Summer School on "Muhammad: Life, Society and Legacy"

Inekas and the University of Exeter

The summer school aims to provide participants with insights into foundational aspects of studying Muhammad's life and early Islamic history

We are pleased to announce the 2023 INEKAS Summer School titled "Muhammad: Life, Society and Legacy", hosted by Inekas Group in collaboration with the University of Exeter, and Hanif Center for Religious Studies.Taking place on 24, 25, 31 August and 1, 6, 7, 8 September, the summer school will run in seven days from 11:30 to 18:00 BST (6:30 to 13:00 EDT). The summer school aims to provide students interested in Islamic studies with a glimpse into recent scholarship on the life of Prophet Muhammad and his family members, the social and cultural context of his society, and his cultural legacy in Muslim societies. There will be presentations in both English (17 presentations) and Persian (7 presentations). Hence, students interested in Islamic or Middle Eastern studies who intend to improve their Persian for academic purposes can also use the summer school as a training course.

<h2>List of speakers</h2><li>Rasul Jafarian (University of Tehran): Opening speech</li><li>Ilkka Lindstedt (University of Helsinki)</li><li>Mohsen-Hesam Mazaheri (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Adam Bursi (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Ehsan Roohi (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Shari Lowin (Stonehill College)</li><li>Joshua Little (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Andreas Görke (University of Edinburgh)</li><li>Aila Santi (SOAS University of London)</li><li>Mahsheed Ansari (Charles Sturt University)</li><li>Emran El-Badawi (University of Houston)</li><li>Ghasem Darzi (Shahid Beheshti University)</li><li>Juan Cole (University of Michigan)</li><li>Ibrahim Zain (Hamad Bin Khalifa University)</li><li>Gayane Mkrtumyan (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Halim Rane (Griffith University)</li><li>Ahmad el-Wakil (Independent Scholar)</li><li>Sean Anthony (Ohio State University)</li><li>Ali Bahramian (CGIE)</li><li>Ahmad al-Jallad (Ohio State University)</li><li>May Shaddel (Leiden University)</li><li>Abdulla Galadari (Khalifa University)</li><li>Marion Holmes Katz (New York University)</li><li>Mohsen Goudarzi (Harvard University)</li>

Day 1: Aug 24

Inaugural Speech (In Persian)

The Religious Situation in Arabia Around the Time of the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad

The Religious Situation in Arabia Around the Time of the Birth of the Prophet 

Honoring the "Founder" and the Secterian Identity: Prophet's Place in Shī‘i Rituals (in Persian)

Honoring the "Founder" and the Secterian Identity

Day 2: Aug 25

Prophetic Pieces and Places: Relics of the Prophet Muḥammad in Early Islam

Prophetic Pieces and Places

New Trends in Western Sira Studies: The Case of Caravan Looting Narratives in Sira

New Trends in Western Sira Studies (In Persian)

“A Prophet Like Moses”? What Can We Know About the Early Jewish Responses to Muḥammad's Claims of Mosesness?

“A Prophet Like Moses”? 

Day 3: Aug 31

Reconstructing the Life of Muḥammad: Problems and Solutions in Critical Scholarship

Reconstructing the Life of Muḥammad

Between History and Exegesis: the Origins and Transformation of the Story of Muḥammad and Zaynab bt Ǧaḥš

Between History and Exegesis

The House of the Prophet and the Mosque of the Prophet: Urbanism and Architecture in Early Islamic Medina

The House of the Prophet and the Mosque of the Prophet

Day 4: Sep 1

Khadijah, Muhammad, and Christian-Pagan Confrontation (505-629 CE)

Khadijah, Muhammad, and Christian-Pagan Confrontation

Typology of the Aesthetic Components of the Qur'ān: Emphasizing the Role of Muhammad in the Aesthetic Perception of the Qur'ān (in Persian)

Typology of the Aesthetic Components of the Qur'ān (In Persian)

Day 5: Sep 6

Abū Ṭālib and the Early Islamic Historiography (in Persian)

Abū Ṭālib and the Early Islamic Historiography (In Persian)

Genre Criticism in the Study of Prophetic Biography: Maghāzī, Taʾrīkh, and the Historical Muhammad (in Persian)

Genre Criticism in the Study of Prophetic Biography

Day 6: Sep 7

An Introduction to the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad (A Panel)

An Introduction to the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad (Part I)

An Introduction to the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad (Part II)

Revising Modern Historical Approaches to the Life and Times of the Prophet Muhammad

Revising Modern Historical Approaches to the Life and Times of Muhammad

Day 7: Sep 8

The Qibla: An Allusion to the Shemaʿ

The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad: Devotional Piety in Sunni Islam

The Constitution of Medina and Sūrat al-Māʾidah: Similarities and Potential Connections between Two Texts from Early Islam

The Constitution of Medina and Sūrat al-Māʾidah (In Persian)

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