Day
1
(Nov 16, 2002) |
‘Attar’s Poetry in Persian Sufism and
Philosophy |
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| 08.30-09.20
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Coffee and Registration
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| 09.20-09.30
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Opening Remarks
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Prof.
Christopher Shackle (Pro-director for Academic Affairs, SOAS)
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| 09.30-10.00
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Keynote Address
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- Prof.
Annemarie Schimmel (Prof. Emeritus of Indo-Muslim Culture,
Harvard University) ‘Attar:
the Voice of Longing |
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| 10.00-11.30
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Morning Session: 'Attar in the Persian Sufi &
Philosophical Tradition'
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| 10.00-11.30
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Part
1 |
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Prof.
Carl Ernst (University of North Carolina)
, On
Losing One’s Head: Radical Hallajian motifs in works
attributed to ‘Attar
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Prof.
Shahram Pazuki (Institute for Humanities and Cultural
Studies, Tehran, Iran), The
Depiction of Sainthood and Sufi Saints in the Works of
‘Attar |
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| 11.30-12.00
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Coffee/tea
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| 12.00-13.30
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Part
2
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Mr. Lucian Stone (Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale, Illinois), Blessed
Perplexity: The Topos of Hayrat in ‘Attar’s MANTAQ AL
TAYR
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Mr.
Mohammad Reza Juzi (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London),
A Hermeneutical
Debate on a Verse of ‘Attar
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| 13.30-014.30 |
Lunch
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| 14.30-17.15 |
Afternoon Session: ‘Attar – The Legend, the Man and
the Poetic Persona |
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| 14.30-16.00
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Part
1
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Prof.
Muhammad Este’lami (McGill University, Montreal),
Narratology and
Reality in the Study of ‘Attar |
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Dr.
Muhammad Isa Waley (British Library, London),
Didactic
style and self-criticism in ‘Attar |
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| 16.00-16.30
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Coffee/tea
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| 16.30-17.15
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Part
2 |
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Prof.
Fatemeh Keshavarz (Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri), Flight
of the Birds: the Poetic Animating the Spiritual in
‘Attar’s MANTIQ AL-TAYR
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| 19.00-20.30 |
Concert
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HIDDEN IN
LOVE’S BURNING: Persian Music based on the Song and
Verse of ‘Attar (Venue:
Brunei Gallery, Concert details will be available soon,
tickets will be available after 15 September) |
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Day
2
(Nov 17, 2002)
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‘Attar’s Legacy in Love, Art & Mystical
Theology
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| 08.45-09.45
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Keynote Address:
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Dr.
Husayn Ilahi-Ghomshei (University of Tehran), Of
the Scent and Sweetness of Attar: ‘Attar’s Appeal and
Legacy in the Verse of Rumi, Shabistari and Hafiz |
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| 09.45-13.15 |
Morning Session: Form and the Sophianic Feminine in ‘Attar’s
Poetry
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| 09.45-11.15
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Part
1
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Prof. Christopher Shackle (SOAS, University of London), Representations
of ‘Attar’s Tale of Shaykh San‘an
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Prof.
Frank Lewis (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia),
“She
is mirour of alle cu
rteisye”: The Semiotics of Feminine Virtue in Chaucer and
‘Attar
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| 11.15-11.45
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Coffee/tea
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| 11.45-13.15
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Part
2
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Dr.
Eve Feuillebois (Sorbonne, Paris),
The
Painful Wayfaring of the Lover in ‘Attar’s MUKHTAR-NAMA |
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Prof. J.C.Bürgel
(Bern University, Switzerland),
Repetitive
Structures in the Epic Poetry of ‘Attar and their
Functions
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| 13.15-14.30
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Lunch
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| 14.30-17.30
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Afternoon Session: ‘Attar’s Mystical Theology and it’s
Representation in Persian Miniature Painting
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| 14.30-16.00 |
Part
1 |
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Dr.
Leili Anvar-Chenderoff (Sorbonne, Paris),
Without
us, from us we are safe: Self and selflessness in the DIVAN
of ‘Attar |
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Dr.
Leonard Lewisohn (Institute of Ismaili Studies, London),
Graceless
Zealot’s Faith and Inspired Libertine’s Hope:
‘Attar’s Apophatic Theology in the Context of Persian
Sufism |
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| 16.00-16.30
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Coffee/tea
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| 16.30-17.30 |
Part
2 |
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Dr. Michael Barry (Sorbonne, Paris)
, Eight
Pictorial Meditations on ‘Attar: The New York Manuscript
of the MANTIQ AL-TAYR, illustrated in 15th
Century Herat and 17th Century Isfahan
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| 17.30-18.30
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Concluding Remarks
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-
Prof.
Annemarie Schimmel |
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