looking at key techniques of composing, transmitting and preserving texts. The course will include close readings of Arabic primary sources. close
Suggested reading
Franz Rosenthal, Knowledge Triumphant. The Concept of Knowledge in Medieval Islam. Brill Leiden, 2007 [First published in 1970]; George Makdisi, The Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and The West, Edinburgh University Press, 1981. close
15 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Mon, 2020-11-02 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-11-09 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-11-16 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-11-23 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-11-30 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2020-12-14 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-01-04 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-01-11 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-01-18 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-01-25 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-02-01 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-02-08 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-02-15 10:00 - 12:00
Mon, 2021-02-22 10:00 - 12:00