Programme: Islamic Aesthetics
27.–28.10. 2008, Helsinki, House of the Sciences (Tieteiden talo), Kirkkokatu 6, Room 104
The Finnish Society for Aesthetics and the Finnish Oriental Society will arrange a conference on Islamic Aesthetics October 27th – 28th 2008, Helsinki, Finland
Programme
Monday 27th October
10.15Opening words,
Ulla-Maija Kulonen, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki
Pauline von Bonsdorff, Chair of the Finnish Society for Aesthetics, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, University of Helsinki
10.45Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh, The Making of an Islamic Aesthetic: The Umayyad Response to the Mediterranean Heritage, 650-750
12.00Lunch break
13.30Sylvia Akar, University of Helsinki, Islam and the Arts
14.15Ingvild Flaskerud, University of Tromsø, Aesthetics and Devotion
15Coffee
15.30Taneli Kukkonen, University of Jyväskylä, The Beautiful, The Good, and the True: Aesthetic Issues in Islamic Philosophy
16.15Inka Maukola, University of Helsinki, The Idea of the Microcosm and Islamic Aesthetics
19.00 Dinner
Tuesday 28th October
9.30Lale Behzadi, University of Göttingen, Categories of Proper Language in Classical Arabic Literature
10.45 Coffee
11.15Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, University of Helsinki, The Surah of Joseph as Literature
12.00Lunch break
13.30Thomas Hoffmann, University of Copenhagen, “Abundantly in knowledge and body” Cognitive Semantics, Aesthetics, and the Qur’ânic Sublime
14.15 Mikko Viitamäki, University of Helsinki, “Offer me wine from Medina” The changing aesthetics of mystic poetry in South Asia
15.00Coffee
15.30Pauline v Bonsdorff, University of Jyväskylä, Aesthetic experience and cultural understanding
16.15Concluding discussion
For further information about this event please contact the treasurer of the Finnish Society for Aesthetics Janne Vanhanen (janne.vanhanen [at] helsinki.fi) or secretary Kalle Puolakka (kalle.puolakka [at] helsinki.fi).