New Approaches to Qur an and Exegesis

Sponsored by the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus Harris Theater October 23–24, 2010 Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

New scholarly approaches to the Qur’an and its interpretation have led to an increasing appreciation of the wide variety of ways the Qur’an has been understood by Muslims in the past and an awareness that Qur’anic interpretation (tafsir) is an ongoing process that continues to be dynamic in our own time.

This conference will bring together a number of national and international scholars to discuss the significance of Qur’anic interpretation for understanding the Islamic intellectual heritage and for shaping new Muslim responses to contemporary challenges.

Keynote Speaker Seyyed Hossein Nasr George Washington University Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel

Asma Afsaruddin Feras Hamza Joseph Lumbard Mohammed Rustom Indiana University American University Brandeis University Carleton University, Canada Reading Martyrdom in of Dubai, United Arab Covenant and Covenantalism The Word Made Book: the Qur’an: An Exegetical Emirates in the Qur’an Mulla Sadra’s Qur’anic Survey of Key Verses The Unwritten Tafsir and Hermeneutics in Context the Lingering Elusiveness Daniel Madigan Qamar al-Huda of the Qur’anic Text Georgetown University Walid Saleh U.S. Institute of Peace Trends in non-Muslim University of Toronto, Modern Tafsir on Peace- Muzaffar Iqbal readings of the Qur’an Canada building and Reconciliation Center for Islam Arabic Historiography of in the Qur’an and Science, Canada Farhana Mayer Tafsir: Printing and Ideology New Approaches to the Institute of Ismaili Studies, in the Modern Islamic World P re s enter Caner Dagli Qur’an and Science Nexus London, United Kingdom College of the Holy Cross Mystical Hermeneutics and Kristin Sands The Laws of War and Todd Lawson Cosmology in the Tafsir Sarah Lawrence University Religious Conversion University of Toronto, Ascribed by the Sufis to The Problem of Listless in the Qur’an Canada Ja`far al-Sadiq Lovers in al-Qushayri’s Tafsir and the Meaning of Lata’if al-isharat Juliane Hammer the Qur’an: The Crucifixion George Mason University in Muslim Thought American Muslim Women’s Readings of the Qur’an

Main conference proceedings are free and open to the public. Keynote address and banquet dinner: $25, RSVP required.

For more information and conference itinerary, please visit our web site at Where Innovation Is Tradition islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu