Eighth Annual Workshop, 2024
GLAS 8th Annual Workshop Program
The Great Lakes Adiban Society is pleased to announce the schedule for its eighth annual workshop, to be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The workshop is organized around the study of pre-modern Islamicate literatures, and participants will be sharing their current research projects for feedback and discussion. The workshop is free and open to the public; if any accommodations are needed, please email greatlakesadibansociety at gmail.com.
Date: October 19–20, 2024
Location: 2022 South Thayer Building / 202 Thayer St / Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Street-side parking should be available in the area. There are also parking garages available nearby; click here for locations.
Saturday, October 19
8:30–9:30. Breakfast
9:30–10:15. Jonathan Brack (Northwestern University) / Idol Shattering to Abrahamic Star Gazing: Jewish History and Muslim Polemics at the Mongol Court in Ilkhanid Iran
10:15–11:00. Kasra Shiva (Oxford University) / Sharing a Goblet with an Ismaili Da’i: Wine Drinking and its Ethos in Nizari Quhistani’s Dasturnama [on Zoom]
11:00–11:15. Break
11:15–12:00. Jennifer Tobkin (The George Washington University) / Where in the Arabic Literary Canon is Nusayb b. Rabah?
12:00–1:30. Lunch
1:30–2:15. Eva Kuras (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) / Chivalry and Courtly Love in the Global Medieval Romance
2:15–3:00. Paul Losensky (Indiana University) / The Perilous Path from Manuscript to Print: Editing Feyzi’s Nal o Daman
3:00–4:30. From Adiban to Audubon: A Walk in the Arb (weather permitting)
4:30–6:30. Break
6:30–8:30. Dinner
Sunday, October 20
8:30–9:30. Breakfast
9:30–10:15. Shahla Farghadani (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) / Tracing the Roots: Awhadi’s Genealogical Legacy and its Significance
10:15–11:00. Ahmet Barış Ekiz (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) / The Ottoman Order of Books: Learning and Sovereignty in the Sixteenth Century Ottoman Empire
11:00–11:15. Break
11:15–12:00. Taymaz Pour Mohammad (Northwestern University) / Persian Jones and the Origins of a Palatable Philology
12:00–1:30. Lunch and Wrap-up Discussion
