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[[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''' (Corpus Coranicum, 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)*
*'''Pallavicini, Yahya''' (COREIS, 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)*
*'''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'''––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

08:00-16:00 – Arrivals

17:00 – '''Opening Session and Welcome''' ([http://www.4enoch.org/wiki3/index.php?title=Gabriele_Boccaccini Gabriele Boccaccini], [https://ulb.academia.edu/GuillaumeDye Guillaume Dye])

17:45–19:30 – '''Session 1''': EARLY ISLAM AND ENOCHIC TRADITIONS
*[https://upenn.academia.edu/AnnetteYoshikoReed Annette Yoshiko Reed], <u>"<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Fallen Angels and the Afterlives of Enochic Traditions</span>"</u>; 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], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">A Messianic Controversy behind the Making of Muḥammad as the Last Prophet?</span>"; 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], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Islamic Late Antiquity and ''Fatḥ'': The Effect as Cause</span>"; Respondent: [https://history.umd.edu/users/aborrut Antoine Borrut]

16:45–18:15 – '''Short Papers '''

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

20:00 - Dinner

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

08:45–10:15 – '''Short Papers'''

*''The History of the Qur'ān: New Perspectives and Debates'' (Chair: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/anders-klostergaard-petersen(966b9914-b583-4e39-8af5-6c1684239191).html Anders Klostergaard Petersen])
**[http://egora.uni-muenster.de/fb1/personen/kpohlmann.shtml Karl-Friedrich Pohlmann], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Conversion from Jewish and Christian Milieus to Islam and Its Influence on the Formation of the Qur'ān</span>"
**[http://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/ulrika.martensson Ulrika Mårtensson], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Al-Ṭabarī's Accounts of Islam and the Qur'ān: Methodological Implications for Research on Manuscripts, Linguistics, and the Qur'ān</span>"
**[http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/itsee/staff/index.aspx Alba Fedeli], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Is the Dating of Qur'ānic Manuscripts Still a Problem?</span>"
**[[Paul Neuenkirchen]], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Eschatology, Responsories and Rubrics in Eastern Christian Liturgies and the Qur'ān: Some Preliminary Remarks</span>"

10:45–12:30 –  '''Session 4''': EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF QUR'ĀNIC ORIGINS
*[https://uni-mainz.academia.edu/ManfredKropp Manfred Kropp], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Epigraphical Sources in the Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Regions in Late Antiquity</span>"; 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) ''Biblical/Para-Biblical Traditions in the Qur'ān'' (Chair: [http://www.4enoch.org/wiki3/index.php?title=Gabriele_Boccaccini Gabriele Boccaccini])
**[https://bbaw.academia.edu/aliaghaei Ali Aghaei], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">''God commands you to slaughter a Cow'': Q. 2:67-74 as an allusion to Num. 19:1-19 or Deut. 21:1-9?</span>"
**[https://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/profile/?id=5560 Francis Watson], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Abraham the Iconoclast in Qur'ānic Transformation</span>"
**[['Isa 'Abd al-Haqq Nicola Benassi]], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Muḥammad and the Christian Monks Baḥīrā and Waraqa: Revelation and Dialogue at the Origin of the Qur'ān</span>"
**[[Laura Mulayka Enriello]], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Qur'ān and Eschatology: Reflections on the Prophet Enoch in the Islamic Tradition</span>"

*(b) ''Qur'ānic- and Early Islamic Eschatology'' (Chair: [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/mette-bjerregaard-mortensen(e0aed006-b90f-4dd9-bb70-c047a22932ad).html Mette Bjerregaard Mortensen])
**[https://ku-dk.academia.edu/ThomasHoffmann Thomas Hoffmann], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Eruptions of Memories: On Collective Memory and Seismic Catastrophe in the Qur’ān</span>"
**[https://univ-lyon3.academia.edu/gillescourtieu Gilles Courtieu], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Cushions, Bottles and Roast Chickens! More Advertising about Paradise</span>"
**[http://en.ihuw.pl/institute/about/academic-staff/dr-mateusz-wilk Mateusz Wilk], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Religious Scrupulousness and the End of the World: Some Remarks on Early Islamic Piety</span>"

10:45–12:30 –  '''Session 5''': THE BIBLIA ARABICA PROJECT
*[https://telaviv.academia.edu/MeiraPolliack Meira Polliack], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">The Task of Translation: Reflections on a Recent Scholarly Project</span>"; 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], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">The Qur'ān and Its Hypertextuality in Light of Redaction Criticism</span>"; 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], "<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Method and Theory in the Study of Early Islam</span>"; 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

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===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).


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