The European Qur’an: exhibition in the Weltmuseum Wien 2024-2025

The first exhibition of the European Qur’an project (EuQu) supported by the European Research Council will take place at the Weltmuseum in Vienna from September 18, 2024, to August 24, 2025. This year-long exhibition is part of a series exploring the presence and impact of the Qur’an in Europe.

Visitors will have the opportunity to discovers historical artefacts, manuscripts, and multimedia presentations which illustrate the Qur’an’s role in European intellectual, artistic, and religious history from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The exhibition opening will take place on 17 September 2025. Check the museum website to register.

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Open Access Publication : New Light on Old Manuscripts: Recent Advances in Palimpsest Studies

book-cover, naima afif, article, publication, author, scientificNew publication: Naima Afif, Peter E. Pormann, William I. Sellers, Natalia Smelova, Siam Bhayro, “GalenQt. A New Software Tool for Recovering Lost Text and its Use for the Reconstruction of the Lacuna in Galen’s Simple Drugs, Book 8”, in C. Rapp, J. Gruskova, G. Kessel, G. Rossetto (eds), New Light on Old Manuscripts: Recent Advances in Palimpsest Studies, Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2023, p. 441–463.

 

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International workshop ‘Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences’, 1-2 February 2023

I am delighted to announce the forthcoming international workshop, ‘Jews, the Qur’an and Islam: Contacts and Influences’ which will take place on 1-2 February 2023 in Copenhagen under the auspices of the EuQu project.

The workshop aims to explore how Jews approached the Qur’an and Islam from the Middle Age to the early modern period both in the lands of Islam and in Europe. Through various sources and textual genres ranging from polemics, exegesis to Qur’anic translations, we will discuss how Islam was perceived, how the Qur’an was used and how the Jews in some contexts were influenced by the material, textual and theological aspects of the Islamic tradition.

Online participation is possible via Zoom. You can learn more about the event here or contact me: naima.afif@teol.ku.dk

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