Talk
WHEN
March 7, 2023
6:30-8 PM
WHERE
NYUAD Campus, Conference Center
Part of "Al-Andalus"
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Open to the Public
Living in a land situated in one of the edges of the Islamic world, the inhabitants of al-Andalus saw themselves as somewhat isolated, an island surrounded both by the sea and the Christians. Their scholars exerted themselves to keep contact with the central lands of Islam by performing the travel of study (riḥla fī ṭalab al-ʽilm), bringing back books and ideas produced elsewhere. The traveling of knowledge, however, was not unidirectional: from very early on, Andalusi scholars made important contributions to the “global” Islamic culture. This talk discusses these contributions and the reasons for their success.
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