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Final Program
PLEASE NOTE: THE COLLOQUIUM IS CONDUCTED IN ARABIC
Georgetown Colloquium in Arabic Literature, Spring 2015
Arabic Poetry: Critical and Theoretical Dimensions
Sponsored by the Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
April 16-17, CCAS Boardroom (ICC 241)
Organizers:
Suzanne P. Stetkevych, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies, Georgetown University
and
Hussain Abulfaraj, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Faculty Delegate to Georgetown University
Thursday 16 April: 3:30-5:30
Panel 1: Variations of Qaṣīdah Structure in Islamic and Umayyad Poetry
Paper 1: Awareness of Socio-Poetic Transition in a Poem by the Mukhaḍam Poet ‘Abdah ibn al-Ṭabīb
Mohammad Alqanaei, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Kuwait University
Paper 2: The Poetics of the Khawārij and Shī‘ah during the Umayyad Period: The Incomplete Performative Paradigm
Hussain Abulfaraj, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty Delegate to Georgetown University
Paper 3: From Praise to Stir of Compassion: Jarīr at ʿUmar Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz’s Court
Mustafa Muhammad BinMayaba, Assistant Professor, King Abdul-Aziz University; Visiting Scholar, Indiana University
6:00-8:00pm: Keynote Address and Reception
The ʿAyniyyah of Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī
Elegy and the Achievement of Allegorical Form in Classical Arabic Poetry
by
Jaroslav Stetkevych
Professor Emeritus of Arabic Literature, The University of Chicago;
Research Affiliate, Georgetown University
Friday, 17 April
ICC 241 (CCAS BOARDROOM)
9:00-11:00am
Panel 2: Performativity and Originality in ʿAbbāsid Poetry
Paper 1: Al-Buḥturī’s Poetic Innovation and the Role of Audience
Al Amein Ali Alshareif, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, United Arab Emirates University
Paper 2: A Failure Performance or a Symbol of Cultural Decline? The Panegyric Performance of al-Buhturi before al-Mutawakkil: “Out of which Mouth Do You Smile?”
Ali Alnahhabi, Lecturer, Imam University, Saudi Arabia; Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University
Paper 3: The Problematic Consequences of Method in Ibn al-Mu‘tazz’s Kitāb al-Badīʿ
Mishari Almusa, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Kuwait University
11:15-12:30
Panel 3: Arabic Poetry: Comparative and Interarts Dimensions
Paper 1: The Construction of Selfhood and the Poetics of Identity in Ashanti and Abbasid Court Panegyrics: A Comparative Study
Nana Aba Bentil-Mawusi, PhD candidate, Indiana University
Paper 2: The Musical Notation – Arabic Prosody Equation
Noman Kidwah, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, King Abdulaziz University
[lunch break]
2:30-4:30pm
Panel 4: Modernism between Tradition and Innovation
Paper 1: The Iḥyā’/Revival Panegyric Poem: Allegiance and Succession
Abdulmueen H. Balfas, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, King Abdulaziz University
Paper 2: The Motif of the She-Camel in Contemporary Nabati Poetry
Hamad al-Ajmi, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Kuwait University
Paper 3: The Prose Poem and the Arabic Tradition
Huda Fakhreddine, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature, University of Pennsylvania
4:45-6:00pm
Final Remarks and Closing Reception