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SUMMARY:Narratology and Narrative in the Arabic Literary Tradition: Cross-Cultural Perspectives from the Classical to the Modern
DESCRIPTION:A Joint Symposium with King Faisal Prize ‒ October 23\, 2026\nThis Symposium is dedicated to the Memory of the late Comparatist and friend Professor Muhammad Shaheen of Jordan University. \nREGISTER HERE\nPROGRAM\n \n9:00–10:00 AM\nWELCOME AND REFRESHMENTS \n10:00–10:10 AM\nOPENING REMARKS\nTimothy Mitchell\, Chair and William B. Ransford Professor of Middle Eastern Studies\, MESAAS\, Columbia University \nSession I: Narratology: Theoretical Impasse\nChair: Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych\, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies\, Georgetown University\, and King Faisal Prize Laureate \n10:10–10:30 AM\nThe Combinatorial Plot Device in Pulp Fiction\nDennis Yi Tenen\, Professor of English and Comparative Literature\, Director of the Narrative Intelligence Lab\, Columbia University \n10:30–10:50 AM\nThe Concept of Narrative in Arabic Literature\nDr. Abdulaziz Alsebail\, Secretary General\, King Faisal International Prize \n10:50–11:10 AM\nCrossing Euro-Centric Narratological Bounds: Two Steps Forward\nMuhsin J. al-Musawi\, Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature\, Columbia University; King Faisal Prize Laureate \n11:10–11:25 AM (ZOOM)\nHow Do I Write?\nHala Kawtharani\, Writer \n11:25–11:40 AM\nDISCUSSION \n11.45 AM–12:45 PM\nLUNCH \nSession II: Other Turns in Narrative and Narratology\nChair: Hanadi al-Samman\, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature\, University of Virginia \n12:45–1:05 PM\nCadastres\nElizabeth Holt\, Associate Professor of Languages and Literature\, Bard College \n1:05–1:25 PM\nThe Arab Apocalyptic Narrative in Contemporary Fiction\nIkram Masmoudi\, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature\, University of Delaware \n1:25–1:45 PM\nPoetics of Investigation in Sunallah Ibrahim’s Zaat\nEmily Drumsta\, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies\, University of Texas at Austin \n1:45–2:05 PM\nNarrating Minoritarian Difference in Contemporary Arabic Literature\nHanadi al-Samman\, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature\, University of Virginia \n2:05–2:20 PM  (ZOOM; In French)\nWhen Writing a Novel: Recollections\nNajwa Barakat\, Writer \n2:20–2:35 PM\nDISCUSSION \nSESSION III: Earlier Narrative Trends in Arabic Cultural Tradition and Beyond\nChair: Ikram Masmoudi\, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature\, University of Delaware \n 2:45–3:05 PM\nNarrative Miniatures in Ibn Abī ʿAwn’s Kitāb al-Ajwibah al-Muskitah\nChiara Fontana\, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Philology\, Alma Mater Studiorum ‒ University of Bologna \n3:05–3:25 PM\nThe Art of Rewriting the Sīrah of the Prophet in Pre-Modern Times \nSuzanne Pinckney Stetkevych\, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies\, Georgetown University\, and King Faisal Prize Laureate \n3:25-3:45 PM\nFrom Aleppo to Zazamanc: Mapping Imagined Easts in Medieval German Narrative\nDavide Bertagnolli\, Associate Professor of German Philology\, Alma Mater Studiorum ‒ University of Bologna \n3:45-4:00 PM (ZOOM)\nWriting the Qasim Trilogy\nAli Bader\, Writer \n4:00–4:15 PM\nDISCUSSION \n4:15–4:45 PM\nOPEN FORUM \n5:00 PM\nDINNER\nFaculty House\, 4th Floor
URL:https://universityseminars.columbia.edu/event/narratology-and-narrative-in-the-arabic-literary-tradition-cross-cultural-perspectives-from-the-classical-to-the-modern/
LOCATION:Faculty House\, 64 Morningside Drive\, New York
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