Research Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes

A Meeting of Scholars and Scholarships: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Helsinki and St. Petersburg

Venue: The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS), The University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 24

Dates: February 19-20, 2015

Conference Schedule:

 

Thursday, February 19

 10.20-11.00 Registration, Informal Introductions, and Coffee

1. 11.00—11.20. A Welcome Note
   Professor Oleg Redkin, Faculty of Asian and African Studies and the Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes, St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU) and Professor Alexander Knysh, HCAS and the Laboratory for Analysis and Modeling of Social Processes, SPbGU and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2. 11.20—12.00. Anna Matochkina, SPbGU and European University, St. Petersburg, “Approaches to the Phenomenon of Graffiti in the Arab World”.

 Moderator: Professor Alexander Knysh, SPbGU and University of Michigan

 Lunch break 12.00—13.10

3. 13.10—13.50. Ilkka Lindstedt, University of Helsinki, “New Findings of Early Arabic Graffiti from the Hisma”

 Moderator: Olga Bernikova, SPbGU

4. 13.50—14.30. Jonathan Morén, University of Uppsala, “Suhrawardī for the Sultan: Muṣannifak’s Ḥall al-rumūz wa-kashf al-kunūz”.

         Moderator: Professor Alexander Knysh, SPbGU and University of Michigan

5. 14.30—15.10. Joonas Maristo, University of Helsinki, “How a Legend is Constructed: Bahrām Čubin in Persian and Arabic Historiographical Writings from the 9th to 12th Century”.

 Moderator: Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, University of Helsinki

6. 15.10—15.50. Inka Nokso-Koivisto, University of Helsinki, “Qur’anic Influence in the Geographical Worldview of Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadhani.”

 Moderator:  Professor Oleg Redkin, SPbGU

 Coffee Break 15.50—16.20.

7. 16.20—17.00. Vladimir Rozov,  SPbGU, “A Taxonomy of Islamic Finances: Creating a Distinct Identity”

 Moderator: Professor Nikolai Dobronravin, SPbGU

8. 17.00—17.20. General comments/discussion (if any)

 

 

Friday, February 20

         Coffee 9.40-10.10

9. 10.10—10.50. Darya Ulanova, SPbGU, “Working with Manuscripts of the 15th-17th Centuries in the Ottoman Language: Approaches and methods”

 Moderator: Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, University of Helsinki

10. 10.50—11.30. Janne Mattila, University of Helsinki, “Philosophical Practice in Classical Arabic Philosophy”

 Moderator: Dr. Sylvia Akar, University of Helsinki

11. 11.30—12.10. Anastasia Ulangina, SPbGU, “Saudi Literature Between Protest and Conformity”

 Moderator:  Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, University of Helsinki

 Coffee Break 12.10—12.40

12. 12.40—13.10. Oleg Sokolov, SPbGU, “The Image of the Ideal mujahid in Radical Islamic Publications”

 Moderator: Professor Nikolai Dobronravin, SPbGU

13. 13.10—14.00. Nikolai Dobronravin, SPbGU, “Islam, Political Islam, Islamism: Multiple terms and realities for study”

 Moderator: Professor Alexander Knysh, SPbGU and University of Michigan

 Lunch Break 14.00—15.10

14. 15.10—15.50. Mikko Viitamäki, University of Helsinki, “Vujudi Themes in the Poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi (1742-1832)”.

 Moderator: Professor Alexander Knysh, SPbGU and University of Michigan

15. 15.50—16.40. A General Discussion led by Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila and Professor Alexander Knysh

 Adjournment: 16.40