Fifth lesson of the Hichem Djaït Chair: Histories and Cultures of Islam entitled « Le Coran vu d’ailleurs : la place paradoxale du livre sacré de l’islam dans l’histoire culturelle de l’Europe »

For the launch of the “Hichem Djaït Chair: Histories and Cultures of Islam” within the University of Tunis – inaugurated in March 2022 in homage to the great Tunisian Islamologist and historian – the University of Tunis in partnership with the Institute of Research on the Contemporary Maghreb (IRMC), the National Library of Tunisia and the MECAM, has decided to start a cycle of conferences dedicated to him. Within this framework, starting in November 2022, a professor of international renown will be invited each month to give a lecture related to the thematic field of Hichem Djaït’s research.

Prof. Dr. John Tolan, Professor of History at the University of Nantes, will be invited on Friday 28 April 2023 at 3:30 p.m. at the National Library of Tunis for the fifth lesson of the Hichem Djaït Chair: Histories and Cultures of Islam entitled « Le Coran vu d’ailleurs : la place paradoxale du livre sacré de l’islam dans l’histoire culturelle de l’Europe ».

MECAM is supporting this series of events with funds from its partner institution, the Philipps-Universität Marburg.