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(*Postponed) Tokyo-Jerusalem Joint Workshop: The Quranic Heritage and Intellectual-Historical Challenges in Early and Medieval Islam 2023年10月22日 "Analysis and Remodeling of the Relations between Religion and Society" International Study Group
This workshop aims to review different aspects of Islamic thought and culture, as they found expression in the Quran, hadith collections, exegetical literature, theological and philosophical writings etc. in early and medieval Islam. Each presentation will cover one specific topic and offer a fresh evaluation in light of new findings and analyses. The central question is how Muslim authors struggled to give birth to a new spiritual creation in intellectual-historical contexts, in which they were inevitably situated. In this connection, we shall also pay attention to the acts of Verstehen by Muslims of their canon as well as clusters of interpretations and speculations surrounding it, not excluding moments of prejudices, deviations and distortions inherent in them, which are hermeneutically positive and necessary.
The workshop will be held as part of the activities carried out under the international research project “Humanitas Futura: Traditions of Thought and New Vistas for Understanding Man,” which is propelled by Dr. Koji Yamashiro. On the basis of the academic collaborations between the University of Tokyo and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this project intends to promote creative interactions on research frontiers and to serve as a truly interdisciplinary platform for international scholarly cooperation.