PUBLIC LECTURE

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD

OF ISLAM, A MIRROR OF 14 CENTURIES
MUSLIM CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

An event of the long-term project "Corpus Coranicum" of the Berlin-

Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Tuesday, 27 September 2016 / 6 pm

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Picture: The cover of the Encyclopaedia of
Workshop room 1, Jgerstrae 22/23, 10117 Berlin the World of Islam, vol. 20: letters (2016)

In his lecture Parviz Salmani will give an introduction into an Iranian Introduction
reference publication, the Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI). Michael Marx
BBAW
It is being produced by researchers of the Encyclopaedia Islamica
Foundation (Tehran) founded in 1983. So far twenty volumes in Persian The Encyclopaedia of the World
have appeared (letter b' to letter r), encompassing all disciplines of Islam, a mirror of 14 centuries
Muslim culture and civilization
of Islamic scholarship, including Qur'an, Hadith, jurisprudence,
Parviz Salmani
mysticism, philosophy, literature, and arts. The entries are published Research Fellow and Director of
on paper and online, accessible under www.rch.ac.ir/article/paging. International Relations of the En-
Meanwhile a selection of articles are published in Arabic and English. cyclopaedia Islamica Foundation,
Tehran (Iran)
During his visit to the project Corpus Coranicum, issues of cooperation
are discussed, especially in the field of manuscript studies, textual
history, and the study of the Quran as a text of Late Antiquity.

Admission is free. Registration is not

required.

Weitere Informationen Anfahrt

Michael Marx / marx@bbaw.de S-Bahn bis Friedrichstrae / U2 bis Hausvog-

teiplatz oder Stadtmitte / U6 bis Franzsische
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Strae oder Stadtmitte. Bei Anfahrt mit dem
Akademiegebude am Gendarmenmarkt, Jgerstrae 22 / 23, 10117 Berlin eigenen PKW empfehlen wir die Nutzung
der umliegenden Parkhuser.
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