Séminaire d'études islamiques et séminaire de philosophie : dialogues, sources, traductions

Seminar on Islamic Studies and Philosophy Seminar: dialogues, sources, translations

As part of the: Master in Islamic Studies / Master en Études islamiques

Ahab BDAIWI, Leiden University

21-22 October 2025, Mmsh, salle A219, Aix-en-Provence. Organization: Olga L. Lizzini, Fârès Gillon, Jawdath Jabbour, Nadjet Zouggar With the support of « Fondation AMidex » and IFI (Institut français d’islamologie).

- 21 October/Octobre 2025, 5.30-7.30 p.m./17h30-19h30 - “Defending the Master: Shiʿi Avicennans against Ashʿari Avicennans in Late Medieval Iran”.
- 22 October/Octobre 2025, 2 p.m.-4 p.m./14h00-16h00 - “Where are the Idols? Monotheism and Idolatry in Seventh-Century Mecca”.

Dr Ahab BDAIWI studied at the Universities of London and Exeter, and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic Intellectual History from the University of Exeter (2015). He spent three years as a lecturer at the University of St Andrews (2013-2016) and was Visiting Scholar of Medieval Studies at the College of William and Mary. Since August 2016 he is Assistant Professor of Islamic Thought and History at Leiden University. He received the the Cook Crone Fellowship in Ancient and Medieval History in 2020-2021, spending a year Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He is the founder of the Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Initiative (LUSSI) and Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUITH) and co-founder of the Leiden University Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (LAMS). Among his other responsibilities: the Brill book series “Islamic Thought and History” (co-editor with Sajjad Rizvi and Meryem Sebti) and the Brill journal Tahqiq: Islamic Thought and History (co-editor with Sajjad Rizvi).

Ahab BDAIWI a étudié aux Universités de Londres et d'Exeter, et a obtenu son doctorat en Histoire intellectuelle arabe et islamique de l'Université d'Exeter (2015). Il a passé trois ans en tant que maître de conférences à l'Université de St Andrews (2013-2016) et a été chercheur invité en Études médiévales au College of William and Mary. Depuis août 2016, il est professeur assistant en Pensée et Histoire islamiques à l'Université de Leiden. Il a reçu la bourse Cook Crone en Histoire ancienne et médiévale en 2020-2021, passant un an au Gonville and Caius College de l'Université de Cambridge. Il est le fondateur de la Leiden University Shiʿi Studies Initiative (LUSSI) et du Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUITH), et cofondateur du Leiden University Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies (LAMS). Parmi ses autres responsabilités : la collection « Islamic Thought and History » chez Brill (dont il est co-éditeur avec Sajjad Rizvi et Meryem Sebti) et la revue Brill Tahqiq: Islamic Thought and History (dont il est co-éditeur avec Sajjad Rizvi).