Published on 19 November 2007
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Barhebraeus and the Syriac renaissance

Colloquium

Colloquium organized by CNRS, UMR 8167 orient et méditerranée, laboratoire islam médiéval, Collège de France and École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Monday, December 3, 2007

  • Collège de France
    Salle 4
    11, place Marcelin-Berthelot
    75005 Paris

Program

Introduction

9 h - 9 h 30
Michel Tardieu, Professor at the Collège de France
Jean-Claude Waquet, President of ephe
Françoise Micheau, director of the medieval Islam laboratory

Moderator : Philippe Hoffmann, Dean of the Religious Sciences Section (EPHE)

History and historiography

9 h 30 - 10 h
Muriel Debié, CNRS-IRHT research fellow
Is Barhebraeus original compared to Michael the Syrian ?

10 h - 10 h 30
Denise Aigle, Director of Studies at the EPHE
Barhebraeus's historiographical work in Syriac and Arabic and its contribution to the history of the Mongol period

10 h 30 - 10 h 45
Discussion

Religious thought and its sources

11 h - 11 h 30
David Taylor, Professor, Oxford University
The importance of the Church Fathers in Barhebraeus's speculative work

11 h 30 - 12 h
Dominique Gonnet and René Lavenant, Sources chrétiennes, Lyon
The liturgical work of Barhebraeus through the sanctuary candelabrum

12 h - 12 h 30
Florence Jullien, Senior Lecturer, EPHE
A matter of religious controversy : the letter to the Nestorian catholicos Mar Denha1er

12 h 30 - 12 h 45
Discussion

Philosophy and Islamic culture

Moderator : David Taylor, Professor at Oxford University

15 h - 15 h 30
Herman Teule, Professor, University of Nijmegen
Christian and Muslim influences on ethicon memro II

15 h 30 - 16 h
Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Director of Studies, EPHE
The logical work of Barhebraeus

16 h - 16 h 15
Discussion

Science and literature

16 h 30 - 17 h
Georges Bohas, Professor at ENS, Lyon
Barhebraeus and the Syriac grammatical tradition

17 h - 17 h 30
Françoise Micheau, Professor at the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne
The medical work of Barhebraeus

17 h 30 - 18 h
Michel Tardieu, Professor at the Collège de France
The purpose of Barhebraeus in the funny stories

18 h - 18 h
Discussion

18 h 15 - 19 h
Herman Teule, Professor, University of Nijmegen - General conclusion
Michel Tardieu, Professor at the Collège de France - Assessment and outlook