📸 Live from the 8th lecture under the OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium II “Teaching Methods and Knowledge Transfer in Classical Islam: Revealing Insights from the World of Early Muslim Educators”, marking the end of the second cluster. 📚
The event started with welcoming words by Fatma Soliman (Deputy Director of the DAAD Regional Office Cairo), highlighting the 65th anniversary of DAAD Egypt, and Lorena Mohr (Head of Science and Protocol at the German Embassy Cairo - السفارة الالمانية بالقاهرة, who emphasized the continuous role of the german government to support academic exchange. Followed by a presentation from Prof. Dr Sebastian Günther (University of Göttingen), emphasising the role of influential scholars such as Ibn al-Muqaffa, Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, The Brenthen of Purity and Ibn al-Sunni.
✍🏻 Stay tuned for a detailed report on the whole OIB-COSIMENA Research Colloquium II series of lectures, highlights, and outcomes to be available on our DAAD Egypt website, as we document the success of the cooperation between the DAAD project COSIMENA and the
@Orient Institut Beirut (OIB).
To foster networking, the event concluded with a dinner reception, providing an environment conducive to networking and further exchange of ideas.
🔎 For further information about the COSIMENA project and to subscribe to the COSIMENA network, please visit:
https://www.daad.eg/en/about-us/cosimena/
