Lectures

Conference Contributions

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• Belgrade – 23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Organized by The Serbian National Committee of Byzantine Studies & Association Internationale des Études Byzantines (22–27/08/2016), Conference Program [see p. 71], Participation at the Round Table: Transformation Processes Between Byzantium and the Islamic World, Title: “Coranus Graecus – Transformation of Religious Knowledge in Byzantine Syria”

• Brookline (Boston/USA) – 2014 Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art & Culture/Hellenic College Holy Cross (27/02–01/03/2014), Title: “From ‘kalimah’ to ‘the logos’ – Transformation of Knowledge exemplified at the Byzantine Translation of the Qur’an (8/9th century CE)”

• Münster – 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (23–27/09/2013), Title: “Vom ‘Kamelhirten’ und ‘wahren Propheten’ – Die byzantinische Koranübersetzung und die Islam-Polemik des Nikētas von Byzanz (9. Jh.)” [“Of the ‘camel shepherd’ and ‘true prophet’ – the Byzantine translation of the Qur'an and the Islamic polemics of Nikētas of Byzantium (9th century)”]

• Münster – 32nd German Oriental Studies Conference, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (23–27/09/2013), Title: “Kann eine frühe Koranfassung durch die griechische Koranübersetzung (8./ 9. Jh. n. Chr.) rekonstruiert werden?” [“Can an early version of the Qur’an be reconstructed through the Greek translation of the Qur’an (8th/9th century AD)?”]

• Adelaide (Australia) – 10th International Conference on Greek Research, Flinders University (27–30/06/2013), Title: “Παραπομπή ή παραλλαγή; Η βυζαντινή μετάφραση του Κορανίου τον 8/9ο αι. μ.Χ.” [“Citation or variation? The Byzantine translation of the Qur’an during 8th/9th century AD”]

• Athens – 7th Athens Postgraduate Conference [see p. 4], National University of Athens (16–18/05/2013), Title: “Το Βυζάντιο – η πρώτη επαφή της Ευρώπης με το Ισλάμ” [Byzantium – Europe's first contact with Islam”]

• Köln – Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung Byzantinischer Studien (31/01–02/02/2013), Title: “Die byzantinische Koranübersetzung: Christliche Hermeneutisierung oder frühe Koranpolemik?” [“The Byzantine translation of the Qur’an: Christian hermeneutics or early Qur’anic polemic?”]

• Chapel Hill (USA) – International Conference “War, Expansion, and the Problem of Sovereignty: The European, Islamic, and New Worlds, 1000–1700”, University of North Carolina, sponsored by the Center for International Cooperation/Freie Universität Berlin (01–02/10/2010)