Mehdi Azaiez

Publication of "When Christians First Met Muslims A Sourcebook of the Earliest Syriac Writings on Islam" by Michael Philip Penn (April 2015)
Penn (Michael Philip), When Christians First Met Muslims A Sourcebook of the Earliest Syriac Writings on Islam, Oakland, University of California Press, 290 p. ISBN: 9780520284944 The author (…)

"The Composition of the Qur’an: Rhetorical Analysis" by Michel Cuypers (May 2015)
Cuypers (Michel), The Composition of the Qur’an: Rhetorical Analysis, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2015, 224 p. ISBN 978-1474227483 Remark: this book is a translation of "La Composition du (…)

The Poetic Qur’an, Studies on Qur’anic Poeticity (Thomas HOFFMANN)
HOFFMANN (Thomas), The Poetic Qur’an, Studies on Qur’anic Poeticity,Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, ("Diskurse der Arabistik ; 12"), 2007, XV+192 p. Bibliogr. ISBN 3-447-05515-4 Présentation The (…)

Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’ān, Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses by Karen Bauer (February 2015)
Bauer (Karen), Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’ān, Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses, Cambridge, ("Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization"), 2015. ISBN 9781107041523 Bauer (Karen), (…)

Publication of "God is Beautiful: The Aesthetic Experience of the Quran" by Navid Kermani (February 2015)
Kermani (Navid), God is Beautiful: The Aesthetic Experience of the Quran, Hoboken, N.J, John Wiley, 2015, 400 p. ISBN 978-0745651675 (English version of "Gott ist shön. Das ästhetische Erleben (…)

Islam and Modern Muslim Thinkers (Seminar)
This 12-week seminar is a survey of the varied ways in which modern Muslim thinkers have grappled with challenging modern questions. Based on selected topics as such as Religion, State, Gender, (…)