Naples, Università di Napoli L'Orientale

Thursday 14 May

10.00 - 10.30 INSTITUTIONAL WELCOME

Roberto Tottoli ‒ Rector, Università di Napoli L’Orientale

Roberta Giunta ‒ Head of Department of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies

Alfredo Guardiano ‒ Fondazione Premio Napoli

10.30 ‒ 13.00 PANEL: TRANSLATION, CIRCULATION, AND THE ETHICS OF LITERARY VALUE

• 10.30 ‒ 11.15 H. E. Ali Bin Tamim, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre and Secretary-General of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, “Two Decades of Excellence: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award”
• 11.15 – 11.45 Coffee and Tea Break
• 11.45 ‒ 12.15 Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia University, “The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters”
• 12.15 ‒ 12.45 Bilal Orfali, American University in Beirut, “Mediating Arabic Texts: Anthologists, Philologists, and Editors” 

       Moderators: Oriana Capezio and Monica Ruocco, Università di Napoli L’Orientale

13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 - 14.45 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Chokri al-Saadi, University of Tunis: “Translation as Domestication”

Moderator: Maria Avino, Università di Napoli L’Orientale

15.00 - 15.45 KEYNOTE LECTURE

Marco Di Branco, Sapienza Università di Roma: “Greek and Roman History in the Arabic Historical Sources”

Moderator: Roberta Denaro, Università di Napoli L’Orientale

16.00 - 16.45 BOOK PRESENTATION

Reem Bassiouney, American University in Cairo: “Al-Halwani: The Fatimid Trilogy. Drawing on History, Culture, and Food to Forge a Historical Identity”

Moderator: Monica Ruocco, Università di Napoli L’Orientale

17.00 - 18.00 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY MARZOUK MEJRI (OUD AND VOCALS)