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Munich lectures on
Christmas and the Qur'an
On Friday, 10 November 2017, Dr Renate Eikelmann, the Director of the Bayerischen Nationalmuseum in Munich, and the German Stiftung - Gingko Library invited guests to series of three lectures in celebration of the launch of Professor Karl-Josef Kuschel's
Christmas and the Qur'an
. Professor Kuschel's lecture on 'The Birth of Jesus in the Qur'an' was framed by Professor Carole Hillenbrand, who spoke about 'Mary, the mother of Jesus in Islam' and Professor Robert Hillenbrand's talk on 'Pictures of the Prophet'. The evening was organised by the Stiftung - Gingko Library to raise funds to support Gingko's inter-faith projects.
We thank all our friends who attended this event, and we look forward to seeing you at our future programmes!
Visit our website to listen to the lectures given by professors Kuschel, Carole Hillenbrand and Robert Hillenbrand.
To learn more about the book, click here.
Karl-Josef Kuschel is Professor Emeritus of Catholic Theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He taught the theology of culture and inter-religious dialogue and was the deputy director of Institute of Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Studies.
Professor Carole Hillenbrand was educated at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh, the latter where she most recently held the appointment of Professor of Islamic History. In 2005 Prof. Hillenbrand was the first non-Muslim to be awarded the highest accolade in Islamic studies in the Arab world, the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies.
Professor Robert Hillenbrand was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and has spent most of his career teaching at the University of Edinburgh, with visiting professorships at Princeton, UCLA, Bamberg, Dartmouth College, Leiden, New York, Cairo and Groningen. He is currently teaching as Professorial Fellow of Art History at the University of St Andrews.
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Pagan Christmas
launch at the RAS
The Thursday before last (November 30), we held a book launch for Professor Augusto Cacopardo's
Pagan Christmas: Winter Feasts of the Kalasha of the Hindu Kush
at the Royal Asiatic Society. The professor's introductory talk to the volume was very well received, followed by an engaging Q&A.
Pagan Christmas sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. The Kalasha represent the last example of the pre-Islamic cultures of the Hindu Kush/Karakorum, but are also the only observable example, worldwide, of an archaic Indo-European religion.
Augusto S. Cacopardo is Professor of Ethnography at the University of Florence. He
has conducted anthropological research in Pakistan under the aegis of the Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente.
To purchase the book, click
here.
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Gingko is delighted to announce the launch of our new website
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Season's greetings and best wishes for 2018
We wish our subscribers a joyous holiday and a wonderful new year, with hopes for a greater understanding, mutual curiosity, and acceptance between the variety of cultures that create our world.
The Mercantile Effect
at Courtauld
On 27th of November, Gingko hosted a launch party for the most recent title in our Art Series,
The Mercantile Effect: Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World during the 17th and 18th Centuries
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at the Courtauld Institute.
This beautifully illustrated volume is edited by Dr Sussan Babaie and Dr Melanie Gibson.
to learn more about the book.
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This autumn Gingko participated in the annual
Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference held in Washington DC. MESA brings together leading scholars, educators and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world and provides an excellent opportunity to engage with and discuss issues concerning the region. This was an excellent occasion for us to attend lectures and promote our titles.
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Events & Exhibitions Elsewhere:
'Bards Apart?' - A musical performance of the poems of Robert Burns and Hafez
A heart-warming celebration of poems by the two poets, organised by Iran Society at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.
December 13th, 6:15pm to 8:00pm
An exhibition on the nature of belief at the British Museum
'fascinating... explores our inherent need for something to believe in.' --
The Times
Beliefs in spiritual beings and worlds beyond nature are characteristic of all human societies. By looking at how people believe through everyday objects of faith, this exhibition provides a perspective on what makes believing a vital part of human behaviour.
To stay informed
about Gingko
www.gingkolibrary.com
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