Intention and signification

Conference from June 1-3, 20017 on philosophy of language in Islamic studies

Freiburg, May 23, 2017

Statue of the Persian universal scholar Avicenna (980–1037). Photo: Yamaha5/Wikimedia Commons

Al-Jahiz, Ibn Jinni, Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani, Avicenna and many other thinkers helped form the field of Islamic studies between 800 and 1200 AD. An international conference at the University of Freiburg pursues the meaning of the philosophy of language in Arabic culture at that time.

What: Conference
When: June 1-3, 2017, 9am
Where:
Herderbau
Room 400
Tennenbacher Straße 4
79106 Freiburg
Media members are warmly welcome to attend.
Host/Contact: Junior professor Dr. Nadja Germann, Tel.: +49 (0) 761/203-9369
Pre-registration via email is required.
The conference will be held in English.
Conference program
Article about Nadja German’s research in the magazine