Conference: ‘Islamic Studies in Scotland: Retrospect and Prospect’ – 23-24/10, Edinburgh

As a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Inaugural Lecture of Willizm Montgomery Watt (the first Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Scotland) in October 1965, a serie of lectures will be given at the University of Edinburgh on the 23rd and 24th of October 2015. The theme of these lectures will be: ‘Islamic Studies in Scotland: Retrospect and Prospect’.

John Tolan, co-director of the IPRA, will give a lecture on the 24th of October, on the following topic: ‘The Ecumenical Turn: Massignon, Watt, and 20th-century European scolarship on Muhammad’.

You will find more information about this event here: http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern/news-events/watt-anniversary