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Newsletter July 2026

It is a fact that several of the foremost specialists in Islamic mysticism have been Catholic priests and religious, from Louis Massignon, Georges Anawati, and Louis Gardet in the last

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Newsletter June 2026

“Women and Religions”. This marks Season III for this certification from the “Anawati Chair”. This year, we changed how we select candidates. Because of artificial intelligence, we no longer know

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Newsletter May 2026

The visit of ISTR students from Paris provided a valuable opportunity to meet with al-Azhar’s Department of Islamic Studies, headed by Dr. Ali Abdelhakim. It also allowed for a discussion

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Newsletter April 2026

There are those who do not choose between friendship and knowledge because they have understood—through a profound intuition, perhaps irreducible to any demonstration—that one without the other is but half

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Newsletter March 2026

An unprecedented training week was implemented at the beginning of February on the topic “Complementarity between Religions and Human Rights.” It was organized in partnership with the Observatory for Combating

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Newsletter February 2026

The proceedings of the Islam and Fraternity conference, organized in Abu Dhabi by the Pluriel network with the support of the Anawati Chair, in partnership with Trends, and to which

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Call for Papers for the MIDEO 43 (2028)

Sībawayh and the Knowledge Traditions of His Time Influences, Dialogues, Critiques, and Legacies A foundational figure of Arabic grammar, Sībawayh (d. ca. 180/796) occupies a singular place in the intellectual

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Newsletter January 2026

Sometimes a place calls upon those who inhabit it to bring it out of oblivion. When Francesco Antonini came in September 2023 as a recipient of the IDEO-Ifao-IFI predoctoral fellowship,

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Newsletter December 2025

– €35,000! This year’s deficit has gradually decreased over the months thanks to tight management, but it still remains very significant! If you love IDEO, if you believe in our

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