Conference Program

The conference is scheduled to take place on November 10-12, 2011. Scholars from the United States and several other countries will be presenting papers in six different panels.

All panels will be held at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, on 1501 Neil Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. 

The conference program has been finalized, and is available either by day, through the links below, or in downloable .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.  

Please click here to download the conference program.

A digest of all conference abstracts can be downloaded by clicking here.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The first day of the conference, taking place from 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, will feature introductory remarks and the first panel, on al-Ghazālī's "Intellectual Background and Development." In the evening, Prof. Eric Ormsby will present the keynote speech. The evening will conclude with a reception with Dr. E. Gordon Gee, the President of the Ohio State University. Click for a more detailed schedule, including conference presenters and paper titles.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

The second day of the conference, from 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM, features three panels and is dedicated to al-Ghazālī's reception in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic realms. The second panel of the conference, "Al-Ghazālī and Jewish Thought," will examine his impact in Judaism; the third panel, "Al-Ghazālī and Christian Thought," will examine his impact in Christianity; finally, the fourth panel, "Al-Ghazālī in the Islamic Context," will examine al-Ghazālī in Islam. Click for a more detailed schedule, including conference presenters and paper titles.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

The last day of the conference, taking place from 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM, features two panels: the fifth panel, entitled "Reason and Religion," and the final panel, entitled "Practical Aspects of Religious Rationality," will more broadly explore al-Ghazālī's impact. Click for a more detailed schedule, including conference presenters and paper titles.

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Musical Concert

The conference will conclude with a musical concert by famed musician Ali Jihad Racy of the University of California in Los Angeles, beginning at 8 PM. Click for location and registration information.

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