Dear All,
The Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHOP) at the University of Notre Dame Australia warmly invites you to our next Research Seminar. SPEAKER: Dr Raphael Dascalu (Notre Dame Australia) TITLE: Philosophical Culture among Arabic-Speaking Jews in the Late Medieval Period: Reconstructing a Lost World (abstract below) DATE: Thursday 21 August 2025 TIME: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm (Sydney time) IN-PERSON LOCATION: Moorgate Room The University of Notre Dame (Sydney) 10 Grafton St, Chippendale, NSW ONLINE: https://notredame-au.zoom.us/j/83784964943 Meeting ID: 837 8496 4943 Passcode: 707819 Registration is not required. POSTER: https://tinyurl.com/37r56yn6 ABSTRACT: Historians of Jewish philosophy tend to trace its emergence in the Islamic world in the 9th-10th centuries, through the figure of Moses Maimonides (1138-1204; Spain, North Africa and Egypt), and then to explore the Maimonidean controversies and the flourishing of philosophical activity among the Jews of Western Christendom. Absent from most treatments is the period of roughly three centuries from Moses Maimonides until the Spanish Expulsion of 1492 in Islamic lands. In this seminar, we will explore the reasons for this lacuna and some salient features of this intellectual milieu, with a focus on three examples: Tanhum b. Joseph ha-Yerushalmi (d.1291), David b. Joshua Maimonides (d.c. 1415), and a fascinating commentary on the philosophical chapters of Moses Maimonides' Mishneh Torah authored in the late 14th century. Dr Catherine Wesselinoff | Lecturer School of Philosophy and Theology The University of Notre Dame Australia. Book a meeting with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/[email protected]?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=plink> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/[email protected]?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=plink> Recent Publications: "Beauty's Comeback", Debates in Aesthetics, Vol 19. No. 2, 2025, pp 35-45. "Apophatic Beauty in the Hippias Major and the Symposium", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 82, Issue 1, 2024, pp 36-44. The Revival of Beauty: Aesthetics, Experience, and Philosophy, Routledge, 2023. "Is jealousy justifiable?" The European Journal of Philosophy, vol. 31, No. 3, 2023, pp 703-10. Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website.
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