Conference Cycle Permanent Seminar on Islamic Studies 2024

The Permanent Seminar on Islamic Studies takes place in the context of the Research Line Islamic Heritage and Spirituality in the Area of Science of Religions at Lusófona University and is associated with the activities of the new LusoGlobe research centre at Lusófona University. It also has partnerships with the Islamic Foundation of Palmela and MIAS-Latina.

Program

31 May | 6pm

• Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence: What is Fiqh?
  
  
  • Fabrizio Boscaglia (Lusófona University) and Yasir Aboobakr (Palmela Islamic Foundation)

27th June | 6pm

• Ibn ʿArabī and religious pluralism
• Faustino Teixeira (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, MIAS Latina)

25th July | 6pm

• Two Pilots, Two Authors: Navigation in the Indian Ocean in Portuguese and Arabic Sources (15th-16th centuries)
• Inês Bénard da Costa (CIUHCT-University of Lisbon)

29th August | 6pm

• 1000 years ago, in Al-Ushbūna: The City and its Silences
• Paulo Almeida Fernandes (IHA-New University of Lisbon, Museum of Lisbon)

26th September | 6pm

• An Islam of Love: Charity beyond the Ethics of Devotion
• Raquel Gil Carvalheira (CRIA-New University of Lisbon)

31st October | 6pm

• Al-Ghazālī and the Incoherence of the Philosophers
• Catarina Belo (American University of Cairo)

28th November | 6pm

• Islamic Sicily: The Fatimids and a Multicultural Legacy
• Nuha Alshaar (CFUL-University of Lisbon, The Institute of Ismaili Studies)

12th December | 6pm

• Islamic Therapies in Mozambique
• Francesco Vacchiano (Ca' Foscari University Venice)