Workshop

Workshop on Ibn Khaldun and Contemporary Knowledge

Workshop Information

organized by: Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin; Institute for Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs), University of Malaya; Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM); Asia West East Centre

Venue: The Cube, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya

August 5th–6th,2025

05.08.2025

Opening remarks

Aydın Süer, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

Syed Farid Alatas, Asia West East Centre; Department of Anthropology & Sociology, University of Malaya

The Classification of Knowledge in Ibn Khaldun

Osman Bakar, International Islamic University Malaysia

History repeated—Ibn Khadūn’s historical outlook and Islamic Theology today

Mohammad Gharaibeh, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

The Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun

Zaid Ahmad, International Islamic University Malaysia

Christianity as the ‘Other’ in Ibn Khaldūn’s Theory of Religion: A Muslim Theological Perspective

Tuğrul Kurt, Institute for Islamic-Theological Studies, University of Vienna

The Reception of Ibn Khaldun in Indonesia

Abdul Kadir Riyadi, Sunan Ampel State University of Islam, Surabaya

06.08.2025

arīqat al-Mutakallimīn vs. arīqat al-Fuqahāʾ—A Closer Look at Ibn Khaldūn’s History of Islamic Law

Serdar Kurnaz, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

Reading Ibn Khaldūn in modern (virtual) Majālis: A Case Study

Bacem Dziri, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

The Reception of Ibn Khaldun in German Social and Cultural Sciences

Aydın Süer, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

Ibn Khaldun in French Geography: The Case of Yves Lacoste

James Sidaway, National University of Singapore

Ibn Khaldun and the Orientality of Translation

Syed Farid Alatas, Asia West East Centre; Department of Anthropology & Sociology, University of Malaya

Closing remarks

Syed Farid Alatas, Asia West East Centre; Department of Anthropology & Sociology, University of Malaya

Aydın Süer, Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University of Berlin

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