4 Enoch: : The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, and Christian and Islamic Origins - User contributions [en]

2020 Enoch Seminar Online

2020-06-22T13:57:47Z

Rodneyac:

Title: '''Concepts of Evil in Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins'''

Chairs: Gabriele Boccaccini and Lorenzo DiTommaso (with Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Loren
Stuckenbruck and Jason Zurawski)

Date : June 29 - July 1-2 (Monday - Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday)

Daily schedule (EDT, Eastern Daylight Time): 9:30am-11:30am / 12:00pm-1:30pm / 2:30pm-4pm

''It is not a public conference (in streaming, for a wider audience) followed by Q&A, but a series of ten workshops among invited specialists. Each session will include three presentations (10-15 minutes), three respondents (5 minutes), followed by a discussion among conference participants. At any time during the session, participants will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion by submitting their brief comments to the entire group through the public chat. They may also signal your willingness to intervene briefly through the ‘raised hand’ function. Participants will be called after the first three respondents and prearranged discussants, as time allows. Depending on the length of the discussion, the end of each session might be delayed up to 10-15 minutes.''

''We are pleased to begin the conference at 10:00am (EDT) on 29 June with the presentation of the Enoch Seminar Life Achievement Award. The recipients of this award have made significant contributions to the Enoch Seminar and the study of Second Temple Judaism. This year’s recipients include Paolo Sacchi, George Nickelsburg, Robert Kraft, Michael Knibb, Michael Stone, Devorah Dimant, and James Charlesworth.

''We will conclude our conference with a wrap-up session, led by a group of panelists, and some final remarks.

''All participants are expected to behave in accordance with norms for participation in academic conferences, and in particular are asked to note the following:
*1. ''All audio and video will be muted during the sessions, except for presenters and those who are invited to intervene.
*2. ''Participants are expected to identify themselves by their real names.
*3. ''Participants are welcome and encouraged to use the Zoom features to communicate, but inappropriate comments or behavior will lead to immediate removal from the conference.
*4. ''Participants should not record presentations in audio or video.''

''A shared google document with presentation abstracts, notes, and primary sources will be made available to all participants.''

''The Enoch Seminar Online Conference is generously supported by the University of Michigan’s Frankel Center for the Judaic Studies (https://lsa.umich.edu/judaic) and the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies (https://mcecs.org). ''

Registration: In order to virtually attend the meeting and the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Awards, you must register via the online registration form here: https://forms.gle/2VfgpsT3EBYDjDt9A.

==Description (by the Chairs)==

'''Our Approach to this Online Seminar'''

Participants should keep in mind that the tenor of their presentations/responses ought to be prospective rather than retrospective. A survey of past work is not appropriate here, nor is the statement of an issue that has been “chewed over” for a long time. We seek, instead, new ideas, theses, or approaches. A statement of a major issue or question that has come to light in view of recent scholarship would be excellent, as well, especially if it is “thick,” in the sense that it contains ideas that could be unpacked and debated in group discussion for mutual profit.

'''Time Allotted for Each Presentation and Response'''

Each presentation is only 10-15 minutes and each response is 5 minutes in length. Unlike in-person Enoch Seminars, we do not require participants to pre-circulate their papers. Thus, the emphasis is on brevity, clarity, and, to a certain degree, generality, at least within the session parameters. Accordingly, participants should expect that they will be given ample time to revise/amplify their ideas for publication in the conference volume, ideally in dialogue with the formal responses (which, as discussed, will also be published) and informal group discussion.

'''The Nature of the Seminar'''

For this Online Seminar, questions posed are intended to be quite open-ended. On the one hand, this allows panelists and respondents maximum room for exploration within the compass of the session topic. On the other hand, we are issuing invitations to targeted specialists in the expectation they require the least in the way of guidance and have the most likelihood of sizing up the question and offering meaningful responses to it. For this reason, participation is by invitation only. It is not a public conference (in streaming), but a workshop among invited specialists.

'''A New Kind of Conference for this Distinctive Moment'''

This will be a new kind of conference experience for most of us. We've tweaked a few things in order to accommodate the new medium, according us maximum fluidity in the conference architecture without sacrificing traditional scientific rigour. We are excited that the Enoch Seminar is taking this initiative in light of the current moment and given the likelihood that online platforms will continue to be important and omnipresent in various academic contexts. The Seminar means to carry on despite these difficult times, not only to maintain continuity and connexions, but also because the Republic of Letters, of which we are citizens, may bend with stormy winds but will not break.

== Schedule (New York Time Zone) ==

====DAY 1 (Monday, June 29, 2020)====

9:30am-10am - Opening. A conversation of Gabriele Boccaccini with John Collins and Amy-Jill Levine on the present and future of studies of Second Temple Judaism, while participants gather from all around the world.

10:00am-11:30/45am -- Welcome and Opening Remarks. [Gabriele Boccaccini, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Kelley Coblentz Bautch]

"Awards Ceremony"

* "Enoch Seminar Life Achievement Award" to honor Paolo Sacchi, George Nickelsburg, Robert Kraft, Michael Knibb, Michael Stone, Devorah Dimant, and James Charlesworth, "in gratitude for their exceptional contribution to the field of Second Temple Jewish Studies and their generous service in the Enoch Seminar."

* Presenters: Gabriele Boccaccini, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Annette Reed, John Collins, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Loren Stuckenbruck

12:00pm-1:30/45pm [Chair Archie Wright] -- 1. If "apocalyptic is the mother of theology," is the problem of evil the mother of "apocalyptic"?

* Panelists: Ida Fröhlich, Albert Baumgarten, Emmanouela Grypeou
* Respondents: Matthew Goff, Matthias Hoffmann, Alexander Kulik
* Discussants: Gabriele Boccaccini, Ronald Herms, Mark Leuchter ...

2:30pm-4:00/15pm [Chair Lorenzo DiTommaso] -- 2. What was the nature and extent of Zoroastrian, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Greco-Roman influences on the diverse notions of evil in Second Temple Judaism?

* Panelists: Jason Silverman, Harold Attridge, Lorenzo DiTommaso
* Respondents: Vicente Dobroruka, Pierluigi Piovanelli, David Hamidovic
* Discussants: Giovanni Bazzana, Joan Taylor, Jan Dochhorn, Matheus de Carvalho, Henryk Drawnel ...

====DAY 2 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)====

9:30 - Remarks from DAY 1: Gabriele Boccaccini, Miryam Bard, Archie Wright, Lorenzo Di Tommaso, Lawrence H. Schiffman

10am-11:30/45am [Chair Kelley Coblentz Bautch] -- 3. Which are the different ways in which evil was understood to enter into the world? Which historical or social circumstances prompted the preference from one or the other? Was it a case of a religious development in response to fundamental changes in the religious environment? In both cases, where and why?

* Panelists: Carol Newsom, James VanderKam, Florentina Badalanova Geller
* Respondents: Matthias Henze, Lester Grabbe, Anathea Portier-Young
* Discussants: Fiodar Litvinau, Daniel Assefa, Sofonit Abebe, Henryk Drawnel ...

12:00pm-1:30/45pm [Chair Jason Zurawski] -- 4. How do non-apocalyptic texts of the period engage with the issue of the origin of evil and the theological problems it raises? Is there literary evidence, explicit or implicit, for contemporary debate regarding the existence of multiple explanations for the origin of evil in the world, particularly regarding the ways that each explanation addresses theological and existential issues?

* Panelists: Gerbern Oegema, Karina Martin Hogan, Greg Sterling
* Respondents: Hindy Najman, Benjamin Wright, Samuel Adams
* Discussants: Erich Gruen, Francis Borchardt ...

2:30pm-4:00/15pm [Chair Lorenzo DiTommaso] -- 5. Are evil human or superhuman figures a necessary and functional part of the earliest expressions of evil, or did they develop later?

* Panelists: Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Ryan Stokes, Archie Wright
* Respondents: Michael Morris, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Angela Kim Harkins
* Discussants: Jonathan Ben-Dov, Joshua Scott ...

====DAY 3 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020) ====

9:30 - Remarks from DAY 2: Gabriele Boccaccini, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Jason Zurawski, Lorenzo Di Tommaso, Lawrence H. Schiffman

10am-11:30/45am [Chair Archie Wright] -- 6. The origin of evil in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

* Panelists: John Collins, Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, Miryam Brand
* Respondents: Timothy Lim, Elisa Uusimäki, Benjamin Wold
* Discussants: Cecilia Wassen, Esther Chazon, Patrick Angiolillo, Sidnei Crawford, John Kampen ...

12:00pm-1:30/45pm [Chair Gabriele Boccaccini] -- 7. How is the problem of evil and its origin addressed in the Parables of Enoch and the Synoptics?

* Panelists: Leslie Baynes, Gabriele Boccaccini, Darrell Bock
* Respondents: Jim Davila, Eric Noffke, Benjamin Reynolds
* Discussants: Daniel Boyarin, Daniele Minisini, Isaac Oliver, Daniel Assefa, John Kampen ...

2:30pm-4:00/15pm [Chair Ben Reynolds] -- 8. Do Paul and John stand in line with trajectories already evident in the Synoptics and Jewish apocalyptic literature of the era, or do they represent a new direction? Do we have evidence of divergent notions on the origin of evil in the early Jesus movement?

* Panelists: Paula Fredriksen, Adele Reinhartz, Edmondo Lupieri
* Respondents: Matthew Thiessen, Jutta Leonhart-Balzer, Craig Koester
* Discussants: Gabriele Boccaccini, Paul Anderson, Charlotte Hempel, Isaac Oliver, Karen King ...

====DAY 4 (Thursday, July 2, 2020) ====

9:30 - Remarks from DAY 3: Gabriele Boccaccini, Benjamin Reynolds, Archie Wright, Lorenzo Di Tommaso, Lawrence H. Schiffman

10am-11:30/45am [Chair Jason Zurawski] -- 9. How is the problem of evil and its origin addressed in Rabbinic literature? Does it/they stand in line with trajectories already evident in the Jewish literature of the Second Temple Period, or does it represent a wholly new explanation?

* Panelists: Hector Patmore, Steven Fraade, Paul Mandel, Daniel Boyarin
* Respondents: Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Ronit Nikolsky, Mika Ahuvia
* Discussant: Rebecca Wollenberg, Isaac Oliver ...

12:00pm-1:30/45pm [Chair Kelley Coblentz Bautch] -- 10. How is the problem of evil and its origin addressed in "gnostic" (Valentinian, Sethian, Mandaean) literature? Do they stand in line with trajectories already evident in the Second Temple Period, or represent a wholly new explanation?

* Panelists: Jason BeDuhn, Alberto Camplani, James McGrath
* Respondents: April DeConick, Nicola Denzey-Lewis, Dylan Burns
* Discussants: Karen King, Philippe Therrien ...

2:30-4:00/15pm - Wrap-up session

* 2:30pm-3:45pm - Panelists: Lorenzo DiTommaso, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Miryam Brand, John Collins, Gabriele Boccaccini
* 3:45pm - Final remarks [Gabriele Boccaccini]: ''Twenty Years of Activities of Enoch Seminar: From Florence to the Cyberspace.'' In memory of Hanan Eshel, Shemaryahu Talmon, J. Harold Ellens, Klaus Koch, Michael Bonner, Geza Xeravits, and Larry W. Hurtado. Committed to building the new generation of scholars in Second Temple Judaism.

== Confirmed Participants==

# Elisabetta Abate, researcher (University of Gottingen, Germany)*
# @ Sofanit Abebe (PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh, UK)*
# Moises Yao Acayan (Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines)*
# @ Samuel Adams [respondent]
# James Adcock (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)*
# Federico Adinolfi (Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose "S. Francesco", Italy)*
# @ Mika Ahuvia (University of Washington, USA) [respondent]
# Jeff Anderson (Wayland Baptist University-Anchorage Campus, USA)*
# @ Paul Anderson (George Fox University, USA) *
# @ Joseph Angel (Yeshiva University) *
# @ Giancarlo Paolo Angulo (PhD candidate, Florida State University, USA)*
# Desta Anshebo (Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Ethiopia)*
# @ Luca Arcari (University of Naples, Italy)
# @ Daniel Assefa (Capuchin Franciscan Institute Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
# @ Kenneth Atkinson (University of Northern Iowa, USA)
# @ Harold W. Attridge (Yale University, USA) [panelist] *
# Thomas Babu (Serampore University, India)*
# @ Florentina Badalova Geller (Royal Anthropological Institute / Max Planck, UK / Germany) [panelist] *
# Kyung Baek, Instructor (Trinity Western University, Canada)*
# Alexander Bailey (University of Oxford, UK) *
# Samuel Balentine, Professor of Old Testament (Union Presbyterian Seminary, USA) *
# Lori Baron, Assistant Professor of New Testament (St. Louis University, USA)*
# John Barton, Professor emeritus of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture (University of Oxford, UK)*
# @ Albert I. Baumgarten (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) [panelist] *
# @ Leslie Baynes (Missouri State University, USA) [panelist] *
# @ Giovanni Bazzana (Harvard University, USA) [discussant] *
# Jason BeDuhn (Northern Arizona University, USA) [panelist]
# Jonathan Ben-Dov (University of Haifa, Israel)*
# Aure Ben-Zvi Goldblum (New York University, USA)*
# Luca Bertolino, Associate Professor (University of Turin, Italy)*
# Harvey Van Bik (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# Ellen Birnbaum (Cambridge, MA, USA)*
# Laura Bizzarro (Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina, Argentia)*
# @ Gabriele Boccaccini (University of Michigan, USA) [panelist] *
# @ Darrell Bock (Dallas Theological Seminary, USA) [panelist] *
# Markus Bockmuehl (University of Oxford, UK)*
# @ Francis Borchardt (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# Andrew Bowden (PhD candidate, LMU Munich, Germany)*
# @ Daniel Boyarin (University of California Berkeley, USA) [panelist] *
# Connor Boyd (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)*
# @ Miryam T. Brand (W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Israel) [panelist]
# Lucas Brandon (PhD candidate; Florida State University, USA)*
# Tom de Bruin, Lacturer in New Testament Exegesis (Newbold College, UK) *
# @ Dylan Burns (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) [respondent]
# Rolex Macatdon Cailing (Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines)*
# Piero Capelli (University of Venice, Italy) *
# @ Alberto Camplani (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) [panelist]*
# Rodney Caruthers (Gustavus Adolphus College, USA)
# Beryl Chan (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# James Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA) [awardee] *
# Esther Chazon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)*
# Tobias Churton (Exeter, UK)*
# @ Kelley Coblentz Bautch (St Edward's University, USA) [panelist] *
# Federico Moises Colautti (International Theological Institute, Austria)*
# @ John J. Collins (Yale University, USA) [panelist] *
# Ryan Collman (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)*
# Robert Costello (University of Aberdeen, UK)*
# @ Sidnie White Crawford (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
# Marianne Dacy (University of Sydney, Australia)*
# @ James Davila (University of St Andrews, Scotland) [respondent] *
# John Day (University of Oxford, UK)*
# @ April DeConick (Rice University, USA) [respondent]*
# @ Nicola Denzey-Lewis (Claremont Graduate University, USA) [respondent]
# Kindy De Long (Pepperdine University, USA)*
# Rodrigo de Sousa (Faculté Jean Calvin, France)*
# Michael DeVries (University of Birmingham, UK)*
# Magdalena Díaz Araujo, Professor of Judaism and Early Christianity (Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina)*
# @ Devorah Dimant (University of Haifa, Israel) [awardee] *
# @ Lorenzo DiTommaso (Concordia University Montreal, Canada) [respondent] *
# @ Vicente Dobroruka (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) [respondent] *
# @ Jan Dochhorn (Durham University, England)
# Henryk Drawnel (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)*
# @ Rachel Dryden, post-doc (University of Cambridge, England)
# @ Oliver Dyma (WWU Münster, Germany)*
# Florence Abimbola Egbeyale (PhD Candidate; Florida State University, USA)*
# @ Jason von Ehrenkrook (University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA)*
# @ Torleif Elgvin (NLA University College, Norway)
# John Endres (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, USA)*
# @ Esther Eshel (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)*
# Yael Fisch, post-doc (University of Oxford, UK)*
# Roy Fisher (Loyola Marymount University, USA)*
# @ Crispin Fletcher-Louis (University of Gloucestershire, UK)*
# @ Deborah Forger (Dartmouth College, USA)
# @ Steven Fraade (Yale University, USA) [panelist] *
# @ Paula Fredriksen (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) [panelist] *
# Rachel Frish (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)*
# @ Ida Frölich (Catholic University Budapest, Hungary) [panelist]
# Deane Galbraith (University of Otago, New Zealand)*
# Josh Gervacio (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA)*
# Bonifatia Gesche (University of Saarbruecken and Vetus Latina Institute, Germany)*
# @ Matthew Goff (Florida State University, USA) [respondent] *
# John Goldingay, Professor of Old Testament (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA) *
# Batsheva Goldman-Ida, PhD (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel)*
# Pablo Gonzalez-Alonso (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)*
# David Goodin, Instructor (McGill School of Religious Studies, Canada)*
# @ Lester Grabbe (University of Hull, UK) [respondent] *
# Maxine Grossman (University of Maryland, USA)*
# @ Erich Gruen (University of California Berkeley, USA) [discussant] *
# Ithamar Gruenwald (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)*
# Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)*
# @ Emmanouela Grypeou (Stockholm University, Sweden) [panelist]
# Rebekah Haigh (Princeton University, USA)*
# Robert Hall (Hampden-Sydney College, USA)*
# Stephanie Hallinger (Universität Regensburg, Germany)*
# @ David Hamidovic (Univerisity of Lausanne, Switzerland) [respondent]*
# Todd Hanneken (St. Mary's University, USA)*
# @ Angela Kim Harkins (Boston College, USA) [respondent]*
# @ Christine Hayes (Yale University, USA)*
# @ Charlotte Hempel (University of Birmingham, UK) *
# @ Matthias Henze (Rice University, USA) [respondent] *
# Ronald Herms (Fresno Pacific University, USA)*
# Gregory Hillendahl (London School of Theology, UK)*
# Vered Hillel (MJTI, Israel)*
# Matthias Reinhard Hoffmann (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany) [respondent] *
# @ Karina Martin Hogan (Fordham University, USA) [panelist] *
# Kerwin Holmes Jr., PhD candidate (University of Virginia, USA)*
# Cornelia Horn (Martin-Luther University, Germany)*
# Tom Hull (Monash University, Australia)*
# Giovanni Ibba (Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose S. Caterina da Siena, Italy)*
# Lorenzo Innocenti (Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Centrale, Italy)*
# David R. Jackson (Australia)*
# Jozef Jancovic, Senior Research Fellow (Comenius University, Slovakia)*
# @ Jutta Jokiranta (University of Helsinki, Finland)*
# @ Jonathan Kaplan (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)*
# David Katzin (UCLA, USA)*
# Martina Kepper, Lecturer (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)*
# Paul Kim (Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA)*
# Bethany Kinderman (University of Oxford, UK)*
# Ian Kinman (Fordham University, USA)*
# @ Karen King (Harvard University, USA)[discussant] *
# @ Michael Knibb (King's College London, UK) [awardee] *
# @ Craig R. Koester (Luther Seminar, USA) [respondent]
# Ross Kraemer (Brown University, USA)*
# @ Robert Kraft (University of Pennsylvania, USA) [awardee] *
# @ Alexander Kulik (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) [respondent] *
# Un Sung Kwak (University of Oxford, UK)*
# @ David Lambert (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)*
# Peter Lanfer, Assistant Professor (Occidetal College, USA)*
# Natalie Lantz, PhD student (Uppsala University, Sweden)*
# Nitzan Lebovic, Associate Professor (Lehigh University, USA)*
# Gwangsoo Lee (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)*
# @ Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) [panelist] *
# Jim Lepkowski (University of Michigan, USA)*
# @ Mark Leuchter (Temple University, USA)
# Joseph Levi (Shemàh School of Jewish Studies and culture Margulies Levins, Florence, Italy)*
# @ Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Tetstament (Vanderbilt University, USA) *
# @ John R. (Jack) Levison (Southern Methodist University, USA) *
# Mung Ngaih Lian (Lutheran Theological Seminar, Hong Kong)*
# @ Liv Ingeborg Lied (Norwegian School of Theology, Norway)*
# @ Timothy Lim (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) [respondent]
# @ Fiodar Litvinau, PhD candidate (LMU Munich, Germany) [discussant] *
# Drew Longacre (University of Groningen, Netherlands)*
# Geert Lorein (Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium)*
# Kwang Meng Low (National University of Singapore, Singapore)*
# Jared Ludlow (Brigham Young University, USA)*
# @ Edmondo Lupieri (Loyola University Chicago, USA) [panelist]
# Jordan Maly-Preuss (University of Oxford, UK)*
# @ Paul Mandel (Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel) [panelist] *
# Peter Marinković (Evang.-Luth. Church of Bavaria, Germany)*
# Giulio Mariotti (Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Centrale, Italy)*
# Iñaki Marro (LMU Munich, Germany)*
# Eric Mason (Judson University, USA)*
# Ferran Mateo Hernandez (Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, Spain)*
# Moses Matias (Morehouse College, USA)*
# Joshua Matson (Florida State University, USA)*
# Luca Mazzinghi (Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Italy) *
# Alexander McCarron (University of Oxford, UK)*
# Gavin McDowell (PhD Student, Université Laval, Canada) *
# @ James McGrath (Butler University, USA) [panelist] *
# Jocelyn McWhirter (Albion College, USA)*
# Yonatan Miller (University of Toledo, USA)*
# Enric Cortes Minguella, Professor (Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya, Spain)*
# Daniele Minisini (PhD candidate, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy) *
# @ Michael Morris [respondent]
# Craig Morrison, Professor (Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy)*
# @ Hindy Najman (University of Oxford, England) [respondent]
# @ Mark Nanos (Lund University, USA)*
# Matthew Neville (Birmingham University, UK)*
# @ Carol Newsom (Emory University, USA) [panelist] *
# @ George W.E. Nickelsburg (emeritus, University of Iowa, USA) [awardee]
# @ Ronit Nikolsky (University of Groningen, Netherlands) [respondent] *
# @ Eric Noffke (Waldensian School of Theology, Italy) [respondent]*
# Anthony Ugochukwu Nwosu (Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy)*
# @ Gerbern Oegema (McGill University, Canada) [panelist] *
# @ Isaac Oliver (Bradley University, USA)*
# Daniel Olson (St. Mary's College, USA)*
# Jessica Ontek, graduate student (Florida State University, USA)*
# @ Andrei Orlov (Marquette University, USA)
# Juan Carlos Ossandón (Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Italy)*
# Chan Sok Park (College of Wooster, USA)*
# Sara Parks, Assistant Professor (University of Nottingham, UK)*
# Tali Partock, post-doc (University of Cambridge, UK)*
# Ronald Pasaribu (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# Hector Patmore (KU Leuven, Belgium) [panelist]
# Alexander Perkins, PhD candidate (Fordham University, USA)*
# Shelley Perlove (University of Michigan, USA)*
# Chad Pierce, Professor (General Synod, USA
# @ Pierluigi Piovanelli (University of Ottawa, Canada) [respondent]
# Matteo Poiani (Université de Strasbourg, France)*
# @ Anathea Portier-Young (Duke University, USA) [respondent]
# Kirill Porubaev, PhD Student (Pontifical Biblical Institute, Italy)*
# Travis Proctor (Wittenberg University, USA)*
# Jeremy Punt, Associate Professor (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)*
# Andrea Ravasco, Professor (Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose Ligure, Italy)*
# Annette Reed (New York University, USA)*
# @ Adele Reinhartz (University of Ottawa, Canada) [panelist] *
# Megan Remington, PhD candidate (UCLA, USA)*
# @ Benjamin Reynolds (Tyndale University, Canada) [respondent] *
# Jean-Michel Roessli (Concordia University, Canada)*
# Kyle Roland, (NYU, USA)*
# @ Ishay Rosen-Zvi (Tel Aviv University, Israel) [respondent]*
# @ Paolo Sacchi (emeritus, University of Turin, Italy) [awardee]
# Timothy Sailors (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany)*
# Carlos Santos Carretero (Israel Institute of Biblical Studies, Israel)*
# David Satran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)*
# @ Lawrence Schiffman (New York University, USA)*
# Uta Schmidt (University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany)*
# Eileen Schuller, Professor (McMaster University, Canada)*
# James Scott (Trinity Western University, Canada)*
# @ Joshua Scott (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, USA)*
# @ Shayna Sheinfeld (Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, USA) *
# Anna Shirav (University of Birmingham, UK)*
# Ari Silbermann (Bar Ilan University, Israel)*
# @ Jason Silverman (University of Helsinki, Finland) [panelist]
# Isaac Soon, PhD student (University of Durham, UK)*
# @ Gregory Sterling (Yale University, USA) [panelist]*
# @ Ryan Stokes (Carson-Newman University, USA) [panelist]
# @ Michael Stone (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) [awardee] *
# @ Loren Stuckenbruck (University of Munich, Germany) [panelist] *
# Kevin Sullivan (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA)*
# Carla Sulzbach (McGill University, Canada)*
# @ David Suter (Saint Martin's University, USA)*
# Balazs Tamasi (Budapest Jewish University, Hungary)*
# Seng Tawng (Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar)*
# @ Joan Taylor, Professor (King's College London, UK)*
# Hanna Tervanotko (McMaster University, Canada)*
# Philippe Therrien (Université de Lausanne/Université Laval, Switzerland)*
# @ Matthew Thiessen (McMaster University, Canada) [respondent]
# Dieter Leon Thom (Australian College, Kuwait)*
# Marcus Tso (Trinity Western University, Canada)*
# W. Dennis Tucker (Baylor University, USA)*
# Emmanuel Ordue Usue (Benue State University, Nigeria)*
# @ Elisa Uusimäki (Aarhus University, Denmark) [respondent]*
# Jordi Cervera Valls (Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya, Spain)*
# @ James VanderKam (University of Notre Dame, USA) [panelist]
# Jacques van Ruiten (University of Groningen, Netherlands)*
# @ Cecilia Wassen
# Catrin Williams (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)*
# @ Benjamin Wold (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) [respondent]
# @ Archie Wright (Regent University, USA) [panelist] *
# @ Benjamin Wright (Lehigh University, USA) [respondent]*
# Jackie Wyse-Rhodes (Bluffton University, USA)*
# Yan Yu (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# Chi Yau Yue (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong)*
# Asad Zaman (Ohio State University, USA)*
# Ziony Zevit (American Jewish University, USA)*
# Jason Zurawski (University of Groningen, Netherlands)

Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar

2018-01-26T05:22:59Z

Rodneyac:

The '''Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar''' (2018), is an international Conference for advanced doctoral students and recent Ph.D.'s organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]], as part of the ongoing series of meetings of the [[Enoch Graduate Seminar]] (since 2006)

==Overview==

'''Chairs:''' [[David Hamidovic]] (Université de Lausanne)

'''Date:''' July 26-29, 2018

'''Place:''' Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

'''Secretary''': [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan)

The Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar will be held July 26th–29th in Lausanne, Switzerland
at the Université de Lausanne. David Hamidovic (Professor of Jewish apocryphal literature and History of Judaism in Antiquity) will serve as host and Chair of the seminar.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar is an international convening of doctoral students where the goal is to share innovative research ideas in a collegial environment. Participants will gather for three days to present and discuss papers on a variety of topics related to their field of research. Each participant is expected to read the papers beforehand for maximum conversational engagement. Individual sessions will be held daily where each presenter will have the opportunity to share his/her research and receive constructive and supportive feedback.

The seminar welcomes doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers to present papers and participate in general discussion. Participants from various fields related to and including Hebrew Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumran Scrolls, as well as Christian and Rabbinic literature are invited to attend.

Proposals for papers (500-1,000 words) should be submitted by February 16th, 2018. Completed papers (maximum 6,000 words) are due May 11, 2018 for review by the seminar committee. Completed papers will be made available in advance for all participants to read before the first day of the seminar.

In addition to paper presentations by participants, there will also be keynote addresses offered by Thomas Römer on Hebrew Bible, David Hamidovic on Apocryphal Literature, and Jörg Frey on the New Testament as well as a panel discussion led by other distinguished faculty members.

Lodging for the seminar will be provided by the Université de Lausanne at no additional expense to participants. Please contact the Secretary of the seminar, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu), for registration details and submission of proposals and papers.

==Schedule and Participants==

Introduction to the New Testament (2018 Boccaccini), course

2018-01-01T19:18:28Z

Rodneyac:

[[File:James Fresco.jpg|thumb|250px|Portrait of [[James]], the brother of Jesus]]
[[File:Paul Mosaic Ravenna.jpg|thumb|250px|Portrait of [[Paul of Tarsus]] (Ravenna, ca.500)]]
[[File:Peter Reni.jpg|thumb|250px|Portrait of [[Peter]] (Reni, 1600)]]
[[File:Mark Reni.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of Mark the Evangelist (Reni, 1621)]]
[[File:Matthew Rembrandt.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of Matthew the Evangelist (Rembrandt, 1661)]]
[[File:Luke Pontormo.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of Luke the Evangelist (Pontormo, 1526)]]
[[File:Thomas Duccio.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of Thomas the Evangelist]]
[[File:John Nesterov.jpg|thumb|220px|Portrait of John the Evangelist (Nesterov, 1909)]]
[[File:Stephen Giotto2.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Stephen]]]]
[[File:Philip Evangelist.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Philip the Evangelist]]]]
[[File:Philip Eunuch.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Ethiopian Eunuch]]]]
[[File:Cornelius Centurion.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Cornelius]] the Centurion]]
[[File:Barnabas.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Barnabas]]]]
[[File:Lydia.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Lydia]]]]
[[File:Priscilla Aquila.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Priscilla & Aquila]]]]
[[File:Onesimus Mosaic.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Onesimus]]]]
[[File:John Patmos Ghirlandaio.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[John of Patmos]]]]
[[File:Ignatius Francanzano.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Ignatius of Antioch]]]]
[[File:Polycarp Icon.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Polycarp of Smyrna]]]]
[[File:Thecla Mosaic.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Thecla]]]]
[[File:Titus Fresco.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Titus the Disciple|Titus]]]]
[[File:Timothy Fresco.jpg|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Timothy]]]]

'''Introduction to the New Testament''' is a course offered by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] at the [[University of Michigan]] in the Winter 2018.

==Description==

The course offers an Introduction to the Early Christian Literature and the development of the Early Christian movement from the death of [[Jesus of Nazareth]] until the mid-2nd Century.

The approach is historical and chronological and no distinction is made between "canonical" and non-canonical" literature. The New Testament documents are studied alongside with the writings of the [[Apostolic Fathers]] and the [[New Testament Apocrypha]], The development of the early Church is illustrated in the diversity of its components.

Christianity is presented originally as a Jewish messianic movement which grew up out of the diverse world of Second Temple Judaism to gradually parting, after the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70, from the other major Jewish movements of the time--[[Hellenistic Judaism]] and the nascent [[Rabbinic movement]].

==Syllabus==

*Meeting Place:

*Readings: The New Testament" (New Revised Standard Version of the Bible), and the "Apostolic Fathers" (texts are available online). If you like to purchase a printed copy: ''The New Testament and Other Early Christian Writings: A Reader'' by Bart D. Ehrman (2003), or ''The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha'' by Bruce M. Metzger (1991) (available at www.amazon.com)

*Text-Book: '''The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings''', by Bart D. Ehrman, 4th (2007) or 5th (2011) editions (available at www.amazon.com)
* GSI: Adrianne

1. Wed Jan 3, 2018:
* General Introduction. What is the [[New Testament]]?
* Website: [[New Testament]]

2. Mon Jan 8, 2018:
* The Founder of Christianity, [[Jesus of Nazareth]] (video I)
* Website: [[Jesus of Nazareth]]

3. Wed Jan 10, 2018:
*The life of the first Christian community - A Jewish messianic community (with the Sadducees, the Pharisees, The Essenes and Hellenistic Jews)
* Website: [[Gathering of the Twelve at Jerusalem]], [[Christian Pentecost]], [[Sharing of Goods]], [[Second Arrest of the Apostles]], [[Choice of the Seven]], [[Martyrdom of Stephen]]

< Mon Jan 15, 2018: MLK's Day - no class >

4. Wed Jan 17, 2018:
* The attitude towards Gentiles.
* Website: [[Spread of the Gospel to Samaria]], [[Baptism of the Eunuch]] & [[Conversion of Cornelius]]

5. Mon Jan 22, 2018:
* Paul (Video II). His "conversion" and First Missionary Journey with Barnabas

6. Wed Jan 23, 2018:
* Second Missionary Journey. Paul's Apocalyptic Message (The letter to Thessalonians)
* Read: [[1 Thessalonians]]

8. Mon Jan 29, 2018:
* Paul's Christology Jesus the Lord and the Second Adam (Philippians)

7. Wed Jan 31, 2018:
* Paul's Moral Message (Corinthias). Against [[Sexual Immorality]]
* Read: 1 & 2 Corinthias

9. Mon Feb 5, 2018:
* Paul's Ethnic Message (Jews & Gentiles) Galatians

10. Wed Feb 7, 2018:
* Paul's Social Message (Women & Slaves)
* Read: [[Letter to Philemon]]

11. Mon Feb 12, 2018:
* Romans. The Three Paths to Salvation of Paul the Jew. Forgiveness by Faith Only.
* Read: [[Letter to the Romans]]

12. Wed Feb 14, 2018:
* James & 1 Peter. Forgiveness by Faith and Works
* Read: [[Letter of James]] & [[1 Peter]]

13. Mon Feb 19, 2018:
* Paul is arrested & arrives in Rome
* Reading: Acts of Apostles (21-28)
* Website: [[Paul's Last Visit to Jerusalem]], [[Paul in Caesarea]] & [[Paul's Journey to Rome]]

14. Wed Feb 21, 2018:
The Destruction of the Temple - Video III

< Winter Break - Feb 26 & 28, 2018 - no classes >

15. Mon Feb 5, 2018:
* The Gospel of Mark

16. Wed Feb 7, 2018:
* The Gospels of Matthew and Luke

17. Mon Mar 12, 2018:
* Midterm exam

18. Wed Mar 14, 2018:
* The Deutero-Pauline Tradition. Hebrews. Thessalonians – Colossians – Ephesians

19. Mon Mar 19, 2018:
* Christianity against Judaism: Letter of Barnabas. The theology of Supersession

20. Wed Mar 21, 2018:
* Christianity without Judaism: Gospel of Thomas. The Challenge of Gnosticism
* Reading & Website: [[Gospel of Thomas]]

21. Mon Mar 26, 2018:
* Gospel of John (I): The Divinity of the Christ-Logos
* Reading & Website: [[Gospel of John]]

22. Wed Mar 28, 2018:
* Gospel of John (II): The Role of the Spirit

23. Mon Apr 2, 2018:
* Continuing the Tradition of John. 1, 2, 3 John - Revelation of John
* Reading & Website: [[Letters of John]], [[Revelation of John]]

24. Wed Apr 4, 2018:
* Continuing the Tradition of James. Letter of Jude -- Didache -- Shepherd of Hermas ...

25. Mon Apr 9, 2018:
*Continuing the Tradition of Peter. Second Letter of Peter – The Gospel of Peter – The Apocalypse of Peter -- 1 Clement -- 2 Clement

26. Wed Apr 11, 2018:
* Continuing the Tradition of Paul. The Age of Bishops (Ignatius, The Pastoral Letters)

27. Mon Apr 16, 2018:
*After the New Testament -- Video IV

'''Final Exam''' - Tue Apr 24, 2018, 4:00pm-6:00pm (in class)

==Grading System and Requirements==

[Read this section of the syllabus very carefully. The syllabus is like a contract between the student and the instructors, which we are all bound to respect.]

ATTENDANCE: The course is based on lectures, weekly discussion session, three written exams, and one paper. Regular attendance is mandatory. If you happen to miss a session, it is your responsibility to ask the Professor or the GSI or a class-mate for information about what was discussed in class. Students whose attendance is poor (that is, have missed 6-10 total classes, either lectures or discussion sessions, without justification) will see their final grade reduced by six percentage points. Students who do not attend the class regularly (that is, have missed more than 10 classes, either lectures or discussion sessions, without justification), or do not fulfill each and all the requirements of the course, will not be graded and will receive a NR report.

GRADING SYSTEM: The final grade is based on five elements (of which the last one is optional):
(a) Participation: 10% -- (b) First Midterm: 10% -- (c) Second Midterm: 20% -- (d) Paper 20% – <(e) Oral Presentation 0%> -- (f) Final exam: 40% -- (f) Re-taking of the first & second Exam (optional): possible increase

(a) Quality of participation in class and discussion sessions makes 10% of the final grade. The evaluation will be made conjunctly by the Professor and the GSIs on the basis of the student’s attention, comments, questions, commitment for an enjoyable environment, etc., as follows: Outstanding (100%) / Excellent (95%) / Very good (90%) / Good (85%) / Average (80%) / Poor (75%) / Very poor (70%) / Insufficient (65% or less)

(b-c) The two mid-term exams are a series of multiple-choice questions from the lectures and the textbooks. The results of the test will be discussed in class and in the discussion sessions. The grade is determined proportionally to the amount of questions correctly answered (unanswered questions are counted as incorrect), as follows:

* A+ (100%-99%) / A (98%-93%) / A- (92%-90%)

* B+ (89%-87%) / B (86%-82%) / B- (81%-80%)

* C+ (79%-78%) / C (77%-75%) / C- (74%)

* D+ (73%) / D (72%-71%) / D- (70%)

* F (69% or less)

The first midterm exams (10% of the final grade) is a series of 50 questions about the contents of the first 9 lectures of the course . It is aimed to be a sort of preparation to the more important second mid-term and final exams. If your grade is F, you must submit a written petition (by e-mail) to the Professor and receive written permission (by e-mail) to continue the class, provided that your attendance is good. If you need or want to improve your grade, you may retake your exam, following the instructions below (f).

The second midterm exam (20% of the final grade) is a series of 100 questions (80 new questions about the contents of the second part of the course (i.e. lectures 10-22), plus 20 questions from the first midterm). No re-taking will be allowed, and no curve will be granted, under any circumstance. If your grade is F, you must submit a written petition (by e-mail) to your GSI and receive written permission (by e-mail) to continue the class, provided that your attendance is good. If you need or want to improve your grade, just followed the instructions below (f).

(d) As a written assignment (20% of your final grade), you have to pick up a scholarly book or a novel or play focusing on Paul of Tarsus or any of Apostles in the period after the death of Jesus (a list will be provided and your choice must be pre-approved by your GSI) and write (by Apr 5, 2017) a (400-500 word) synopsis of its content, and a 1 or 2 page commentary on the use that book or novel or play made of NT sources and on the interpretation given to the events as compared to the presentation offered in the course,

*A+ = 99% / A = 95% / A- = 91%
*B+ = 87% / B = 84% / B- = 81%
*C+ = 78% / C = 76% / C- = 74%
*D+ = 73% / D = 72% / D- = 70%

The best summaries will be posted online in “4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism” <www.4enoch.org> under your name.

<(e) Papers will be presented orally during discussion sessions (5-10m each) or during lectures (0% of the final grade).>

(f) The final exam (40% of the final grade) is a series of 150 multiple-choice questions aimed at a general review of the entire course: 100 new questions about the contents of all four parts of the course (but with special emphasis on the third and four parts), plus 50 questions from the first two exams (15+35, respectively). The grading system will follow the same criteria as the midterm exams.

(f) [Optional] The Instructor’s goal is to help the deserving students, who may have some initial difficulties, to improve their grade. You may choose to retake your first and/or second exam. The questions will be the same, except for 5 new questions (in the first exam) or 10 new questions (in the second exam). Depending on your new grade, you will have an increase up to 8 points (if you get an A+), 6 points (A), 4 points (A-) or 2 points (B+) points (0 if you get B or less) on the grade of your exam. In no case your percentage can overcame 84% (or B). No retake is allowed for the final exam.

NOTE: The use of personal electronic devices (lap-top, iPad, iPhone, etc.) is allowed in the classroom, ONLY for the special needs of students with disabilities. Individual students may be directed to turn off personal electronic devices if the devices are not being used for class purposes (and will receive an unexcused absence for the day). If the student does not comply, the student may be asked to leave the classroom (and a sanction of -30 points will be applied to their participation grade).

The College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts at the University of Michigan is a community in which personal responsibility, honesty, fairness, respect, and mutual trust are maintained. Students must behave honorably and take responsibility for their own actions. In addition, students are expected to take constructive action if they witness or are aware of behavior that violates the standards of academic integrity. Any student determined to have engaged in any form of academic dishonesty—including but not limited to plagiarism, cheating, unauthorized collaboration, and attendance forgery—will receive a zero on the assignment, and in particularly serious cases, a failing grade in the entire course. In accordance with University policy, all cases of misconduct will be reported to the Office of the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education.

VERY IMPORTANT !! If you have any questions or something goes wrong, or you realize that your attendance is going to be poor or insufficient, please do not wait until the very last moment to express yourself. I will be always available to talk to you immediately after class or during my office hours or, if necessary, scheduling a meeting at a different time. We can find together a solution to (almost) every problem. But, please, don’t ask the impossible when there is no more time.

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG,
NEVER BLAME OTHERS.
BLAME NO ONE BUT YOURSELF.

IF YOU ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY,
YOU ARE IN THE POSITION TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WHATEVER OTHER PEOPLE’S
FAILINGS MIGHT BE,
YOU ARE THE ONE TO SHOULDER RESPONSIBILITY.

THERE ARE NO EXCUSES.

REMAIN FOCUSED:
YOUR GOAL IS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN:
ALL THE REST IS REALLY NOT IMPORTANT

!! BE SMART AND RESPONSIBLE: ENJOY THE CLASS !!

Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar

2017-10-28T02:52:31Z

Rodneyac: /* Overview */

The '''Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar''' (2018), is an international Conference for advanced doctoral students and recent Ph.D.'s organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]], as part of the ongoing series of meetings of the [[Enoch Graduate Seminar]] (since 2006)

==Overview==

'''Chairs:''' [[David Hamidovic]] (Université de Lausanne)

'''Date:''' July 26-29, 2018

'''Place:''' Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

'''Secretary''': [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan)

The Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar will be held July 26th–29th in Lausanne, Switzerland
at the Université de Lausanne. David Hamidovic (Professor of Jewish apocryphal literature and History of Judaism in Antiquity) will serve as host and Chair of the seminar.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar is an international convening of doctoral students where the goal is to share innovative research ideas in a collegial environment. Participants will gather for three days to present and discuss papers on a variety of topics related to their field of research. Each participant is expected to read the papers beforehand for maximum conversational engagement. Individual sessions will be held daily where each presenter will have the opportunity to share his/her research and receive constructive and supportive feedback.

The seminar welcomes doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers to present papers and participate in general discussion. Participants from various fields related to and including Hebrew Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumran Scrolls, as well as Christian and Rabbinic literature are invited to attend.

Proposals for papers (500-1,000 words) should be submitted by Jan 12, 2018. Completed papers (maximum 6,000 words) are due May 11, 2018 for review by the seminar committee. Completed papers will be made available in advance for all participants to read before the first day of the seminar.

In addition to paper presentations by participants, there will also be keynote addresses offered by Thomas Römer on Hebrew Bible, David Hamidovic on Apocryphal Literature, and Jörg Frey on the New Testament as well as a panel discussion led by other distinguished faculty members.

Lodging for the seminar will be provided by the Université de Lausanne at no additional expense to participants. Please contact the Secretary of the seminar, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu), for registration details and submission of proposals and papers.

==Schedule and Participants==

Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar

2017-10-28T02:46:11Z

Rodneyac:

The '''Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar''' (2018), is an international Conference for advanced doctoral students and recent Ph.D.'s organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]], as part of the ongoing series of meetings of the [[Enoch Graduate Seminar]] (since 2006)

==Overview==

'''Chairs:''' [[David Hamidovic]] (Université de Lausanne)

'''Date:''' July 26-29, 2018

'''Place:''' Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

'''Secretary''': [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan)

The Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar will be held July 26th–29th in Lausanne, Switzerland
at the Université de Lausanne. David Hamidovic (Professor of Jewish apocryphal literature and History of Judaism in Antiquity) will serve as host and Chair of the seminar.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar is an international convening of doctoral students where the goal is to share innovative research ideas in a collegial environment. Participants will gather for three days to present and discuss papers on a variety of topics related to their field of research. Each participant is expected to read the papers beforehand for maximum conversational engagement. Individual sessions will be held daily where each presenter will have the opportunity to share his/her research and receive constructive and supportive feedback.

The seminar welcomes doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers to present papers and participate in general discussion. Participants from various fields related to and including Hebrew Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumran Scrolls, as well as Christian and Rabbinic literature are invited to attend.

Proposals for papers (500-1,000 words) should be submitted by Jan 12, 2017. Completed papers (maximum 6,000 words) are due May 11, 2017 for review by the seminar committee. Completed papers will be made available in advance for all participants to read before the first day of the seminar.

In addition to paper presentations by participants, there will also be keynote addresses offered by Thomas Römer on Hebrew Bible, David Hamidovic on Apocryphal Literature, and Jörg Frey on the New Testament as well as a panel discussion led by other distinguished faculty members.

Lodging for the seminar will be provided by the Université de Lausanne at no additional expense to participants. Please contact the Secretary of the seminar, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu), for registration details and submission of proposals and papers.

==Schedule and Participants==

Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar

2017-10-28T02:41:01Z

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The '''Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar''' (2018), is an international Conference for advanced doctoral students and recent Ph.D.'s organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]], as part of the ongoing series of meetings of the [[Enoch Graduate Seminar]] (since 2006)

==Overview==

'''Chairs:''' [[David Hamidovic]] (Université de Lausanne)

'''Date:''' July 26-29, 2018

'''Place:''' Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

'''Secretary''': [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan)

The Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar will be held July 26th–29th in Lausanne, Switzerland
at the Université de Lausanne. David Hamidovic (Professor of Jewish apocryphal literature and History of Judaism in Antiquity) will serve as host and Chair of the seminar.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar is an international convening of doctoral students where the goal is to share innovative research ideas in a collegial environment. Participants will gather for three days to present and discuss papers on a variety of topics related to their field of research. Each participant is expected to read the papers beforehand for maximum conversational engagement. Individual sessions will be held daily where each presenter will have the opportunity to share his/her research and receive constructive and supportive feedback.

The seminar welcomes doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers to present papers and participate in general discussion. Participants from various fields related to and including Hebrew Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumran Scrolls, as well as Christian and Rabbinic literature are invited to attend.

Proposals for papers (500-1,000 words) should be submitted by Jan 12, 2017. Completed papers (maximum 6,000 words) are due May 11, 2017 for review by the seminar committee. Completed papers will be made available in advance for all participants to read before the first day of the seminar.

In addition to paper presentations by participants, there will also be keynote addresses offered by Thomas Römer on Hebrew Bible, David Hamidovic on Apocryphal Literature, and Jörg Frey on the New Testament as well as a panel discussion led by other distinguished faculty members.

Lodging for the seminar will be provided by the Université de Lausanne at no additional expense to participants. Please contact the Secretary of the seminar, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu), for registration details and submission of proposals and papers.

Enoch Graduate Seminar (2006-), learned society

2017-10-28T02:39:52Z

Rodneyac: /* Meetings */

[[File:University Michigan.jpg|thumb|250px|[[First Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at the University of Michigan (2006)]]
[[File:Princeton Theological Seminary.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Second Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University (2008)]]
[[File:Catholic University Budapest.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Third Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at the Catholic University Budapest (2010)]]
[[File:Notre Dame University.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Fourth Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at Notre Dame University (2012)]]
[[File:McGill University.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Fifth Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at McGill University and Concordia University Montreal (2014)]]
[[File:University Texas Austin.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Sixth Enoch Graduate Seminar]], at the University of Texas Austin (2016)]]

The '''Enoch Graduate Seminar''', founded in 2006, is an international gathering of PhD students and post-Docs in the field of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins, promoted by the [[Enoch Seminar]].

== History ==

The Enoch Graduate Seminar was founded in 2006 by [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] as an extension of the activities of the [[Enoch Seminar]]. The goal was to offer the possibility to international PhD students and Post-Docs to meet and share the results of their research.

The Enoch Graduate Seminar meets every other year, hosted by an international University. It is chaired by two or three senior specialists in the field. Papers circulates in advance among the participants and are only briefly introduced (5 minutes) by the author at the conference, where one hour is devoted to the discussion of each paper, with all participants acting as respondents. The best papers are selected for publication in academic journals. [[Isaac W. Oliver]] served as the secretary of the Conference from 2012 to 2016.

== Meetings ==

* 2006 (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) - [[First Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
** Chairs: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]], and [[James C. VanderKam]]

* 2008 (Princeton Theological Seminary / Princeton University, Princeton, NJ) - [[Second Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
** Chairs: [[James H. Charlesworth]], [[Martha Himmelfarb]], and [[Gabriele Boccaccini]]

* 2010 (Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary) - [[Third Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
** Chairs: [[Ida Froehlich]], [[Gabriele Boccaccini]], and [[Géza G. Xeravits]]

* 2012 (University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN) - [[Fourth Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
**Chair: [[James C. VanderKam]]

* 2014 (Concordia University / McGill University, Montréal, QC) - [[Fifth Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
**Chairs: [[Lorenzo DiTommaso]] and [[Gerbern S. Oegema]]

* 2016 (University of Texas Austin) - [[Sixth Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
**Chairs: [[Jonathan Kaplan]], [[Kelley Coblenz Bautch]], [[Isaac Oliver]]

* 2018 (Université de Lausanne) - [[Seventh Enoch Graduate Seminar]]
**Chair: [[David Hamidovic]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.enochseminar.org/# Enoch Seminar website]

[[Category:Research tools]]
[[Category:Learned Societies|2006 Enoch Graduate]]

[[Category:Made in the 2000s| 2006 Enoch Graduate]]

[[Category:Second Temple Judaism (subject)|2006 Enoch Graduate]]

[[Category:Christian Origins (subject)|2006 Enoch Graduate]]

Angel Veneration and Christology (1995 Stuckenbuck), book

2015-10-07T23:11:59Z

Rodneyac: /* External links */

''' Angel Veneration and Christology: A Study in Early Judaism and in the Christology of the Apocalypse of John''' (1995) is a book by [[Loren T. Stuckenbruck]].

==Abstract==
Originally presented as the author's thesis--Princeton Theological Seminary, 1993.

==Editions and translations==
Published in [[Tübingen, Germany]]: [[Mohr]], 1995.

==Table of contents==

==External links==
*[ Google Books]

[[Category:1995| Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Scholarship|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
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[[Category:Scholarship|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:English language|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Made in the 1990s| 1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:Christology (subject)|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Messiah (subject)|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Angels & Demons (subject)|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:John (subject)|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:Johannine Studies|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Johannine Studies--English|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Johannine Studies--United Kingdom|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:Apocalyptic Studies|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Apocalyptic Studies--English|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Apocalyptic Studies--United Kingdom|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:Second Temple Studies|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Second Temple Studies--English|1995 Stuckenbuck]]
[[Category:Second Temple Studies--United Kingdom|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

[[Category:Revelation of John (text)|1995 Stuckenbuck]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-06-02T18:30:17Z

Rodneyac: /* Getting to the Seminar */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': All papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Prospective Publication''': A volume will be published with a selection of the papers offered atf the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''.

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)*
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (University of Bologna, Italy, EU)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)*
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – '''Opening Session and Welcome''' (Gabriele Boccaccini, Guillaume Dye)

17:45–19:30 – '''Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS'''
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:15 – '''Reading Sessions'''

*(a) ''' ''Eschatological Counter-Discourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn'' '''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''' ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam'' '''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 2: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET'''
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

14:30–16:15 – '''Session 3: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?'''
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – '''Short Papers '''

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], "The Arabian Origins of the ''Ḥāǧib'': From Household Servant to Courtly Officer"
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], "In Search of Religious 'Orthodoxy' in Sasanian Iran: The Paradigm and Its Devotees"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

9:00–10:15 – '''Short Papers'''

*''' ''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' ''' (Chair: )
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], "Conversion from Jewish and Christian Milieus to Islam and Its Influence on the Formation of the Qur'ān"
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], "Al-Ṭabarī's Accounts of Islam and the Qur'ān: Methodological Implications for Research on Manuscripts, Linguistics, and the Qur'ān"
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], "Is the Dating of Qur'ānic Manuscripts Still a Problem?"
**[[Paul Neuenkirchen]], "Eschatology, Responsories and Rubrics in Eastern Christian Liturgies and the Qur'ān: Some Preliminary Remarks"

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 4: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS'''
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Optional cultural visit to Milan and the Ambrosian Library

'''Thursday, June 18'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:15 – '''Short Papers'''

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: Gabriele Boccaccini)
**[https://bbaw.academia.edu/aliaghaei Ali Aghaei], "''God commands you to slaughter a Cow'': Q. 2:67-74 as an allusion to Num. 19:1-19 or Deut. 21:1-9?"
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], "Abraham the Iconoclast in Qur'ānic Transformation"
**[['Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi]], "Muḥammad and the Christian Monks Baḥīrā and Waraqa: Revelation and Dialogue at the Origin of the Qur'ān"
**[[Laura Mulayka Enriello]], "Qur'ān and Eschatology: Reflections on the Prophet Enoch in the Islamic Tradition"

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], "Eruptions of Memories: On Collective Memory and Seismic Catastrophe in the Qur’ān"
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], "Cushions, Bottles and Roast Chickens! More Advertising about Paradise"
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], "Religious Scrupulousness and the End of the World: Some Remarks on Early Islamic Piety"

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 5: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT'''
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

14:30–16:15 – '''Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF REDACTION CRITICISM'''
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:45 – '''Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS'''
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – '''Closing Plenary Session'''

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-06-02T18:18:50Z

Rodneyac: /* Getting to the Seminar */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': All papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Prospective Publication''': A volume will be published with a selection of the papers offered atf the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''.

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)*
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (University of Bologna, Italy, EU)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)*
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – '''Opening Session and Welcome''' (Gabriele Boccaccini, Guillaume Dye)

17:45–19:30 – '''Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS'''
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:15 – '''Reading Sessions'''

*(a) ''' ''Eschatological Counter-Discourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn'' '''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''' ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam'' '''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 2: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET'''
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

14:30–16:15 – '''Session 3: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?'''
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – '''Short Papers '''

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], "The Arabian Origins of the ''Ḥāǧib'': From Household Servant to Courtly Officer"
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], "In Search of Religious 'Orthodoxy' in Sasanian Iran: The Paradigm and Its Devotees"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

9:00–10:15 – '''Short Papers'''

*''' ''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' ''' (Chair: )
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], "Conversion from Jewish and Christian Milieus to Islam and Its Influence on the Formation of the Qur'ān"
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], "Al-Ṭabarī's Accounts of Islam and the Qur'ān: Methodological Implications for Research on Manuscripts, Linguistics, and the Qur'ān"
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], "Is the Dating of Qur'ānic Manuscripts Still a Problem?"
**[[Paul Neuenkirchen]], "Eschatology, Responsories and Rubrics in Eastern Christian Liturgies and the Qur'ān: Some Preliminary Remarks"

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 4: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS'''
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Optional cultural visit to Milan and the Ambrosian Library

'''Thursday, June 18'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:15 – '''Short Papers'''

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: Gabriele Boccaccini)
**[https://bbaw.academia.edu/aliaghaei Ali Aghaei], "''God commands you to slaughter a Cow'': Q. 2:67-74 as an allusion to Num. 19:1-19 or Deut. 21:1-9?"
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], "Abraham the Iconoclast in Qur'ānic Transformation"
**[['Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi]], "Muḥammad and the Christian Monks Baḥīrā and Waraqa: Revelation and Dialogue at the Origin of the Qur'ān"
**[[Laura Mulayka Enriello]], "Qur'ān and Eschatology: Reflections on the Prophet Enoch in the Islamic Tradition"

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], "Eruptions of Memories: On Collective Memory and Seismic Catastrophe in the Qur’ān"
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], "Cushions, Bottles and Roast Chickens! More Advertising about Paradise"
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], "Religious Scrupulousness and the End of the World: Some Remarks on Early Islamic Piety"

10:45–12:30 – '''Session 5: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT'''
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

14:30–16:15 – '''Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF REDACTION CRITICISM'''
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

09:00–10:45 – '''Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS'''
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – '''Closing Plenary Session'''

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (Click here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iGG88SUKt-OWiHrArob-XwTG4JOSQlHhW0faNQPIiwE/edit?usp=sharing] for information regarding sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-05-16T03:22:15Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(3) ''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)*
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)*
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahya Pallavicini)

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) ''Eschatological Counterdiscourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 2: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], " "
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], " "

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], " "
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], " "
**Paul Neuenkirchen, " "
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 3: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/en/forum/fellows/vita/article/s-ali-aghaei.html?type=98&cHash=52d3434ecff45a3d6307281f68b17e04 Ali Aghaei], " "
**'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi, " "
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], " "

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], " "
**Laura Mulayka Enriello, " "
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], " "
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF REDACTION CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-05-16T03:20:57Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(3) ''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)*
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahya Pallavicini)

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) ''Eschatological Counterdiscourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 2: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], " "
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], " "

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], " "
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], " "
**Paul Neuenkirchen, " "
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 3: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/en/forum/fellows/vita/article/s-ali-aghaei.html?type=98&cHash=52d3434ecff45a3d6307281f68b17e04 Ali Aghaei], " "
**'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi, " "
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], " "

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], " "
**Laura Mulayka Enriello, " "
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], " "
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF REDACTION CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-05-16T03:20:36Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(3) ''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)*
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahya Pallavicini)

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) ''Eschatological Counterdiscourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 2: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], " "
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], " "

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], " "
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], " "
**Paul Neuenkirchen, " "
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 3: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/en/forum/fellows/vita/article/s-ali-aghaei.html?type=98&cHash=52d3434ecff45a3d6307281f68b17e04 Ali Aghaei], " "
**'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi, " "
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], " "

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], " "
**Laura Mulayka Enriello, " "
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], " "
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF REDACTION CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-05-16T03:20:20Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(3) ''' ''How Should We Interpret the Early Islamic Account of the Arab Conquests?'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Biblia Arabica Project'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Redaction Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Emilio González Ferrín, Meira Polliack, Guillaume Dye, Manfred Kropp, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia on the Eve of Islam'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by May 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), by May 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Benassi, 'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner, Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Bori, Caterina''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Caruthers, Rodney''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Enriello, Laura Mulayka''' (Interreligious Studies Academy, Italy, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, EU)*
*'''Mortensen, Mette Bjerregaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pagani, Samuela''' (University of Salento, Italy, EU)
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy, EU)*
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahya Pallavicini)

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], "Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions"; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) ''Eschatological Counterdiscourse in the Qur'ān and Tractate Sanhedrîn''
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) ''Christian Representations of the Coming of Islam''
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia], "A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?"; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 2: HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE EARLY ISLAMIC ACCOUNT OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS?
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín], "Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/GregFisher Greg Fisher], "Arabia and the Late Antique East: Current Research and New Problems"
**[http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood], "Archival Authority in the 'Abbāsid Caliphate: Edessa and Its Tax Claims"
**[https://csic.academia.edu/IanDMorris Ian D. Morris], " "
**[https://citytech-cuny.academia.edu/ParvanehPourshariati Parvaneh Pourshariati], " "

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], " "
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], " "
**Paul Neuenkirchen, " "
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 3: THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project"; Respondent: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/en/forum/fellows/vita/article/s-ali-aghaei.html?type=98&cHash=52d3434ecff45a3d6307281f68b17e04 Ali Aghaei], " "
**'Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi, " "
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], " "

*(b) ''( )'' (Chair: )
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], " "
**Laura Mulayka Enriello, " "
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], " "
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], " "

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], " "; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF REDACTION CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye], "The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism"; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker], "Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam"; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen]

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-24T23:02:34Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)*
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)*
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent:

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-24T22:55:32Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent:

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-24T22:54:47Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Hoffman, Thomas''' (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent:

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-24T22:52:17Z

Rodneyac: /* Provisional Schedule */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent:

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-23T03:10:53Z

Rodneyac: /* Preliminary Information */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (10 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discussion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

'''From Linate'''

Taxi: Cost - ?? (probably extremely high); There is a shuttle which runs from Linate to Malpensa where you could share a taxi with those arriving at Malpensa.

Train: Take shuttle or bus to Milano Centrale station (see above).

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-14T15:20:02Z

Rodneyac: /* Provisional Schedule */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-14T15:19:30Z

Rodneyac: /* Provisional Schedule */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliackMeira Polliack]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-14T15:17:49Z

Rodneyac: /* Provisional Schedule */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[Meira Polliack]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-14T14:21:57Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-14T14:21:14Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)*
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-04T01:28:39Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-04T01:22:57Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)*
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-04T01:22:24Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-04T01:21:42Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)*
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)*
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-04-04T01:14:42Z

Rodneyac: /* Preliminary Information */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Meira Polliack, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-25T23:08:41Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Aghaei, Ali''' (Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany, EU)*
*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Caterina Bori''' (Università di Bologna, Bologna)*
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Pohlmann, Karl-Friedrich''' (University of Münster, Germany, EU)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**(Chair: )

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-18T16:19:10Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)*
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**Chair: [https://uncc.academia.edu/JohnCReeves John C. Reeves]

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-18T16:14:08Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**Chair: [https://uncc.academia.edu/JohnCReeves John C. Reeves]

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-18T16:05:51Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)*
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**Chair: [https://uncc.academia.edu/JohnCReeves John C. Reeves]

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-18T16:01:52Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)*
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**Chair: [https://uncc.academia.edu/JohnCReeves John C. Reeves]

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-03-05T22:37:54Z

Rodneyac: /* Prospective Participants */

[[File:Villa Cagnola.jpg|thumb|250px|Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Milan, Italy]]
[[File:Dye.jpeg|thumb|123px|Guillaume Dye, Free University of Brussels (ULB)]]
[[File:Boccaccini.jpg|thumb|123px|Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan]]

'''Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?''' (2015) is the topic of the fourth conference in the series of [[Nangeroni Meetings]], and the first conference of the [[Early Islamic Studies Seminar]], organized by the [[Enoch Seminar]] in Milan, Italy (June 2015) in collaboration with COREIS.

< ... -- [[Second Nangeroni Meeting]] (Israel 2014) -- [[Third Nangeroni Meeting]] (Rome 2014) -- '''Fourth Nangeroni Meeting''' (Milan 2015) -- [[Fifth Nangeroni Meeting]] (Naples 2015) -- ... >

==Fourth Nangeroni Meeting (Milan, Italy; June 15–19, 2015)==

Chair: [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye] (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)

Co-Chair: [[Gabriele Boccaccini]] (University of Michigan, USA)

Secretary: [[Rodney Caruthers]] (University of Michigan, USA)

====Preliminary Information====

'''When''': June 15-19, 2015

'''Accommodations''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Location of the Seminar''': Villa Cagnola (Gazzada Schianno, Milan, Italy)

'''Purpose''': '''The meeting aims at re-examining afresh formative Islam in its the late-antique context'''. We plan to have panels (major sessions) on the following topics:
*(1) ''' ''Early Islam and Enochic Traditions'' '''
*(2) ''' ''Early Islamic Eschatology'' '''
*(3) ''' ''Early Islamic Sources in Light of a "Theology of Salvation"'' '''
*(4) ''' ''The Making of the Islamic Prophet'' '''
*(5) ''' ''Epigraphic Sources for the Study of Qur'ānic Origins'' '''
*(6) ''' ''The Qur'ān in Light of Traditio-Historical Criticism'' '''
*(7) ''' ''Method and Theory in the Study of Islamic Origins'' '''

'''Major papers''' will be offered by Guillaume Dye, Emilio González Ferrín, Manfred Kropp, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Carlos A. Segovia, Tommaso Tesei, and Stephen J. Shoemaker.

'''Short papers''' on Qur'ānic and Early Islamic Studies will be welcome, particularly if they are related to any of the following topics of interest, to which we plan to devote several reading sessions and short-paper sessions, as well:

*''' ''Dating Old Qur'ānic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' '''
*''' ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' '''
*''' ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' '''
*''' ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' '''
*''' ''The material Culture of Emergent Islam'' '''
*''' ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' '''

The pre-circulating papers shall be presented briefly (5 min.) before being discussed by the participants (respondents will be allowed 10 min. to respond before the general discusion begins).

'''Paper Submission''': Major papers should be submitted by March 30, 2015. In turn, short papers should be submitted by April 30, 2015. This will allow respondents and other participants enough time to prepare their responses and critical comments.

'''Paper Length''': Major papers should be 6,000 words maximum; short papers, 3,000 words maximum.

'''Proceedings''': A volume will be published with the proceedings of the conference, which overall purpose is to contribute to the renewed study of Islamic origins '''in close dialogue with scholars working on the late-antique Near East, Second Temple Judaism, Rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Sassanian Iran.'''

'''Participation in the Early Islamic Studies Seminar is by invitation only.'''

'''Should you like to present a short paper, please send to the chair of the conference, Guillaume Dye (gdye@noos.fr), a provisional title and and an abstract by January 2015'''

'''Should you simply like to attend the conference, or receive further information about it, please contact its secretary, Rodney Caruthers (rodneyac@umich.edu) at your earliest convenience.'''

====Accommodations====

We have secured the lovely [http://www.villacagnola.it Villa Cagnola] in Gazzada Schianno (about 45 kilometres [28 miles] northwest of Milan) for our accommodations. Four nights lodging and all breakfasts and lunches are included in the cost, paid directly to us in Milan via cash:

*€0 – Authors of Major Papers
*€200 – Major Paper Respondents
*€300 – Everyone else
*€200 – Guests (children under 14, staying in the same room, are free)

====Registration====

Participation in the Fourth Nangeroni Meeting is by invitation only. If you have already secured your participation, please fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kqeJFGZuybiMloNqxsK5RJHbGJoQDGUk7qiqE6MOcz8/viewform official online registration form] and pay your registration fee by '''February 28, 2015'''.

The registration fee is based on the number of Enoch Seminars/Nangeroni Meetings you have attended in the past:

*$125 – Newcomers
*$110 – Attended 1 Enoch Seminar
*$100 – Attended 2 Enoch Seminars
*$90 – Attended 3 Enoch Seminars
*$75 – Attended 4 or 5 Enoch Seminars + all emeriti
*$0 – Attended 6 or more Enoch Seminars or Nangeroni Meetings

This registration fee is a donation to our sponsor, the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies, and it is tax-deductible for U.S. residents. The registration fee is refundable (minus a $50 administrative processing fee) 30 days prior to the start of the Seminar (i.e. by May 15, 2015) if for some reason you are unable to attend.

====Prospective Participants====

*'''Azaiez, Mehdi''' (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, EU)
*'''Boccaccini, Gabriele''' (University of Michigan, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Bonner Michael''' (University of Michigan, USA)
*'''Borrut, Antoine''' (University of Maryland, USA)*
*'''Courtieu, Gilles''' (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, France, EU)
*'''Dye, Guillaume''' (Free University of Brussels [ULB], Belgium, EU)*
*'''Fedeli, Alba''' (University of Birmingham, England, UK, EU)
*'''Fisher, Greg''' (Carleton University, Ontario, Canada)*
*'''González Ferrín, Emilio''' (University of Seville, Spain, EU)*
*'''Hayajneh, Hani F.''' (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
*'''Mårtensson, Ulrika''' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
*'''Kropp, Manfred''' (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, EU)
*'''Lange, Christian''' (Utrecht University, Netherlands, EU)
*'''Lourié, Basil''' (''Scrinium'', Russia / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Morris, Ian D.''' (Spanish National Research Council [CSIC], Spain, EU)
*'''Neuenkirchen, Paul''' (École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE], France, EU)*
*'''Oliver, Isaac W.''' (Bradley University, Illinois, USA / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Petersen, Anders Klostergaard''' (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Polliack, Meira''' (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
*'''Pourshariati, Parvaneh''' (New York City College of Technology, USA)
*'''Pallavicini, Yahaya''' (COREIS, Italy)
*'''Powers, David S.''' (Cornell University, New York, USA)*
*'''Reed, Annette Yoshiko''' (University of Pennsylvania, USA / Enoch Seminar)
*'''Reeves, John C.''' (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
*'''Retsö, Jan''' (University of Gothenburg, Sweden, EU)
*'''Segovia, Carlos A.''' (Saint Louis University, Spain, EU / Enoch Seminar)*
*'''Shoemaker, Stephen J.''' (University of Oregon, USA)
*'''Swanson, Dwight''' (Nazarene Theological College Manchester, UK, EU)*
*'''Tesei, Tommaso''' (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel)
*'''Watson, Francis''' (Durham University, UK, EU)*
*'''Wilk, Mateusz''' (University of Warsaw, Poland, EU)*
*'''Wood, Philip''' (The Aga Khan University, England, UK, EU)*
*[...]

====Provisional Schedule====

'''Monday, June 15'''

8:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – Opening Session and Welcome (Dye, Guillaume Dye, Gabriele Boccaccini, Yahaya Pallavicini

17:45–19:30 – Session 1: EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed]; Respondent: [https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]

20:00 - Dinner

'''Tuesday, June 16'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Revisiting Early Islamic Historiography
**Chair: [http://www.mehdi-azaiez.org/?lang=fr Mehdi Azaiez]

*(b) Pro-Christians/anti-Christians Texts in the Qur’ān and the Dome of the Rock
**(Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 2: EARLY ISLAMIC ESCHATOLOGY
*[https://vanleer.academia.edu/TommasoTesei Tommaso Tesei]; Respondent: [https://uu.academia.edu/ChristianLange Christian Lange]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 3: EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES IN LIGHT OF A “THEOLOGY OF SALVATION”
*[https://us.academia.edu/EmilioGonzalezFerrin Emilio González Ferrín]; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Dating Old Qur'anic Manuscripts: Problems, Methods, Criteria'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''The Religious Landscape of Sassanid and Early Islamic Iran (500-750)'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Wednesday, June 17'''

8:45–10:15 – Short Papers

*(a) ''Scribal Culture in the Near East (6th-8th centuries)'' (Chair: )

*(b) ''Biblical/para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur’ān'' (Chair: )

10:45–12:30 – Session 4: THE MAKING OF THE ISLAMIC PROPHET
*[https://slu.academia.edu/CarlosSegovia Carlos A. Segovia]; Respondent: [http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dsp4 David S. Powers]

13:00 - Lunch

Optional cultural visit to Milan

Open lecture at the University of Milan: "Rethinking Early Islam in Its Late-Antique Context"

'''Thursday, June 18'''

09:00–10:15 – Reading Sessions

*(a) Manichaeism and Islamic Origins: How Strong Is the Link?
**Chair: [https://uncc.academia.edu/JohnCReeves John C. Reeves]

*(b) Non-Islamic Witnesses to the Islamic Expansion
**Chair: [http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/ismc/aboutus/faculty/Pages/philip-wood.aspx Philip Wood]

10:45–12:30 – Session 5: EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp]; Respondent: [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xretsj Jan Retsö]

13:00 - Lunch

14:30–16:15 – Session 6: THE QUR'ĀN IN LIGHT OF TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
*[https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye]; Respondent: [https://bradley.academia.edu/IsaacWOliverakadeOliveira Isaac W. Oliver]

16:45–18:15 – Short Papers

a) ''Material Traces of the Islamic Expansion and Rule'' (Chair: )

b) ''Arabia and Byzantium on the Eve of Islam'' (Chair: )

20:00 - Dinner

'''Friday, June 19'''

09:00–10:45 – Session 7: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
*[https://uoregon.academia.edu/StephenShoemaker Stephen J. Shoemaker]; Respondent: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen] (Aarhus University, Denmark, EU)

11:15–12:30 – Closing Plenary Session

13:00 – Lunch & Farewells

===Getting to the Seminar===

'''Villa Cagnola (main lodging and location of Seminar):'''

Istituto Superiore di Studi Religiosi “Villa Cagnola”

Via Cagnola, 17/19

21045 GAZZADA SCHIANNO (VA)

Tel. +39 0332 461304

fax +39 0332 870887

E-mail: reception@villacagnola.it

villacagnola@tin.it

[http://www.villacagnola.it www.villacagnola.it]

'''From Malpensa Airport'''

Taxi: 25-30 minutes; ~60 Euros (see above for sharing a taxi)

Train: ~1.5 hours; ~6 Euros (See [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com], Departure = "Malpensa Aeroporto" Arrival = "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone")

*Take bus from Malpensa to "Busto Arsizio” and from there take a train “Suburbano” to the stop “Gazzada-Schianno.”
*The station in Gazzada is about 1km from the Villa, or ~200m via the steps ([https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&hl=en&ll=45.778546,8.824221&spn=0.006398,0.016512&sll=41.581461,-83.587567&sspn=0.013723,0.033023&oq=villa+cagnola,+gaz&hq=Villa+Cagnola,+Via+Cagnola,+Gazzada+Schianno,+Italy&t=m&z=17 see map]).

'''From Milan via Train'''

There are no direct trips to Gazzada from Milano Centrale station (though it is usually a quick connection). Most of the direct trips from Milan are from the Milano Porta Girabaldi station (which is also in the center of town). Visit [http://www.trenitalia.com trenitalia.com] to find the best times for direct trips. For departure, select "Milano (all stations)," and for arrival, "Gazzada-Schianno-Morazzone." This will show you all of the trips to Gazzada from the Milan stations. The trip will take 1-1.5 hours and cost around 6 euros.

[[Category:Conferences]]

[[Category:Milan, Italy|2015]]

Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity? / 4th Nangeroni Meeting (2015 Milan), conference

2015-02-06T02:40:31Z

Rodneyac: /* Registration */