2017 Symposium Agenda

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017

5:30 PM | RECEPTION

6:30 PM | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Jeremy Teitelbaum, Interim Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, USA
Gregory E. Sterling, Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean of Yale Divinity School Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale University, USA

6:45 PM | DINNER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017

8:30 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:15 AM | WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Daniel Weiner, Vice President for Global Affairs; Professor of Geography, University of Connecticut, USA
Zaid Eyadat, Professor of Political Science, University of Jordan, Jordan; Director of Human Rights Programs in the Middle East, University of Connecticut, USA

9:30 AM | SESSION I - INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS

Mohammed Abattouy, Professor of History & Philosophy of Science, Mohammed V University, Morocco
Ronald Kiener, Professor of Religious Studies, Trinity College, USA
Daniel Lasker, Norbert Blechner Professor of Jewish Values, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
SESSION CHAIR: Zaid Eyadat, Professor of Political Science, University of Jordan, Jordan; Director of Human Rights Programs in the Middle East, University of Connecticut, USA

10:45 AM | COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM | SESSION II - SCIENCES: RECEPTION & TRANSLATION

Nader El-Bizri, Professor of Philosophy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Brian Long, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Canada
Nicola Carpintieri, Assistant Professor, Chair of Arabic & Islamic Studies, University of Connecticut, USA
Joseph Ziegler, Associate Professor of History; Director of the School of History, University of Haifa, Israel
SESSION CHAIR: Susan Einbinder, Professor of Hebrew & Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut, USA

12:15 PM | LUNCH

2:00 PM | SESSION III - REVELATIONS: POLEMICS & PROPHESIES

Alexander Fidora, Research Professor, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Celli, Assistant Professor of Italian & Mediterranean Studies, University of Connecticut, USA
Mayte Green-Mercado, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University, USA
Ahmed Chahlane, Professor Emeritus of Arabic & Judaic Philology, Mohammed V University, Morocco
SESSION CHAIR: Zaid Eyadat, Professor of Political Science, University of Jordan, Jordan; Director of Human Rights Programs in the Middle East, University of Connecticut, USA

3:15 PM | COFFEE BREAK

3:30 PM | SESSION IV - GEOGRAPHIES & MOBILITIES

Daniel Hershenzon, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Connecticut, USA
Seth Kimmel, Assistant Professor of Medieval & Early Modern Cultural Studies, Columbia University, USA
Benjamin Liu, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of California at Riverside, USA
Pier Tommasino, Assistant Professor of Italian, Columbia University, USA
SESSION CHAIR: Anne Berthelot, Co-director of Medieval Studies Program, Professor of French, University of Connecticut, USA

4:45 PM | CONCLUDING REMARKS & PATH FORWARD

Jeffrey Shoulson, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives; Doris & Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut, USA

5:15 PM | RECEPTION