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Universality in Islamic Thought (Day 2)

18th Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference in Islamic Studies honoring Professor Wilferd Madelung

Saturday, May 12, 2007
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Faculty Center, Sequioa Room
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

The Center for Near Eastern Studies is delighted to announce the selection of distinguished scholar Wilferd Madelung as the recipient of the eighteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Islamic studies.  The tradition established by CNES founder and first director Professor Gustav E. von Grunebaum calls for the Levi Della Vida awardee to convene an international conference on a topic of his or her choice and to invite colleagues to contribute papers.

Professor Wilfred Madelung has selected the topic of Universality in Islamic Thought.

SATURDAY, MAY 12
UCLA Faculty Center, Sequoia Room

10:00 am  

SESSION III
Chair: Nikki Keddie, History, UCLA
   
Cultic acts: their cosmic causes and legal conditions
Baber Johansen, Islamic Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School

10:45 am 

The Limits of Universalism in Islamic Thought: The Case of Indian Religions
Carl Ernst, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:30 am  

Break

11:45 am  

Discussion
Khaled Abou El-Fadl, Law, UCLA
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, History, UCLA

12:15 pm  

Lunch

2:00 pm  

SESSION IV
Chair: Osman Galal, Public Health, UCLA

The (relative) universality of a literary theme:  Indian, Persian, and Arabic tales of the death of kings
Michael Cooperson, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA

2:45 pm  

The Universality and Neutrality of Science
Emilie Savage-Smith, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

3:30 pm  

Break

3:45 pm  

Discussion
Ali Behdad, Comparative Literature, UCLA
Azim Nanji, Director, Institute of Ismaili Studies

4:15 pm  

Wrap-Up

Special Instructions

Free and Open to the Public. Parking will be available in Lot 2. Please visit the parking kiosk located at Hilgard and Westholme to purchase parking permit (Cost: $8.00).

For more information please contact

Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes

Download File: LDV Program-rvsd.pdf

Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies