Announcing:

The First Graduate Student Conference on Ibn Sina

March 17-18, 2001

Yale University

Room 119, Hall of Graduate Studies

        The recent growth of research interest in the life, times, and philosophy of Ibn Sina on the part of graduate students in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East represents an exciting development in the fields of Islamic Studies and the History of Philosophy.  The First Graduate Student Conference on Ibn Sina has two main objectives: to foster communication and debate among graduate students pursuing research on Ibn Sina; and to introduce this new generation of students and their research interests to senior scholars working on Ibn Sina.

Saturday, March 17, Morning Session

Introductions

"State of the Art" Comments by Dimitri Gutas (Yale), Jules Janssens (Independent Scholar), Yahya Michot (Oxford), and Robert Wisnovsky (Harvard)

First Panel: Logic and Language

Special Presentation: O. Ergashev (Avicenna Foundation, Uzbekistan)

Saturday, March 17, Afternoon Session

Second Panel: Psychology

 Tariq Jaffer (Yale)

Sunday, March 18, Morning Session

Third Panel: Metaphysics

 Sajjad Rizvi (Cambridge)

 Toby Mayer (Oxford)

Sunday, March 18, Afternoon Session

Fourth Panel: Reaction and Reception

  Alnoor Dhanani (Harvard)

        "Rocks in the Heavens?!

        The encounter between 'Abd al-Jabbar and Ibn Sina"

  Ahmed H. al-Rahim (Yale)

  Hidemi Takahashi (J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Sponsored by The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kemp Fund; The International Association for the Study of Persian-speaking Societies; The Yale Center for International and Area Studies; The Council on Middle East Studies; The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; The Medieval Studies Program; and The Department of Philosophy.

Getting to the Conference:

*International Airports: New York and New Jersey

*Local Airports: Bradley Airport, Hartford, CT (BDL) and Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN)

* Connecticut Limo has hourly shuttles from New York, New Jersey, and Bradley. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-472-LIMO, or at the transportation desks at the airports upon arrival.

For information and ticket purchase call at 1-800-USA-Rail

Bus companies with service to New Haven include Greyhound Bus (203) 772-2470, the Arrow Line (203) 776-5998, and Peter Pan Trailways Bus Line (800) 343-9999.

 

I-95, I-91

       From north: Connect to I-91 North in New Haven; take Exit

       3 (Trumbull Street) and follow directions below for I-91.

       From south: Connect to I-91 North in New Haven (left exit);
       take Exit 3 (Trumbull Street) and follow directions below for
       I-91.

       Interstate 91 From north or south: Take Exit 3
       (Trumbull Street). Continue to end of Trumbull Street to the

       fourth traffic light. Turn left onto Prospect Street and continue

       for one block. Turn right onto Grove Street at traffic light. The Next

        street is York Street. Street parking may be found on Grove.

For additional details about travel to Yale, see the website: http://www.yale.edu/visitor/directions.html.

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn, 30 Whalley Ave., at their conference rate of $84.00 p.n. Bookings can be made by contacting the Holiday Inn on their reservation line (1-800-HOLIDAY) or direct number (203-777-6221). To get the conference rate, bookings should be made before February 22. Be sure to mention the conference title: "The First Graduate Student Conference on Ibn Sina."

For additional information on New Haven and Yale, including travel info., maps, and more hotels, go to http://www.newhavenweb.com.