Arabic Literature and Science Conference
May 25, 2011 – May 27, 2011
Venue: Wroclaw
Country: Poland
Organiser: University of Wroclaw
E-mail: arabicliteratureandscience@gmail.com
The goal of the conference is to examine and discuss the development of the Arabic literature laid down from the 6th to 21th century as well as to reflect on the Arabic science impact on the European scholarly knowledge through the classical period of the golden era of Islam and the modern Arabic scientific developments. We would like to encourage you to submit abstracts of papers to present during the conference.
The abstract should be written in English (300 – 500 words) and sent via e-mail to arabicliteratureandscience@gmail.com no later than 25th of February 2011.
The Call for Papers is addressed to all experts and PhD candidates conducting their research in following areas:
Themes
Classical and Modern Arabic Literature:
1. Preislamic poetry (the difficulties that are encountered by present day translations based on the means of poetic expression and archaic vocabulary. We encourage to discuss the common patterns and paradigms)
2. Ummayyad and Abbasid literature (what was the foundation of the new genre “Arabic epic” and its relationship to the early prose caused the development of the Arabic folk epic like “The Arabian Nights” and “Sirats”, between the 8th century (when the composition of those works began) and the half of the 12th century, when those romances (already at a very developed stage) gained great popularity as well.
3. Modern Arabic Poetry and Literature (how and in what scope Arabic Modern poets and writers were influenced by various ancient legends, myths and folk stories?)
Medieval and Modern Arabic Science and Technology Developments
1. We encourage to discuss the various aspects of scientific and technological developments associated with the Golden Age of Islam: astronomy, medicine, geography, mathematics, physics, zoology, engineering, the translation movement and knowledge transfer to Europe.
2. Examples of scientific and technological developments related with the Arab world taking place in the XX and XXI century: oil processing, robotics, engineering, computer sciences, ecological developments, medical developments etc.
For information please contact: arabicliteratureandscience@gmail.com
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