Orientalism and the Philology of the New Human
Join us for an opportunity to discuss the central ideas of Professor Wael Hallaq’s most recent works, Restating Orientalism (2018) and Reforming Modernity (2019), with the author himself. The seminar will start with a short presentation by Professor Hallaq, analysing the subjective formation and psycho-epistemology that had enabled the pathologies of Orientalism, and proposing the formation of a new subjectivity and an ethicized philology as a solution. A series of open discussions will follow

The seminar will begin at 1pm and finish at 5pm.

Participants are strongly recommended to prepare by reading: Restating Orientalism (Columbia University Press, 2018), especially chapters 3–5; and Reforming Modernity (Columbia University Press, 2019), especially chapters 2, 6, and the Epilogue.
Date: 21 May 2022, 13:00 (Saturday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Professor Wael Hallaq (Columbia University)
Organising department: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Organiser: OCIS Events (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxcis.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/317658102937
Audience: Public
Editor: Talal Al-Azem