Re-defining a Space of Encounter. Islam and Mediterranean

Identity, Alterity and Interactions: Proceedings of the 28th Congress of the Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, Palermo 2016

edited by A. Pellitteri and M.G. Sciortino

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Extent: 480 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta

Series volume number: 283

Language: English

PDF (Published)

(November 2019)

ISBN: 9789042938816

Price: $160.00

This volume presents the proceedings of the 28th Conference of the Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants that took place in Palermo, Italy. The articles in this volume are grouped in thematic sections, such as Islam and Religion, History, Literature, Travels, Language and Linguistics, Art and Inscriptions, Law, Philosophy and Sciences. The variety of approaches to the sources and methods employed shows the width of European research on the Arab-Islamic culture. The volume provides an easy access to the newest European scholarship on the Middle East.


This volume presents the proceedings of the 28th Conference of the Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants that took place in Palermo, Italy. The articles in this volume are grouped in thematic sections, such as Islam and Religion, History, Literature, Travels, Language and Linguistics, Art and Inscriptions, Law, Philosophy and Sciences. The variety of approaches to the sources and methods employed shows the width of European research on the Arab-Islamic culture. This volume provides an easy access to the newest European scholarship on the Middle East.

  • Edited by N. Elsakaan
  • Edited by A. Pellitteri
  • Edited by M.G. Sciortino
  • Edited by D. Sicari