DAMASCUS LECTURES ON ORIENTALISM
Translation of official notice:-
Syrian Arab Republic, Ministry of Culture, Asad Library
On the occasion of the 16th Arab Book Exhibition which is being held by the
Asad Library during the period 11-21 October 2000 at the Damascus International
Exhibition Site:
The Asad Library invites [you] to attend, as part of the cultural activities
accompanying the Exhibition, lectures discussing ORIENTALISM.
The programme is as follows:-
Thursday 12.10.2000
Dr `Abd al-Nabi Istayf (Syria): Towards a new orientalism
Friday 13.10.2000
Dr Muhammad Shahin (Jordan): About Orientalism's journey
Saturday 14.10.2000
Dr Dominique Mallet (France): Orientalism on the basis of its
scholarly output: the experience of the
French Institute for Arab Studies in
Damascus
Sunday 15.10.2000
Dr Zaynat Bitar (Lebanon): Orientalism in European sculpture
Tuesday 17.10.2000
Dr Hisham Ja`it (Tunisia): Criticism of Orientalism from the
standpoint of historical methodology
Wednesday 18.10.2000
Dr Ahmad Abu Zayd (Egypt): Orientalism and the Western
concentration on the Self
Thursday 19.10.2000
Dr Fu'ad Sha`ban (Jordan): Earth and Man in the discourse of
American Orientalism
The lectures begin at 6 p.m. sharp in the Lecture Hall of the Library.
Geoffrey Roper
Islamic Bibliography Unit
Cambridge University Library
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