Translated Desires: Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Multilingual Islamic Past
The writings of Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240), one of the most influential Sufi Muslim theoreticians of the medieval period, touched all aspects of knowledge in Asia and Africa in the centuries after his death. This workshop will take as its objective a global history of translation and language in both the dissemination and reception of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s writings through discourse, music, and art.
Welcome, Acknoweldgements, Opening Remarks: 9AM
Ali Karjoo-Ravary (Columbia University)
SOURCES: 9:30-11 AM
- Kazuyo Murata (King’s College London)
Ibn al-ʿArabī on Boredom - Maria Dakake (George Mason University)
Ta’wil and Ishara: The Meaning of these Terms in Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Approach to the Quran - Mohammed Rustom (Carleton University)
Ibn al-ʿArabī on Translation
LEGACIES: 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
- Rosabel Ansari (SUNY Stony Brook)
Ibn al-ʿArabī in Peripatetic guise? From ʿiyān to burhān and the epistemological problematic - Marlene Dubois (Suffolk Community College)
The Covenant of Alast: When Love Shared its Promise - Amer Latif (Emerson College)
The Sufi Path of Extraordinary Ordinariness in the Ottoman Novel
The Depths of Imagination - Atif Khalil (University of Lethbridge)
Ibn al-ʿArabī in Japan: The Life and Legacy of Toshihiko Izutsu (1914-1993)
LUNCH BREAK: 1-2 PM
TRANSLATIONS: 2:45-4:15 PM
- Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia)
Philosophical Sufism in the Sokoto Caliphate: Two Poems of Shaykh Dan Tafa - Shankar Nair (University of Virginia)
The Heart as Cosmic Creator: Hindu Scriptures Translated through the Lens of Ibn al-ʿArabī - Sachiko Murata (SUNY Stony Brook)
Wujūdī Metaphysics in Chinese
KEYNOTE: 5-6:30 PM
- William C. Chittick (SUNY Stony Brook)
Farghānī on Wahdat al-Wujūd in the Four Journeys
Sponsored by:
The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society
Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Qalam Pakistan Initiative
Columbia Core Curriculum
Department of History, Columbia University
Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, Columbia University
Center for the Study of Muslim Societies, Columbia University
The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University
Sacred Music at Columbia
Columbia Music Center
Columbia Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
Columbia Law School
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Chaar Prahar
Translated Desires: Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Multilingual Islamic Past
Sat, October 21, 2023 | 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
https://events.columbia.edu/go/translated
Zoom Link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_x-Rb4MaBTYywzn4v7v1Hhw
Sufi Music: Farid Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal Group
Fri, October 20, 2023 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
https://events.columbia.edu/go/qawwal
“Light & Beauty” Exhibit & “Translated Desires” Opening Reception
Fri, October 20, 2023 | 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
https://events.columbia.edu/go/lightandbeauty
